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Some of our nursing colleagues are due to go on strike 15 and 20 December. Other unions representing healthcare staff – including Unison, Unite and the GMB – have also announced the outcome of their industrial ballots, and have started to announce further December strike dates. If healthcare workers are taking industrial action in your employer, how can you show solidarity? Offering moral support is a good start. When you go into work, stop and talk to any staff on a picket line – discuss their cause and say you are with them. The CSP ballot in England and Wales will have closed when our RCN

Update – 21 February 2022 Following responses from the CSP, other trade unions, and stakeholders across the NHS, the Department of Health and Social Care has responded to their consultation. The government intends to proceed with the majority of its proposed changes, but will delay the implementation date from April to October 2022. The proposal will affect every pension scheme member differently, so it is important that you review the confirmed changes. The Westminster government is consulting on more changes to the NHS pension scheme in England and Wales, but this time, it’s on member