Experienced nurses in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland need a nominal pay rise of 45% by 2024-25 just to return their salaries to levels seen in 2010-11.
Meanwhile, the RCN is balloting its 300,000 members for strike action, calling for higher pay and an effort by government to fill the hundreds of thousands of nursing vacancies across the country.Advertisement
RCN general secretary Pat Cullen said:"This exploitation of nursing staff cannot be tolerated any longer. "Ministers have stubbornly resisted the requirement to address the workforce crisis, including paying nursing fairly, instead rejecting any opportunity to act.
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