With a change of Government currently taking place, a new pay offer is expected soon, however there are several other factors that could still come into play.
Nursing salaries need to match or be higher than equivalent jobs in the wider economy for more people to be attracted to joining the NHS, according to the IFS.
In this informative video, Claire catches us up on the 2023 public sector pay offer, and the impact this is having on further strikes, the staffing crisis, and the future of the NHS.
Nurses in England have failed to vote in sufficient numbers for further strike action over pay and conditions. But is this the end of the strikes, or just a delay?
Will the reforms, labelled ‘deeply regressive’, heap even more pressure on nurses and new nursing graduates, thus intensifying existing recruitment and retention issues?
