{"id":481759,"date":"2025-10-08T02:05:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T02:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/481759\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T02:05:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T02:05:16","slug":"glasgow-nurses-vote-to-strike-in-pay-banding-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/481759\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow nurses vote to strike in pay banding row"},"content":{"rendered":"

It could be the first local dispute action since the 1980s with staff unhappy with the pay grading they receive.<\/p>\n

17:58, 07 Oct 2025Updated 18:07, 07 Oct 2025<\/p>\n

NHS nurses at a protest outside Glasgow Royal Infirmary in 2020.(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Nurses in Glasgow who care for patients in their homes have voted overwhelmingly to strike<\/a> in a row over pay grades.<\/p>\n

UNISON said 96% of its members working as district nurses for NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde <\/a>backed walkouts \u2014 which could be the first local strike of its kind since the 1980s \u2014 unless a deal can be reached.<\/p>\n

The nurses, who deliver vital care in communities across the city, say they\u2019ve spent years waiting for a promised review of their job descriptions and pay banding.<\/p>\n

They are currently on Band 6 of the NHS Agenda for Change scale, but the union<\/a> says their increasingly complex and demanding roles should be reclassified to a higher band.<\/p>\n

UNISON Scotland area organiser Henrietta Cameron said: \u201cDistrict nurses in Glasgow have had years of delays and they\u2019ve had enough.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese nurses are committed to caring for their patients out in the community, going on strike is the last thing they want to do.<\/p>\n

\"Close-upThe nurses work in the community(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n

\u201cBut they are determined to get a fair deal. Staff just want to be paid fairly, senior managers must show these NHS staff the respect they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other health unions \u2014 including GMB Scotland, Unite and the Royal College of Nursing \u2014 are also consulting members on possible strike action.<\/p>\n

UNISON is calling on NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde <\/a>to re-evaluate district nurse roles, apply retrospective rebanding and provide back pay to affected staff.<\/p>\n

The union, Scotland\u2019s largest health union, represents more than 60,000 NHS workers including nurses, midwives, paramedics, call handlers, and hospital support staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It could be the first local dispute action since the 1980s with staff unhappy with the pay grading…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-481759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115336100300402701","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}