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About 450 nurses and other members of the UMC Groningen staff have this afternoon briefly put to work and protested on the square in front of the hospital. They want a new LAC in which there are clear agreements on the approach to work pressure. They also ask for more appreciation and a salary increase.
The collective agreement for the staff of the seven university hospitals in the Netherlands ended early this year. Employers and unions have since stumbled on a new deal. Nurse Mariëlle Boskamp of the UMCG at RTV Noord: "It is important to take our time, we are doing important work and who can be rewarded in the collective agreement of work."
Shortage of Staff
The biggest problem, says Boskamp, is the complexity of care: "People get older and often have multiple problems, and we also do complex interventions in old age. The result is, for example, that the nurse can provide a maximum of four patients to her service. In the past, there were six. Moreover, according to her, the hospital suffers from a lack of people. "We notice in all layers of the hospital that there is a shortage of staff."
The action this afternoon in Groningen will be followed next Monday by the Medical Center of Leiden University, where staff will conduct punctuality campaigns. UMC Utrecht colleagues will follow on Tuesday. Employees at other university hospitals will join later, FNV union Zorg & Welzijn
Patient Safety
According to FNV Director Harma Schrage, patient safety is not at stake. "But there are things that can be postponed, a patient can notice," she says.
The UMCG's management says in a comment: "We understand the anger of the employees and we hope that we will come back soon." The table can and there is a quick agreement to try to reduce the workload. , a special program has just started in the UMCG, which is still in its infancy. "
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