Nurses Reject Government’s 5.5 Percent Pay Rise Offer

Published on September 24, 2024

NHS nursing staff have rejected the government’s offer of a 5.5 percent pay rise. In a record 145,000 turnout, two-thirds of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members in England voted to turn down the pay deal on Monday. The government offered a 5.5 percent consolidated pay increase across all bands in late July. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that it would be paid in October and backdated to April 1. Speaking after the vote, Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Chief Executive Nicola Ranger said that the nurses’ expectations of the government are “far higher.” In a letter to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting, she said: “We are witnessing a fundamental shift in the determination of nursing staff to stand up for themselves, their patients and the NHS they believe in....

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