NHS workers accept offer to end pay dispute

Hospital workers including porters and cleaners have accepted an offer to end a long running pay dispute.

Members of the GMB union at the Royal Liverpool Hospital have staged a series of strikes in recent weeks in a row over a Covid bonus.

The 150 workers said they had missed out on a one-off payment because their jobs were outsourced.

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An offer from the local NHS trust has been accepted by the workers.

GMB official Kerry Nash said: “Our members have stuck together to fight for what they rightly deserve, receiving the payment for them was about respecting their roles and the contributions they made to support patient care.

“All health workers who put their lives on the line during the pandemic deserve this payment and now, thankfully, our members will get it too.”

A spokesperson for NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group said: “We are pleased to be able to provide our colleagues with the outcome they sought and would like to thank all partners involved in finding this resolution.

“Throughout this dispute we have been keen to value and recognise the important contributions our colleagues make towards patient care.”