Nurses may be revolting.

[papasmurf]

Not really propaganda but facts:

https://www.nurses.co.uk/careers-hub/nursing-pay-guide/

Min £20k maximum £100k and the average is £33,384

See also:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-202223

It is propaganda to state £30000 when the starting pay is rubbish and it takes a lot of annual increments to get to £30000.
Plus even £30000 is too low for where I live, due to the cost of housing.

Just a sample there are numerous others:-


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-59409301


Camborne NHS nurse 'may have to leave job' over housing crisis

• Published
  25 November 2021

An NHS hospital theatre nurse who cannot find accommodation says she may have to leave her job "due to the housing crisis".

Lesley Weeks, 39, is being evicted from her home of 10 years in Camborne, Cornwall, on 1 December.
She was given an eviction notice in August but says she has not been able to find anywhere suitable for her and her two teenage children and dog.
She said "I may have to leave my job and the county that I love".
It was "due to the housing crisis, because I cannot physically find anywhere at this precise moment, and I have six days until my eviction is up", she said.
Ms Weeks, who has been looking for alternatives for four months, said: "There was a three bedroom ex-council property a few months ago - £1,200 [per month] in Redruth.
"Who can afford that these days? I know I can't, not on my salary."
She has worked as a theatre nurse at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro for seven years.

[Barry]

No it is not, that is Tory propaganda. That is the high end NOT the generality.

Not really propaganda but facts:

https://www.nurses.co.uk/careers-hub/nursing-pay-guide/

Min £20k maximum £100k and the average is £33,384

See also:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/articles/pay-scales-202223

[Streetwalker]

No it is not, that is Tory propaganda. That is the high end NOT the generality.

A Quick Overview Of Nurses' Salaries In The UK In 2022

[papasmurf]

 Nurses  pay is about £30K  a year

No it is not, that is Tory propaganda. That is the high end NOT the generality.

[Streetwalker]

They have got to be joking . Nurses  pay is about £30K  a year +. Most people would be doing cartwheels  for that . they need to get back to work and be thankful they have secure jobs 

[Barry]

Well you can't live on a round of applause can you.

Can't hear anyone clapping just lately, Cromwell. The open your doors and clap was all part of the psychobabble.

[papasmurf]

Well you can't live on a round of applause can you.

Quite.

[cromwell]

Well you can't live on a round of applause can you.

[papasmurf]

Nurses are not revolting.  Some just look a bit haggard.  😎

I have been married to one for 44 years, they are revolting.

[Scott777]

Personally the way nurses have been crapped on by the government I am surprised they have not gone on strike before.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63150632

Nurses urged to strike for first time over pay

• Published
  6 hours ago

The Royal College of Nursing is balloting all of its UK members for strike action for the first time in its 106-year history.
The union is recommending its 300,000 members walk out over pay, with the result of the ballot due next month.
If strikes go ahead, the RCN says they would affect non-urgent but not emergency care.
The government has urged nurses to "carefully consider" the impact on patients.

• NHS services may have to be cut to fund pay award
• Record number of nurses quitting the NHS

The RCN has been calling for a rise of 5% above the RPI inflation rate of 12%, but no UK nation has offered close to that.
In England and Wales, NHS staff, including nurses, are being given an average of 4.75% more, with extra for the lowest paid, while in Scotland, 5% has been given. In Northern Ireland, nurses are yet to receive a pay award.
The RCN said it had commissioned research showing average pay had fallen by 6% between 2011 and 2021 - once inflation had been taken into account - compared with the 4.6% average for the whole economy.

Nurses are not revolting.  Some just look a bit haggard.  😎

[papasmurf]

Personally the way nurses have been crapped on by the government I am surprised they have not gone on strike before.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63150632

Nurses urged to strike for first time over pay

• Published
  6 hours ago

The Royal College of Nursing is balloting all of its UK members for strike action for the first time in its 106-year history.
The union is recommending its 300,000 members walk out over pay, with the result of the ballot due next month.
If strikes go ahead, the RCN says they would affect non-urgent but not emergency care.
The government has urged nurses to "carefully consider" the impact on patients.

• NHS services may have to be cut to fund pay award
• Record number of nurses quitting the NHS

The RCN has been calling for a rise of 5% above the RPI inflation rate of 12%, but no UK nation has offered close to that.
In England and Wales, NHS staff, including nurses, are being given an average of 4.75% more, with extra for the lowest paid, while in Scotland, 5% has been given. In Northern Ireland, nurses are yet to receive a pay award.
The RCN said it had commissioned research showing average pay had fallen by 6% between 2011 and 2021 - once inflation had been taken into account - compared with the 4.6% average for the whole economy.