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posted on 21/12/22

comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 45 seconds ago
comment by Keep It Greasy - Music is the BEST (U1396)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
The reality is, the NHS is a failing system, and not just for nurses.

Increasing nurse's pay (and an already tidy pension package) by 18% only makes conditions for nurses and patients worse.

Unions aren't doing a very good job of protecting their members, in fact they're pishing the public off by asking for ludicrous increases.
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What an absolute load of tory bollox
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the public are asking the GVT to pay the striking health workers. As I have stated, they will pay out eventually if the GVT want to survive. Just like Thatcher did. She paid out a whopping 25% across the board. She had to promise that to get elected.
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You're surely not suggesting that these wages will be increased just before a general election is called RBW! <cynic smiley>

posted on 21/12/22

comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 12 seconds ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 45 seconds ago
comment by Keep It Greasy - Music is the BEST (U1396)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
The reality is, the NHS is a failing system, and not just for nurses.

Increasing nurse's pay (and an already tidy pension package) by 18% only makes conditions for nurses and patients worse.

Unions aren't doing a very good job of protecting their members, in fact they're pishing the public off by asking for ludicrous increases.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What an absolute load of tory bollox
----------------------------------------------------------------------
the public are asking the GVT to pay the striking health workers. As I have stated, they will pay out eventually if the GVT want to survive. Just like Thatcher did. She paid out a whopping 25% across the board. She had to promise that to get elected.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You're surely not suggesting that these wages will be increased just before a general election is called RBW! <cynic smiley>
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he hasnt got the time for that. It needs to be done now. Before everything just collapses

posted on 21/12/22

comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 3 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 12 seconds ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 45 seconds ago
comment by Keep It Greasy - Music is the BEST (U1396)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
The reality is, the NHS is a failing system, and not just for nurses.

Increasing nurse's pay (and an already tidy pension package) by 18% only makes conditions for nurses and patients worse.

Unions aren't doing a very good job of protecting their members, in fact they're pishing the public off by asking for ludicrous increases.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What an absolute load of tory bollox
----------------------------------------------------------------------
the public are asking the GVT to pay the striking health workers. As I have stated, they will pay out eventually if the GVT want to survive. Just like Thatcher did. She paid out a whopping 25% across the board. She had to promise that to get elected.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You're surely not suggesting that these wages will be increased just before a general election is called RBW! <cynic smiley>
----------------------------------------------------------------------
he hasnt got the time for that. It needs to be done now. Before everything just collapses
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It honestly wouldn't surprise me if they did agree to the increase and then an election is called soon after. Their final gambit.

posted on 21/12/22

t clearly is a bad salary as a third need food banks to live and their wage hasn't increased with inflation for years hence why they are desperate and stricking you absolute tw-t. The fact you know 2 people who are nurses and don't live off food banks means f-ck all.
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to be fair I cant think that many pay increases have risen with inflation for a large % of the working population, not just nurses and the likes.

The whole country is on its knees

posted on 21/12/22

u do realise that the whole point of strike action is to have an impact

posted on 21/12/22

comment by Baz tard (U19119)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 9 minutes ago
Can the police go on strike?
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Thought they were normally?
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The Met certainly are

posted on 21/12/22

Not his biggest fan but this is a good summary from James O'Brian.

https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1605514310461100033?t=EjdpfIPTzuNqQK31YxZdzQ&s=19

posted on 21/12/22

comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Keep It Greasy - Music is the BEST (U1396)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
The reality is, the NHS is a failing system, and not just for nurses.

Increasing nurse's pay (and an already tidy pension package) by 18% only makes conditions for nurses and patients worse.

Unions aren't doing a very good job of protecting their members, in fact they're pishing the public off by asking for ludicrous increases.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What an absolute load of tory bollox
----------------------------------------------------------------------
the public are asking the GVT to pay the striking health workers. As I have stated, they will pay out eventually if the GVT want to survive. Just like Thatcher did. She paid out a whopping 25% across the board. She had to promise that to get elected.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It’s not the same situation as it was in the 70s though.

