Best for BritainNov 10, 2022

🧑‍⚕️Average salary of an NHS nurse: £33,384

💼MP basic salary: £84,144. Plus £67,505 if a Cabinet Minister.

🧑‍⚕️NHS canteen prices: £7.25 for macaroni cheese

💼House of Commons Members' Dining Room: £5.67 for a gourmet roast rump of beef dinner

🧑‍⚕️NHS parking: £25/day

💼MP travel: expensed

NHS nurses have been refused inflation-matching pay rises for 12 Tory years. It’s time to pay them properly.

#NHS #UKpolitics #nurse

Show threadBigNurseMike✅Nov 10, 2022
@bestforbritain Let me put it this way: I moved from England to New Zealand in May. I do essentially the same job, see roughly half the number of patients, and took an immediate 50% raise in take-home pay just by moving.
And New Zealand nurses are underpaid by international standards (vs. Australia, USA, Canada in particular).
Show threadDeadly Headshot
@BigNurseMike
Does New Zealand have an NHS or are you private?
@bestforbritain
Nov 10, 2022 at 11:04pmMastalab
Show threadBigNurseMike✅Nov 10, 2022
@dheadshot @bestforbritain It has a public health system similar to the NHS, and also commissions private specialist providers in the same way. Funding is normally through Ministry of Health, except if you have an accident. In that case you're covered by ACC, a state-owned insurance company. You have no right to sue for personal injury, but you are always well insured for it anyway.