Publish date: 22 June 2023
The National Education Union has announced a further two days of strike action for teachers across England. The new dates are 5 and 7 July. We appreciate that this may be of particular concern for those of you who have / look after school age children.
We recognise that this may cause difficulties for some people and therefore early conversations with your managers are essential to enable us to plan how we support you in the best way possible. The maintenance of our services to our patients is a priority to all of us so it’s important that we have our normal operational staffing on the days detailed above.
If your school is due to be closed and you do not have alternative caring or support arrangements in place, you can discuss with your manager about the use of annual leave, unpaid leave, or seek alternative childcare arrangements for the days of planned action.
Please do speak to your line manager if you need some support to manage childcare on the strike days. The sooner we can put the necessary plans in place, the easier it will be to support you during this time.