I don’t think nurses should be allowed to strike, same with the police.

A 19% increase is ludicrous though, pay rises should never be set during high inflationary times. The pay rises are not temporary, they’re permanent.

The average UK nurse salary is just under £35,000 a year.

London average nurse salary is mid £40,000 range.


The NHS is a mess and will always be a mess due to its sheer size and abundance of middle-management, bloated processes et cetera.


Respect to the job that all of our healthcare professionals do for our society and I am not against a pay rise but not at 19%. Something like 8% for me.

As ever, these things are very complicated with a lot of repercussions; it’s far too simplistic to think ‘yes just pay them more’.

Oh and what’s the average salary of a police officer? That’s right, notably less than nurses - £28,500.

Ever wonder why there aren’t surveys about how many police officers are skipping meals and/or using food banks? It’s as if there is a strong, well-funded force at play pushing its point with a lot of campaign funding via the media….

posted on 21/12/22

Can we people stop saying nurses were over worked during COVID. I work at 2 hospitals before during and after COVID the vast majority of nurses were working in hospital wards the had 0 to barely any patients. Plus yes we were all concerned about COVID in the beginning but let's be honest working with full PPE for a virus that's not any worse than I flu hardly makes you a super hero.

posted on 21/12/22

comment by Wengers consultant (U15569)
posted 2 minutes ago
Can we people stop saying nurses were over worked during COVID. I work at 2 hospitals before during and after COVID the vast majority of nurses were working in hospital wards the had 0 to barely any patients. Plus yes we were all concerned about COVID in the beginning but let's be honest working with full PPE for a virus that's not any worse than I flu hardly makes you a super hero.
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what an idiot

posted on 21/12/22

The really us some heartless tw@ts in country

posted on 21/12/22

comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Keep It Greasy - Music is the BEST (U1396)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
The reality is, the NHS is a failing system, and not just for nurses.

Increasing nurse's pay (and an already tidy pension package) by 18% only makes conditions for nurses and patients worse.

Unions aren't doing a very good job of protecting their members, in fact they're pishing the public off by asking for ludicrous increases.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What an absolute load of tory bollox
----------------------------------------------------------------------
the public are asking the GVT to pay the striking health workers. As I have stated, they will pay out eventually if the GVT want to survive. Just like Thatcher did. She paid out a whopping 25% across the board. She had to promise that to get elected.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It’s not the same situation as it was in the 70s though.

I don’t think nurses should be allowed to strike, same with the police.

A 19% increase is ludicrous though, pay rises should never be set during high inflationary times. The pay rises are not temporary, they’re permanent.

The average UK nurse salary is just under £35,000 a year.

London average nurse salary is mid £40,000 range.


The NHS is a mess and will always be a mess due to its sheer size and abundance of middle-management, bloated processes et cetera.


Respect to the job that all of our healthcare professionals do for our society and I am not against a pay rise but not at 19%. Something like 8% for me.

As ever, these things are very complicated with a lot of repercussions; it’s far too simplistic to think ‘yes just pay them more’.

Oh and what’s the average salary of a police officer? That’s right, notably less than nurses - £28,500.

Ever wonder why there aren’t surveys about how many police officers are skipping meals and/or using food banks? It’s as if there is a strong, well-funded force at play pushing its point with a lot of campaign funding via the media….
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You should watch the O'Brien piece

posted on 21/12/22

comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Who do you think you are kidding Mr.... (U3126)
posted 8 seconds ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Keep It Greasy - Music is the BEST (U1396)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
The reality is, the NHS is a failing system, and not just for nurses.

Increasing nurse's pay (and an already tidy pension package) by 18% only makes conditions for nurses and patients worse.

Unions aren't doing a very good job of protecting their members, in fact they're pishing the public off by asking for ludicrous increases.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What an absolute load of tory bollox
----------------------------------------------------------------------
the public are asking the GVT to pay the striking health workers. As I have stated, they will pay out eventually if the GVT want to survive. Just like Thatcher did. She paid out a whopping 25% across the board. She had to promise that to get elected.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It’s not the same situation as it was in the 70s though.

