People who support the NHS and its staff are being urged to join a march through the centre of Bristol on Saturday. The march, organised by NHS staff and the organisation Protect the NHS, will take place from 2pm and call for NHS workers to be paid fairly.
Those taking part are asked to meet close to the Bristol Royal Infirmary, march past the hospital and the next door Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, along Park Row, down Park Street and end with a rally on College Green, which will hear from workers in the NHS.
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The latest wave of nurses’ strikes take place this week, with the Government apparently no nearer reaching a settlement with NHS staff on pay and conditions.
A spokesperson for Protect The NHS said: “Join us, as representatives from the BMA, Unison and other healthcare unions take to the streets to demand that the Government meets with unions, acknowledges the scale of the problem and the need for urgent resolution of the staffing crisis so the public receive the healthcare they deserve.
“The NHS has seen an exodus of staff. Real-terms pay has been steadily eroded. Trained professionals are forced to leave the profession that they love. Patients suffer as workers tirelessly take more on and to provide the best care they can under unmanageable duress. The same workers who were clapped as heroes by the government- and yet the Government stick their heads in the sand and issue empty platitudes as they sit on private health firm donations,” she added.
Those taking part are asked to meet at the corner of Upper Maudlin Street and Lower Maudlin Street at 2pm.
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