Needle Picket 💉

BREAKING 🚨| We've just sent the first £400 from our I GIVE A PHLEB pin badges, in support of striking @unison.org.uk Gloucester Phlebotomists.

£1 a badge, every penny to the strike fund.

🎯Target is 1,000.

236 days of strike action, get yours here: bit.ly/IGIVEAPHLEBb...

Solidarity Rally with Gloucestershire Phlebotomists We’re the phlebotomists who take blood from patients at Gloucester and Cheltenham hospitals. We’re on the longest running strike in NHS history fighting for fair pay and respect. We’ve been ignored, u...

Join me at Solidarity Rally with Gloucestershire Phlebotomists www.megaphone.org.uk/events/solid...

Yesterday, on Strike Day 222, we had some lovely visitors to the picket line 😊 Everyone is always welcome!

Longest #Strike in the NHS to date.
Isn't that sad?

Text reads: longest strike in NHS history. Picture of striking Gloucester Phlebotomists. Text reads visits a picket at strikemap.org. Strike map logo.

Longest strike in NHS history 🪧

We back the incredible Gloucester Phlebotomists, who’ve taken over 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ days of action.

Back the @unisonsw.bsky.social strikers & sign this petition started by a local resident: megaphone.org.uk/petitions/say-no-to-bullying-of-nhs-staff

#StrikeMap

NHS spent '£100k' in legal battle after ex-boss subjected to 'brutal bullying' - BBC News The judge described health chiefs' actions as "misguided, brutal and bullying".

Today is Strike Day nr 128.

This article will help you understand what we're up against at Gloucestershire Hospitals Trust.

Please share 🌷🫶🏻
#StrikeAction #Union #NHS
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fair pay for phlebotomists - UNISON South West For years, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been paying phlebotomists Band 2 wages for Band 3 work.

Taking strike action for a prolonged period of time is financially taxing.

If you want to show your support, click the link below and make a donation to our strike fund 🫶🏻

southwest.unison.org.uk/campaigns/fa...

They have the support of the striking Phlebotomists of Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust #solidarity

A valuable lesson from the picket line: If workers are out on the streets, demanding x, y, z - you can be sure that there's a very VALID reason.

The Phlebotomists of Gloucestershire Hospitals had their 127th day of strike action today.

We don't do this for a laugh.

127 days of Strike Action today by the Phlebotomists of @gloshospitals.bsky.social

We won’t strike in vein - Magazine On 4 July, Phlebotomists in Gloucester passed 100 days on the picket line

So proud to be part of this excellent coagulation (group of Phlebotomists).

magazine.unison.org.uk/2025/07/30/w...

Ex-NHS manager in Swindon awarded £24,000 for unfair dismissal - BBC News Mark Hemphill had been struggling with responsibilities that were not outlined in his contract.

We stand with Mark Hemphill, the man that single-handedly exposed the true face of our CEO Kevin McNamara.

Today is day 126 of the Phlebotomists Strike at Gloucestershire Hospitals.

#United #NHS #StrikeAction
#Gloucester #Cheltenham
www.bbc.com/news/article...

NHS worker 'who stood up to bullies' is 'delighted' with latest tribunal victory 'I was always taught to stand up to bullies and feel proud I stayed the course and won, perhaps in some way, on behalf of other NHS staff less capable of standing up to this kind of behaviour'

It's official!
Kevin McNamara is a bully.

Lets highlight this now!
The striking phlebotomists won't give up 💪🏻
@unison.org.uk @unisonsw.bsky.social

#stopbullying

www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/glouces...

Helga Pile speaking to Phlebotomists on the picket line. An ambulance can be seen in the background turning into Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.

UNISON's head of health Helga Pile joined Phlebotomists on the picket line in Gloucestershire today ✊🏼

Today is their 48th day of strike action, with the Trust still refusing to follow NHS rules and properly evaluate their pay and banding.

Gloucestershire Hospitals Phlebotomists Industrial Action Update

Total Weeks of Industrial Action: 11

Meetings with Senior Management : 1

Result : 0

#FairPay #Gloucester #Cheltenham #NHS

Make this make sense ...

Phlebotomists are non-medical staff!? Pardon?

This comes from a link shared to the public regarding our current #Strike Action at Gloucestershire Hospitals.

I'm gonna need both! 👀

So many precious things going on @thesparkdotcompany.bsky.social

This would go well with our "phlebotomists"-burgundy uniform trousers! #NHS #IndustrialAction

Would love to wear this in our picket line!

"We are treated like we don't exist - we want recognition. Nobody goes into this job for the money, but we have to pay the bills and we can't do that now."

📢 Pay us what we're worth, or we won't go to work! #strike

Apparently our CEO isn't too fond of our flyers 🤔

Take a look at it, will you?

Could YOU live on £12.07 per hour?

We are the lowest paid workers in our Trust at this time, yet this is what other Trusts are paying their Phlebotomists.

#Band2 should be abolished!
#Unfair pay has no place in the NHS!

@unitetheunion.bsky.social

Other highlights from the picket line; our dear colleague surprised us all with home-made Biryani 🫶🏻

Sadly have no pictures as it was immediately devoured 🙃

#phlebotomy #strike

Day 17 of Strike Action :

We got word from our @unisonsw.bsky.social Rep that a Gloucester District Unite branch has donated a whopping £3000 to support our #strike 🥳

#IndustrialAction @gloshospitals.bsky.social

🚨 BREAKING: Resident doctors in England have re-entered a pay dispute with the Government.
Why? Because progress is being stonewalled by the continued delay in the publication of the DDRB's pay recommendations.
Trust must be rebuilt. Publish the DDRB now
bma.org.uk/residentspay

Day 16 of Strike Action :
A lovely colleague from ENT brought snacks to our picket line @gloshospitals.bsky.social! 🫶🏻

We certainly feel the love. #Phlebotomy #Rebanding

Phlebotomists on the picket line outside Cheltenham hospital on a bright sunny day.

Hello Cheltenham, this is Liverpool calling 📞

UNISON national health conference went live to the Gloucestershire phlebotomists on the picket line taking their 14th day of action.

Take a look at the moment it happened: youtu.be/v4irblBbA9Y

I need ideas for fun activities we can do in the picket lines together!

Next week we're looking at bad weather, so we need to keep morale up!!!

Any ideas guys? 🤔

#Phlebotomist #StrikeAction

So lucky that we were able to show everyone at the conference how dedicated we are in our call for change 💪🏻

This was fun!

Extremely proud of all of us in Cheltenham today! What an amazing day for a #picket 🫶🏻