I don’t think nurses should be allowed to strike, same with the police.

A 19% increase is ludicrous though, pay rises should never be set during high inflationary times. The pay rises are not temporary, they’re permanent.

The average UK nurse salary is just under £35,000 a year.

London average nurse salary is mid £40,000 range.


The NHS is a mess and will always be a mess due to its sheer size and abundance of middle-management, bloated processes et cetera.


Respect to the job that all of our healthcare professionals do for our society and I am not against a pay rise but not at 19%. Something like 8% for me.

As ever, these things are very complicated with a lot of repercussions; it’s far too simplistic to think ‘yes just pay them more’.

Oh and what’s the average salary of a police officer? That’s right, notably less than nurses - £28,500.

Ever wonder why there aren’t surveys about how many police officers are skipping meals and/or using food banks? It’s as if there is a strong, well-funded force at play pushing its point with a lot of campaign funding via the media….
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You should watch the O'Brien piece
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I was tempted but I really dislike the guy πŸ˜‚

I’ll give it a watch now though.

posted on 21/12/22

comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Who do you think you are kidding Mr.... (U3126)
posted 37 seconds ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Keep It Greasy - Music is the BEST (U1396)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
The reality is, the NHS is a failing system, and not just for nurses.

Increasing nurse's pay (and an already tidy pension package) by 18% only makes conditions for nurses and patients worse.

Unions aren't doing a very good job of protecting their members, in fact they're pishing the public off by asking for ludicrous increases.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What an absolute load of tory bollox
----------------------------------------------------------------------
the public are asking the GVT to pay the striking health workers. As I have stated, they will pay out eventually if the GVT want to survive. Just like Thatcher did. She paid out a whopping 25% across the board. She had to promise that to get elected.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It’s not the same situation as it was in the 70s though.

I don’t think nurses should be allowed to strike, same with the police.

A 19% increase is ludicrous though, pay rises should never be set during high inflationary times. The pay rises are not temporary, they’re permanent.

The average UK nurse salary is just under £35,000 a year.

London average nurse salary is mid £40,000 range.


The NHS is a mess and will always be a mess due to its sheer size and abundance of middle-management, bloated processes et cetera.


Respect to the job that all of our healthcare professionals do for our society and I am not against a pay rise but not at 19%. Something like 8% for me.

As ever, these things are very complicated with a lot of repercussions; it’s far too simplistic to think ‘yes just pay them more’.

Oh and what’s the average salary of a police officer? That’s right, notably less than nurses - £28,500.

Ever wonder why there aren’t surveys about how many police officers are skipping meals and/or using food banks? It’s as if there is a strong, well-funded force at play pushing its point with a lot of campaign funding via the media….
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You should watch the O'Brien piece
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It is the same as the 70s what is different?

You 'forgot' that the Tories under Thatcher paid out in 79, didnt you?

posted on 21/12/22

comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Who do you think you are kidding Mr.... (U3126)
posted 8 seconds ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Keep It Greasy - Music is the BEST (U1396)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
The reality is, the NHS is a failing system, and not just for nurses.

Increasing nurse's pay (and an already tidy pension package) by 18% only makes conditions for nurses and patients worse.

Unions aren't doing a very good job of protecting their members, in fact they're pishing the public off by asking for ludicrous increases.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What an absolute load of tory bollox
----------------------------------------------------------------------
the public are asking the GVT to pay the striking health workers. As I have stated, they will pay out eventually if the GVT want to survive. Just like Thatcher did. She paid out a whopping 25% across the board. She had to promise that to get elected.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It’s not the same situation as it was in the 70s though.

I don’t think nurses should be allowed to strike, same with the police.

A 19% increase is ludicrous though, pay rises should never be set during high inflationary times. The pay rises are not temporary, they’re permanent.

The average UK nurse salary is just under £35,000 a year.

