The cost of trade union facility time is up 115% in NHS England under Labour, according to quietly released government figures. That’s paid time off for trade union representatives in the quango to carry out their union duties. Just last week, thousands of junior doctors went on strike for five whole days…
In the year 2023-24, 71 full-time equivalent NHE staff were given time off to do union work, costing the taxpayer £89,974. In 2024-25, that number jumped to 88 pen-pushers, costing the taxpayer £193,550. Enough to hire six nurses…
Meanwhile, the quango that Streeting ‘abolished’ back in March still hasn’t opened a voluntary redundancy scheme, and staffing costs have actually increased since it was ‘axed’. Taxpayers starting to lose patients with these pilgrims…
