Nurses.co.uk survey – NHS nurses reject Govt plans

Sarah has just completed and posted the results of a fascinating survey. She asked almost 300 UK nurses about the coalition Govt’s plans. The results show that NHS nurses surveyed mostly reject the plans, with many fearing financial difficulties ahead, as well as pension issues and longer working lives for UK nurses…. Read the Nurses.co.uk [...]

Nurses call for a pay rise in line with inflation or higher

We recently ran a survey on Nurses.co.uk and the results were so interesting I thought I’d publish them here. The majority of nurses polled in our survey believe they are worth (at least) a pay rise at the rate of inflation. 83% support a pay rise of over 3%. This month they saw an increase [...]

Rayner’s Nursing Report Isn’t Helpful

I’m not sure how helpful the tone of Claire Rayner’s report is. Inevitably, what reports like this show is an awful headline (and potentially misleading too) that undermines the majority view. The headline sweeps a negative generalisation, while the detail of the issue is that only a tiny minority are to blame. Claire Rayner knows this, [...]

Nurses Say Afc Has Failed – Pay To Match Job Titles Again?

As you’ll have read recently in another blog of mine, the Dept of Health is embarking on a consultation programme for nursing careers. Among other issues it will be consulting on nursing recruitment issues. It was also a subject for discussion at a conference on nursing recruitment I attended two weeks ago. There, nursing recruitment [...]