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10. Our members working in the NHS should get ready to have their
say. Consultations will open shortly.

⏰Update your details now at www.rcn.org.uk/myRCN. If you are not yet a member, there is still time to join the RCN and have your say.

#YourPayYourSay #EnoughIsEnough #FairPayForNursing

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9. Nursing needs bigger and bolder action to turn the profession around including better financial support for nursing students, and structural pay reform that values nursing and encourages people to stay in the profession.

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8. The UK government need to look at the cost of failing to take action - we have a recruitment and retention crisis in nursing - students do not have guaranteed jobs and others aren't completing their studies.

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7. We're angry the UK government hasn't demonstrated it values our crucial contribution to safe patient care - we are the 24/7 presence in health care.

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5. We don't just need a proper pay rise but also urgent structural pay reform, including higher starting salaries and clear paths to progression.

6. We want everyone in the NHS to be properly rewarded, but it's not right that nursing is yet again at the bottom of the pile.

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3. This award is symptomatic of a broken system which erodes our pay year on year and keeps nursing weighted to the bottom of the pay structure.
4. Nursing has received one of the lowest pay awards in the public sector
- this is unacceptable.