London average nurse salary is mid £40,000 range.


The NHS is a mess and will always be a mess due to its sheer size and abundance of middle-management, bloated processes et cetera.


Respect to the job that all of our healthcare professionals do for our society and I am not against a pay rise but not at 19%. Something like 8% for me.

As ever, these things are very complicated with a lot of repercussions; it’s far too simplistic to think ‘yes just pay them more’.

Oh and what’s the average salary of a police officer? That’s right, notably less than nurses - £28,500.

Ever wonder why there aren’t surveys about how many police officers are skipping meals and/or using food banks? It’s as if there is a strong, well-funded force at play pushing its point with a lot of campaign funding via the media….
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You should watch the O'Brien piece
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I was tempted but I really dislike the guy πŸ˜‚

I’ll give it a watch now though.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
of course you dislike him

posted on 21/12/22

"RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)

posted 8 minutes ago

comment by Wengers consultant (U15569)
posted 2 minutes ago
Can we people stop saying nurses were over worked during COVID. I work at 2 hospitals before during and after COVID the vast majority of nurses were working in hospital wards the had 0 to barely any patients. Plus yes we were all concerned about COVID in the beginning but let's be honest working with full PPE for a virus that's not any worse than I flu hardly makes you a super hero.
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what an idiot"

Reading that your nurses must have been the most underworked in the world!.

posted on 21/12/22

comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 18 seconds ago
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Who do you think you are kidding Mr.... (U3126)
posted 37 seconds ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Keep It Greasy - Music is the BEST (U1396)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
The reality is, the NHS is a failing system, and not just for nurses.

Increasing nurse's pay (and an already tidy pension package) by 18% only makes conditions for nurses and patients worse.

Unions aren't doing a very good job of protecting their members, in fact they're pishing the public off by asking for ludicrous increases.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What an absolute load of tory bollox
----------------------------------------------------------------------
the public are asking the GVT to pay the striking health workers. As I have stated, they will pay out eventually if the GVT want to survive. Just like Thatcher did. She paid out a whopping 25% across the board. She had to promise that to get elected.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It’s not the same situation as it was in the 70s though.

I don’t think nurses should be allowed to strike, same with the police.

A 19% increase is ludicrous though, pay rises should never be set during high inflationary times. The pay rises are not temporary, they’re permanent.

The average UK nurse salary is just under £35,000 a year.

London average nurse salary is mid £40,000 range.


The NHS is a mess and will always be a mess due to its sheer size and abundance of middle-management, bloated processes et cetera.


Respect to the job that all of our healthcare professionals do for our society and I am not against a pay rise but not at 19%. Something like 8% for me.

As ever, these things are very complicated with a lot of repercussions; it’s far too simplistic to think ‘yes just pay them more’.

Oh and what’s the average salary of a police officer? That’s right, notably less than nurses - £28,500.

Ever wonder why there aren’t surveys about how many police officers are skipping meals and/or using food banks? It’s as if there is a strong, well-funded force at play pushing its point with a lot of campaign funding via the media….
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You should watch the O'Brien piece
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It is the same as the 70s what is different?

You 'forgot' that the Tories under Thatcher paid out in 79, didnt you?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It’s been plastered all over the media in recent days so it’s not some hidden treasure that you’ve discovered.

https://www.oxfordeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/20220630-RB-1970s.pdf?utm_campaign=PR-UK&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=218213527&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Y9xUiX-5XfKjBVaszF9JQZ089iFEyvRaW185yUULJU-CX3Xw0XARZZYreuPzKSsg1MC-8LtSRYnfwwN30BOfmpk2v2A&utm_content=218213527&utm_source=hs_email

Have a read of that, this is why it’s different to today.

posted on 21/12/22

comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 5 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Who do you think you are kidding Mr.... (U3126)
posted 8 seconds ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Keep It Greasy - Music is the BEST (U1396)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
The reality is, the NHS is a failing system, and not just for nurses.

Increasing nurse's pay (and an already tidy pension package) by 18% only makes conditions for nurses and patients worse.

