Back to school: ‘Seriously ill SNA told return to work’

Andy Pike, head of education at the Fórsa trade union, says the SNA’s doctors are ‘astounded’ she has been told to return to work.

A special needs assistant (SNA) who is receiving dialysis for end-stage renal disease is among a number of school staff with serious health conditions told to return to classrooms, it has been claimed

The SNA is “very alarmed and very upset”, according to Andy Pike, the head of education at Fórsa, the union that represents SNAs.