Southport residents are being urged to revive the spirit of the Thursday night clap for the NHS by calling on their MP to support a fair pay rise for nursing staff.
It follows the announcement from Rishi Sunak that there would be a boost to pay for NHS staff. However the pressure is now mounting to allow that pay rise to happen sooner rather than later.
The chancellor today announced the Government will freeze public sector pay next year but NHS workers and nurses and those in the lowest paid jobs will still get an increase in their wages.
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), the UK’s largest professional nursing union, says nurses’ wages have fallen by 12.6 per cent in real terms over the past decade due to the Government capping or freezing their pay.
The college says many nurses are feeling undervalued and thinking of leaving the profession at a time when health and social care services can ill afford the serious shortage of staff to worsen and put the quality and safety of patient care at greater risk.
By visiting the RCN website – rcn.org.uk – members of the public can customise and send a message by email to their MP, asking them to back a fair pay claim for nursing staff.
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