Striking Romford NHS workers to demonstrate at Wes Streeting’s office

Striking Queen’s Hospital workers will demonstrate outside the office of their constituency MP Wes Streeting on Wednesday 11 March.

When: 9.30am, 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 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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