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SDLP expresses support for striking nursing staff

written by cassoscoop November 10, 2022
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Derry nurses on strike in January 2020 over pay parity and safety in hospitals for patients and staff

Local SDLP MLAs Mark H Durkan and Sinéad McLaughlin have expressed the party’s solidarity with Royal College of Nursing members taking strike action over fair pay and safe working conditions.

The Foyle representatives called on the British government to work with officials in the North to address nurses’ concerns and avert strike action.

Said Mark H Durkan: “The SDLP stands fully behind nursing staff who have taken the difficult decision to commence strike action in an attempt to obtain fair pay, and safe conditions for both themselves and their patients.

“Three years ago, our nurses went on strike and it prompted a significant political reaction.

“Once again they are being failed by a generation of underfunding which has left our health service on the brink of collapse and put staff under unmanageable pressures.

“Our nurses should not have to keep fighting for fair pay, they do a tremendous job in increasingly difficult circumstances and helped hold our health service together during the coronavirus pandemic, with many putting themselves directly in harm’s way.

“How can we tell the people expected to look after us and our loved ones that they aren’t entitled to a decent wage, leaving many struggling to get by with the increasing costs of everything from food to fuel.”

Sinéad McLaughlin said: “It’s important to recognise this strike action is not solely about pay.

“For years the concerns of nurses have been ignored, due to the current pressures we are seeing more and more unsafe staffing situations in our hospitals and nurses are rightly fighting for legislative protections around the number of staff present to ensure patient safety on wards.

“We also need to address the lack of career progression opportunities for nurses in the North, that lag far behind those in Britain.

“The British government need to recognise the concerns of nurses across these islands and work with officials in Stormont to put forward proper proposals around pay and reform to address these issues.

“All nurses are asking for is fair treatment and the situation should never have been allowed to escalate to this stage.

“I believe that if the will exists this strike can still be averted.

“Unfortunately the situation is complicated by the DUP’s boycott of the Stormont institutions, but we need to put patients and nurses first in a way that recognises their concerns and isn’t another sticking plaster approach that will lead us back here in a few years time.”

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