Nurses Offered 5% Pay Rise

[lankeela]

surely this was offered to them weeks ago and refused when they were wanting something like 19%?

[barry1010]

Were they offered the extra £1600+ lump sum top up weeks ago as well?

[lankeela]

How much extra does that equate to in percentage terms?

[Gromit]

Do you have proof that they were seeking 19% ?

Sounds wrong.

[barry1010]

It’s a 2% one off extra payment

[barry1010]

Gromit https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/keir-starmer-says-a-19-pay-rise-for-nurses-is-unaffordable-for-the-government/

[youngmafbog]

I think it was the junior doctors after the ridiculous amount.

As Barry says there is a 'bonus' this year only plus the rate rise.

[Zacs-Master]

It's not just nurses who have been offered the £1600 - £2400 bonus.
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/pay-deal-nhs-strikes-union-vote_uk_6413407ae4b0fef15242b710

[barry1010]

No, it was the nurses asking for 19.2%, the RCN

[lankeela]

"Asked why the UK Government had apparently rowed back on the idea of awarding any pay rise worth more than 3.5%, the spokesman replied: ‘We weren’t prepared to have the talks unless the unions called off the disruptive strike action.

‘You’ll remember when this issue first arose, the ask was for a 19.2% pay rise, which wouldn’t have been affordable."