Government’s offer is a leap in the right direction
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Government’s offer is a leap in the right direction

Josie Irwin RCN associate director employment relations, and the college’s lead pay negotiator

A rise of 6.5% over three years is not a panacea, but the offer is free of unpalatable demands, so RCN members will be encouraged to accept

Six months after more than 2,000 RCN members descended on Westminster to ask the government to ‘scrap the cap’, they now stand to benefit from their biggest pay rise in more than ten years.

Nursing Standard. 33, 1, 9-9. doi: 10.7748/ns.33.1.9.s7

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