The GHA has announced that, after months of discussions and negotiations between itself, Unite the Union and the Government, it has finally reached a “positive solution” to the ongoing issue affecting a small number of contract workers in the GHA.

A statement from the GHA says: “We have carried out an extensive data collection exercise on training and succession planning and have been able to identify areas where the GHA are now in a position to offer, with immediate effect, indefinite contracts to all those where no one is currently training, and where staff are eligible having completed four years’ service, irrespective of short-term breaks.”