Originally Posted by
Hot 'n' High
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!!!!!!
12% mentioned here amongst many other figures. As to your own figures, it strikes me that talking about nurses is rather like talking about soldiers, ie of privates and generals all in the same breath. I'd say that any increase in pay in the public sector at the moment, given that many in the private one will move straight from furloughed to unemployed soon enough (if they haven't already!), is a bit of a bonus. Appreciate it if your wife doesn't see this post either, if at all possible :-
Nurse pay up over the past few years but down on 2010 - Full Fact