Scotland

We are incredibly saddened to report the passing of John Shannon who was one of our HLM’s in Scotland. John had been ill for some time following a diagnosis of terminal cancer, but his death came as a shock to everyone, given how well he had been doing and was still incredibly active and in good spirits.

We are about to open the ballot for the NHS AFC pay offer for 2022/2023. The pay offer has been circulated previously and I am sure you are all aware of the detail and content of the offer by now

We will hold our Annual Conference to deal wholly with Scottish issues from the 26th of October to the 27th of October 2022, with the training day being held on Friday 26th October 2022

We will be conducting a workplace ballot in your place of work to gauge the members response to the SPS pay offer for 2022/23. 

We write to confirm that the POA Scotland Annual Conference will take place this year at the Peebles Hydro Hotel, Innerleithen Rd, Peebles EH45 8LX. On Wednesday 26^th, 27^th and 28^th October.

We have received a formal pay offer from the SPS for 2022/23 and we are aware that the offer has now been published on the SPS SharePoint site.

We have now moved our offices from Calder Road in Edinburgh to our new offices in Alloa, Clackmannanshire.

John Cairney, SNC Chair, looks to the future and diversity amongst representatives

Colleagues following the close of nominations for the post of Vice Chair of the SNC on Wednesday 9^th March 2022, I can confirm that only 1 candidate received any nominations for the post.

The TUS met with the employer for the first outline meeting of 2022 pay talks earlier this month. At the forefront of the initial discussions was the Scottish government pay policy which has been published in December 2021.