NHS contractor staff

Our campaign supports NHS contractors, demanding fair pay and recognition for the vital role they play in healthcare delivery

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Contractor staff deserve decent pay

With contractor pay rates so low and a worsening cost of living crisis, vital staff have no choice but to seek jobs elsewhere – staff the NHS desperately needs to keep.

UNISON believes contracted staff should get the benefit of NHS pay awards, so we’re campaigning for companies and the NHS organisations they contract with to recognise that all staff deserve decent pay.

Campaigning together in UNISON, we can win change. 

Watch this inspiring story from the East Lancashire NHS Trust, where outsourced security staff fought a successful campaign to receive the same pay as their NHS colleagues. In a further victory, the Trust also agreed to bring the staff back in-house:

What can I do?

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Check your details

If you work for a contractor, it’s important that UNISON has an up-to-date job role and employer and contact details for you, so we can get in touch when we need to.
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Spread the word

Use our leaflets, stickers, and social media graphics to help make our campaign visible
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Read our guidance

Our campaign guidance details steps to take when building engagement around pay for members working for NHS contractors
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