What do we want? A pay structure that recognises nurses’ value and ambition
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What do we want? A pay structure that recognises nurses’ value and ambition

Pavan Amara Nurse, midwife and health journalist

The RCN is lobbying for a separate NHS pay spine for nurses, but other unions – as well as employers – insist the profession is better off inside Agenda for Change

With a backdrop of last year’s nurse strikes and the cost-of-living crisis, the government is exploring whether a separate Agenda for Change (AfC) pay spine for the profession could help address frustrations about career progression and dissatisfaction over pay.

Nursing Standard. 39, 6, 8-10. doi: 10.7748/ns.39.6.8.s3

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