Clappage tonight

[Kit Kat Chunky]

I have to say that after a 15 year career in the NHS we have to stop this pay myth. We got annual increments based on time served, while these have been tightened they still exist as below. So we got annual increments plus a cost of living rise, the 1% is that cost of living rise. So unless you're at the top of band and have no way of promotion you get far more than a 1% annual rise over 3-5years.

Lots of people are at the top of their pay band though. There's not that much mobility in many areas of nursing. And for those who aren't some areas are very arsey about letting people move up an increment.
That's what makes the 1% rise insulting.

I do agree that people claiming nurses are virtually on minimum wage and using food banks do the profession no favours. It's not a bad wage.

When I started in finance 30 years ago there was an annual increment and cost of living. The annual increment went over 20 years ago.