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Originally Posted by jfman

All wages are set by someone in order to fill vacancies. The fact it’s a national body is a red herring.

However rather than pay the going rate we want to undercut our own population. Taking back control indeed.

Agreed. In fact, we penalised our own aspiring Nurses by taking away their bursary and forcing them to take out loans. We also ensured that they cannot afford to live in our Capital city:

Warning nurses need to earn extra £10,500 ‘to afford London rent’

Those behind the report said that, as a result, nurse median wages would need to increase by roughly £10,500 a year for current median rents to be deemed affordable.

In addition, the report highlighted that rent in the South East of England accounted for 34% of nurses’ and midwives’ salaries and 32% in the East.

It said: “On an occupational basis, many key workers such as nurses and teachers cannot afford the rents charged in areas such as London and the South East.”