Unions aren't doing a very good job of protecting their members, in fact they're pishing the public off by asking for ludicrous increases.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What an absolute load of tory bollox
----------------------------------------------------------------------
the public are asking the GVT to pay the striking health workers. As I have stated, they will pay out eventually if the GVT want to survive. Just like Thatcher did. She paid out a whopping 25% across the board. She had to promise that to get elected.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It’s not the same situation as it was in the 70s though.

I don’t think nurses should be allowed to strike, same with the police.

A 19% increase is ludicrous though, pay rises should never be set during high inflationary times. The pay rises are not temporary, they’re permanent.

The average UK nurse salary is just under £35,000 a year.

London average nurse salary is mid £40,000 range.


The NHS is a mess and will always be a mess due to its sheer size and abundance of middle-management, bloated processes et cetera.


Respect to the job that all of our healthcare professionals do for our society and I am not against a pay rise but not at 19%. Something like 8% for me.

As ever, these things are very complicated with a lot of repercussions; it’s far too simplistic to think ‘yes just pay them more’.

Oh and what’s the average salary of a police officer? That’s right, notably less than nurses - £28,500.

Ever wonder why there aren’t surveys about how many police officers are skipping meals and/or using food banks? It’s as if there is a strong, well-funded force at play pushing its point with a lot of campaign funding via the media….
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You should watch the O'Brien piece
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I was tempted but I really dislike the guy πŸ˜‚

I’ll give it a watch now though.
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of course you dislike him
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what’s likeable about him? He’s a smarmy khoont who generally doesn’t debate people who know what they’re talking about. Similar people with different ideologies to him that people like you probably dislike. But I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that it’s not their ideologies that you dislike, you just don’t like their personalities or persona.

Saying that I’m probably being far too kind to you there.

posted on 21/12/22

comment by Wengers consultant (U15569)
posted 13 minutes ago
Can we people stop saying nurses were over worked during COVID. I work at 2 hospitals before during and after COVID the vast majority of nurses were working in hospital wards the had 0 to barely any patients. Plus yes we were all concerned about COVID in the beginning but let's be honest working with full PPE for a virus that's not any worse than I flu hardly makes you a super hero.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Mind telling us it what capacity you worked for these two hospitals?

posted on 21/12/22

comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 2 seconds ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 18 seconds ago
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Who do you think you are kidding Mr.... (U3126)
posted 37 seconds ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Keep It Greasy - Music is the BEST (U1396)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
The reality is, the NHS is a failing system, and not just for nurses.

Increasing nurse's pay (and an already tidy pension package) by 18% only makes conditions for nurses and patients worse.

Unions aren't doing a very good job of protecting their members, in fact they're pishing the public off by asking for ludicrous increases.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What an absolute load of tory bollox
----------------------------------------------------------------------
the public are asking the GVT to pay the striking health workers. As I have stated, they will pay out eventually if the GVT want to survive. Just like Thatcher did. She paid out a whopping 25% across the board. She had to promise that to get elected.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It’s not the same situation as it was in the 70s though.

I don’t think nurses should be allowed to strike, same with the police.

A 19% increase is ludicrous though, pay rises should never be set during high inflationary times. The pay rises are not temporary, they’re permanent.

The average UK nurse salary is just under £35,000 a year.

London average nurse salary is mid £40,000 range.


The NHS is a mess and will always be a mess due to its sheer size and abundance of middle-management, bloated processes et cetera.


Respect to the job that all of our healthcare professionals do for our society and I am not against a pay rise but not at 19%. Something like 8% for me.

As ever, these things are very complicated with a lot of repercussions; it’s far too simplistic to think ‘yes just pay them more’.

Oh and what’s the average salary of a police officer? That’s right, notably less than nurses - £28,500.

Ever wonder why there aren’t surveys about how many police officers are skipping meals and/or using food banks? It’s as if there is a strong, well-funded force at play pushing its point with a lot of campaign funding via the media….
----------------------------------------------------------------------
You should watch the O'Brien piece
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It is the same as the 70s what is different?

