To: Wes Streeting and the UK Government
Fair NHS Pay
Fair NHS Pay
With inflation at 4%, minimum wage going up 4% why would it be okay to give NHS Staff only 3.3%? This just isn't fair!!
NHS Band 2 wages are currently 30p over minimum wage after April it will only be 22p over, it may not sound alot but its a further squeeze on already stretched budgets of hard working people.
Band 2 and 3 workers are the backbone of the NHS, HCA's, Porters, Domestic and Administration staff keep the nuts and bolts working and are essential to making patients care excellent, its not unreasonable to want to be paid fairly for this.
Wes Streeting and the Government need to increase the pay to 4.5%, inline with inflation and to make up for previous years inadequate rises, also compensating for the extra emotional and physical strain all our NHS Roles incur.
It's said you can't be paid to care, but it's time to pay those who do Care fairly.
Wes Streeting and the Government need to increase the pay to 4.5%, inline with inflation and to make up for previous years inadequate rises, also compensating for the extra emotional and physical strain all our NHS Roles incur.
It's said you can't be paid to care, but it's time to pay those who do Care fairly.
Why is this important?
As an NHS administration worker I feel privileged to work towards helping people on their way to better health and my job has as much impact on patient care. The 3% pay rise this year, after previous years of inadequate rises against the Cost of living crisis, is pushing my position to become untenable as a single parent trying to support two kids through collage the ends just are meeting anymore. I've always considered myself lucky I'm good at creative budgeting and tightening our belts but there's nothing left to tighten, I have colleagues who already use wage advances and adhoc loans to get through the month.
I don't feel I'm being unreasonable asking for a fair wage, we work hard and the strain of money worries ontop of the strain of the job is taking its toll, a decent payrise this year will go a way to alleviate some of this.
I don't feel I'm being unreasonable asking for a fair wage, we work hard and the strain of money worries ontop of the strain of the job is taking its toll, a decent payrise this year will go a way to alleviate some of this.
