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Information centre’s average pay figures are news to me

06 April 2010

Nursing Standard

Letter

The NHS Information Centre claims the average full-time nurse had a basic salary of £28,200 last year, or £32,500 when additions such as overtime and allowances are...

Ministers have a cheek to say nurses should be grateful for NHS salaries

25 January 2011

Nursing Standard

Letter

The Department of Health (DH) wants nurses to be more grateful for being NHS employees and plans to spell this out in annual letters telling us how well rewarded we...

Losing our way over clean hands and smoking patrols

03 February 2009

Nursing Standard

Letter

Many patients arrive for treatment in my department with the dirtiest fingernails. Some appear to have been digging the garden with their bare hands. If I comment on...

No time to chat

31 May 2017

Nursing Standard

Letter

Patients do often say ‘the nurses are always at the nurses’ station chatting and not doing anything’ (Hospital visitors’ experiences at the nurses’ station, evidence...

Associate role will be abused

25 October 2017

Nursing Standard

Letter

Enrolled nurses were perfectly good but they were got-rid-of when it was said their role was being abused because they were having to take on the duties of the...

Some NMC fitness to practise cases could be dealt with locally

13 June 2012

Nursing Standard

Letter

In response to David Taylor (letters June 6), I understood that one of the reasons there has been an increase in fitness to practise (FtP) referrals to the Nursing...