You 'forgot' that the Tories under Thatcher paid out in 79, didnt you?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It’s been plastered all over the media in recent days so it’s not some hidden treasure that you’ve discovered.

++++



it's history and I'm educated. I don't claim to have discovered it.

posted on 21/12/22

I don't get what's so bad about them going on strike now?

posted on 21/12/22

comment by Bãleš left boot (U22081)
posted 4 seconds ago
I don't get what's so bad about them going on strike now?
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it isn't bad. In fact its good.

posted on 21/12/22

@WWSPD - a few comments on his points.

- of course 19% is part of their negotiation but that doesn’t make it any less ludicrous. The govt is using the independent pay review as an excuse / negotiation stance and the union is using 19%. I would say that 19% is far more ludicrous than using an independent body’s recommendation

- he doesn’t ever mention the police - why not?

- he says that people are using the ‘blood on their hands for striking’ well yes if healthcare goes on strike, people will suffer that’s the point of every strike. Which is why, I’m my opinion they shouldn’t be allowed to strike

- I disagree with him that we cannot support a pay rise whilst simultaneously saying that they cannot strike. Again I reference the police.

Ultimately they are two vital, life-saving public services that we pay for. People not getting trains is one thing but having police on strike is something else entirely, as with healthcare.

They’re really not paid that badly to be perfectly honest. But what I would support and what I think is a much better idea is for the government to fund healthcare education costs. This would serve to attract more people to the profession and remove the burden of student loans entirely.

posted on 21/12/22

comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 2 seconds ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 18 seconds ago
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? Who do you think you are kidding Mr.... (U3126)
posted 37 seconds ago
comment by Sat Nav (U18243)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by RB&W - Whiteside has done it again (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
comment by Keep It Greasy - Music is the BEST (U1396)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Busby (U19985)
posted 2 hours, 18 minutes ago
The reality is, the NHS is a failing system, and not just for nurses.

Increasing nurse's pay (and an already tidy pension package) by 18% only makes conditions for nurses and patients worse.

Unions aren't doing a very good job of protecting their members, in fact they're pishing the public off by asking for ludicrous increases.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What an absolute load of tory bollox
----------------------------------------------------------------------
the public are asking the GVT to pay the striking health workers. As I have stated, they will pay out eventually if the GVT want to survive. Just like Thatcher did. She paid out a whopping 25% across the board. She had to promise that to get elected.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
It’s not the same situation as it was in the 70s though.

I don’t think nurses should be allowed to strike, same with the police.

A 19% increase is ludicrous though, pay rises should never be set during high inflationary times. The pay rises are not temporary, they’re permanent.

The average UK nurse salary is just under £35,000 a year.

London average nurse salary is mid £40,000 range.


The NHS is a mess and will always be a mess due to its sheer size and abundance of middle-management, bloated processes et cetera.


Respect to the job that all of our healthcare professionals do for our society and I am not against a pay rise but not at 19%. Something like 8% for me.

As ever, these things are very complicated with a lot of repercussions; it’s far too simplistic to think ‘yes just pay them more’.

Oh and what’s the average salary of a police officer? That’s right, notably less than nurses - £28,500.

Ever wonder why there aren’t surveys about how many police officers are skipping meals and/or using food banks? It’s as if there is a strong, well-funded force at play pushing its point with a lot of campaign funding via the media….
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You should watch the O'Brien piece
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It is the same as the 70s what is different?

You 'forgot' that the Tories under Thatcher paid out in 79, didnt you?
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It’s been plastered all over the media in recent days so it’s not some hidden treasure that you’ve discovered.

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it's history and I'm educated. I don't claim to have discovered it.
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I’d get a refund on your education if I were you.

posted on 21/12/22

What I find depressing is that people expect a duty of care from medical care professionals (which many provide to the best of their abilities) but won’t extend that duty of care to these same medical professionals and the terrible conditions they are working in.

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