What will happen if nurses and other professions don't get their pay rise?

[malificent7]

The country has come to enough of a standstill as it is. I fully support them btw....do they keep striking?

I'd leave and work for a locum agency. I'd get paid more. The government would be paying me more but they'd also be paying an agency fee. Already have four locums in my department. Half of them used to work in the department under NHS. I suppose it's a way of slowly privatisation staff. It certainly doesn't cost the government less just means a middleman gets paid too.

We've found the money to pay prison officers a starting wage of 32k with no qualifications or previous experience necessary.

They deserve this wage, but it does highlight how unfair a starting wage of 27k is for a graduate profession that is highly stressful.

My same job in a private hospital pays 10k more, plus a 5k welcome bonus, with significantly less stress and better conditions.

The employer (NHS) doesn't have the same obligations when using an agency and the employee doesn't get the same benefits, i.e. generous sick/maternity pay, pensions, etc. so yes there's an agency fee but you have to offset the other liabilities they save.

Why of people struggle with the concept of agencies?
Agency fees include the cost of employing a person. Currently, the government is covering that cost.
That applies to any job.
accountingservicesforbusiness.co.uk/insights-articles/how-much-does-it-really-cost-to-employ-someone-1/

A clear example is.
The real cost of an employee
You might think that you’re going to pay your employee £18,000 per year, but on top of this, you need to allow for a variety of additional costs.
Let’s have a look at them:
After adding all of these up, the picture starts to look quite different… That £18,000 a year you started with is growing bigger and the cost per hour is increasing. It’s no longer the £9.89 per hour (for a 35-hour week) that you budgeted.
In fact, your costs are now almost double the amount. Your employees are likely to cost you over £33,000 per year (that’s £18.13 per hour).

Agencies cover the costs of employment then they factor in a margin so they can make a profit.
This is why DP employs subcontractors.

Why do?
Not why of.🙄

I'm not sure you understand the costs involved in healthcare staffing?

Agency nurses often get double the standard rate of substantive staff, plus the agency fee.

My ward is massively (6 figures) over budget solely because we use agency staff out of necessity to plug nursing vacancies.

I'm not sure you understand the specific costs of providing a service and how this is shared across the different parties, agencies, and the government.
This is an issue with people who work in the public sector, unfortunately.
You're only seeing how these interactions relate to your budget.

Just to add.
The article highlights s an issue that is very telling and specific to all services delivered by the public sector.
Unproductive and wasted hours
You may have told your new employee that they will work a 35-hour week, but how many productive hours will they really work during the year? A considerable portion of the working hours you pay for is for the time your team is not actually being productive or generating profit. For example:
Statutory holiday allowance
Sick leave
Maternity/paternity leave
Training
Other non-productive time: visiting the restroom, brewing coffee, surfing the internet, or socializing
And there is the risk of employees with poor performance or issues that could cost you additional time and increased hidden costs.

Criticism of public sector budgets and the workforce generally points in this direction. Governments and specific departments tackle this by using the word, 'efficiency'.

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In the past 3 years...in my community team .....8 have retired at 55 on full nhs pension and gone to wprk ad bank nurses...with bonuses each month on completion of x y and z number of shifts......2 have become nursing lecturers....2 have got jobs in sales ( medical devices ...very lucrative work).....1 has taken and works ad hoc at a private clinic doing botox injections.... 1 has taken a job as school nurse at a private school....1 has emigrated......loads of scope out there if you look hard enough