More pay for nurses means less investment in the health service

Since the 1990s, and a series of astonishingly generous pay increases, the new arrival was repeatedly, but discreetly, shafted.

One of the more interesting posts I saw on social media was from a nurse travelling under the nom de guerre of Polly Molotov.

It’s a wonderful handle, and I appreciate the pizazz. Nurse Molotov says that when she qualified, in 2011, she was subject to across-the-board salary cuts applied to all new entrants into the public service. It was “demoralising” for her to work alongside the rest of the nursing community, while being paid far less. I heartily understand.