Originally Posted by
Finningley Boy
....... The 1% pay rise for the nurses is likely fairly arrived at, I hadn't been mindful of the 12% pay rise they'd had over the preceding three years, nor that the average pay of a nurse is now £34,000. I wouldn't begrudge them a single penny but the 1 % rise is a headline grabber for all the wrong reasons! Someone needs to better advise this government about how they present stuff.
FB
Spot on
FB! Did they get 12% over 3 years? Not saying they didn't but not seen that figure myself.
However, just an observation to flesh out your "average pay" stat but, when you have a mo, have a look at Nursing pay scales and Military pay scales (I've used Army). Not saying that Nurses don't do a great job ... but a newly qualified Nurse (Band 5) comes in at mid Lance Cpl (£24k), a more specialised role (Band 6 eg Health Visitor) is Cpl (circa £34k), a nurse assisting in Surgery (Band 7) is now into lower WO2 territory (circa £40k) and a Chief Nurse/Matron (ooo, err Missus) starts in Mid WO2-land (circa £45k) and goes on up to, erm, ...... had to move pay-scales .......... top Lt Col (circa £87k). A Consultant Nurse tops out at £105k - now that's gusting Brigadier-levels. And something between an extra 30% to 60% for weekend/night/Bank Holiday work..... And, I suspect, the chance of being shot at is quite remote.
It's hard to work out what Adquals are rqd for promotion as a Nurse vs in the Mil but it does make for interesting reading. I'll let you all draw your own conclusions.
PS Mrs
H 'n' H works in the NHS so this post is being writted in the utmost secrecy here!!!!!! I'm already in the doghouse most of the time but......... I'd be a gonner if she finds this and I'm hardly likely to have a friendly reception either when she dumps my remains in a bin-bag outside A&E!!!!!!
