At some point in all our lives we will be kept alive by a nurse. Morally and practically we should pay them properly. Yet my nursing colleagues have had a decade of real terms pay cuts - I support the #nursingstrike - it’s not about politics it’s about public health. Some say…
…that nurses are paid above average wage.
1. They should be: it’s incredibly skilful work with enormous responsibilities
2. This is a nursing STAFF strike which includes many people who are paid way below average and who have been terribly affected by the economic crisis
Now some people (many ministers) say it will exacerbate inflation but the evidence says otherwise - paying public sector workers properly is not an engine of inflation. High prices are coming from increases in the price of energy and food, imported from elsewhere in the world…
…not from overpaying nursing staff.
@theRCN Emma your comms officer was incredibly informed and helpful btw.

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An absolute risk increase of 0.36%.

Without exhaustively going through the methodological flaws it’s very clear that this isn’t important. Divorce rates whether you have boys or girls are the functionally identical.
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