Striking Queen’s Hospital workers will demonstrate outside of their constituency MP Wes Streeting’s office tomorrow.

When: 09:30 hrs, Wednesday 11 March 2026
Where: 12a Highview Parade, Woodford Avenue, Ilford, IG4 5EP

The workers initially took three days of strike action over a range of issues in February. Fresh strikes began on Monday (9 March) and will end on Friday (13 March).

They are demanding that health secretary Wes Streeting takes a more active role in ensuring Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust puts forward an acceptable offer to bring the dispute to end.

The strikes are causing disruption to blood tests and other laboratory services carried out by the pathology workers for the trust and GP services. The maintenance and management of medical technology carried out by the engineering workers is also being disrupted.

Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “These workers are dedicated to serving the NHS but have been left with no alternative but to continue striking.

“As both health secretary and the local MP, Wes Streeting must intervene to ensure the trust ends a damaging dispute it is solely responsible for causing by putting forward an acceptable offer.”

Unite regional officer Sujata Virdee said: "While there has been some movement from the trust it has not been far enough to bring this dispute to an end.”

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For media enquires ONLY contact senior Unite communications officer Ryan Fletcher on 07849 090215 or 020 3371 2065.

Email: ryan.fletcher@unitetheunion.org

Unite is Britain and Ireland’s largest union with members working across all sectors of the economy. The general secretary is Sharon Graham.