All healthcare should get a pay rise

[jadey0885]

Hi
I would like to get peoples views on all healthcare staff to get a pay rise.
Especially nhs staff.
I work in the nhs as a nursing assistant and I am really scared of catching it.

I have 2 daughters who I've kept off school as they are asthmatic.

We have been told unless we are sick with the cornavirus then we still have to go work regardless.

What is everyone's opinion

[March20]

@HowIrresponsible your comment is shocking this is NOT what nurses/healthcares signed up for never has there been a situation like this in our generation. Hence nurses even giving up their jobs! Your family members clearly have failed to tell you about the lack of PPE!!.

[Inkpaperstars]

Nurses and health care assistants, other support staff have been overdue a massive pay rise for as long as I can remember. Not sure that all consultants need a pay rise. I can think of few who definitely don't.

On top of that I think everyone who has worked dealing with covid patients should receive a hazard pay style bonus.

I know the country is broke but we will have to find it because if anyone should be paid well, it's nurses who are often doing the hardest and most important jobs while bloody footballers and bankers spend a nurse's annual salary on an evening out.

[Sunflower20]

No burning desire for a pay rise, I do have a huge issue with not being provided the PPE and being constantly lied to with a total lack of transparency. I would happily work for free to help my colleagues fight this if you give me a hazmat suit. Until then I will risk assess.

[March20]

I definitely agree when this pandemic is over Healthcares/medical team should be given some type of bonus. There’s a lot of people staying we should be “grateful” if you had of said this a few weeks ago I probably would of agreed! With the way things are looking I’m willing to do my role however if I feel it would compromise my family (lone parent to only child) I would seriously way up weather my salary is worth it... can’t spend when your dead! There’s pros & cons people who have lost jobs is a sad sad time (but we are not living in a 3rd world Country by any means) we all have it quite good! Also for all those saying we signed up for this ECT... actually NO WE DID not there’s not been anything like this globally for quite some time it’s actually a disgrace that we don’t have the correct PPE. Would teachers be expected to teach without equipment? Books, overhead projectors tables and chairs?

[March20]

@Floralnomad if all was as simple as that deaths wouldn’t be rising daily ALL around the world. This is not something nursing staff have ever seen before hence every where been on lock down!! Also the PPE isn’t sufficient not to mention lack of it on many wards..

[midsummabreak]

Didn't mean to offend Mctag it's not a bad thing you are saying. It's just that the Florence nightingale ethos that many healthcare workers themselves adhere to, tends to keep conditions and pay from improving.

[Pinksaffire]

I also agree that now is not the time to ask for a pay rise.
In this current climate I am very very grateful that my job is safe, which in turn means my mortgage will still be paid.
I have multiple friends who are concerned for their businesses and homes at present.

I am saddened at some of the comments aimed towards health care professionals on this thread.
The vast majority of us are trying to get through this anyway we can whilst still trying to maintain a calm exterior for our patients.

[Potionqueen]

I think at the least nhs workers should not have to pay to park at work. Some comments on here about healthcare workers are horrible.

[mctagmcbag]

@midsummabreak speak for yourself, I dont give a shit what you think

[foodtoorder]

NHS nurse here, I would rather keep working and keep patients safe than have a pay rise. It's why I chose the profession. No one does this for the money!
I can imagine years of austerity ahead so no we def won't be getting a pay rise!!
Maybe you should be thankful you have secure job prospects than having to worry how you will afford to live and eat? Every cloud and all that....

[Elllicam]

Tbh I would rather have effective masks at this point anyway though.

[Theodoreb]

In a ideal world yes you should get a pay rise as in imo should all people working in highly needed jobs such as supermarket staff who are currently under severe stress however I just don't think the money is there I fear it may take years to recover from the effect this will have on not only our economy but the whole worlds. Sadly there just isn't the money and with so many people losing their jobs it's going to be absolute chaos.

[Elllicam]

Well @Iamthewombat I hope you don’t get the coronavirus and end up needing ‘heroic nurses’ to care for you.

[midsummabreak]

Yet healthcare workers do not ask for your 'appreciation' nor you ' to be in awe' !!! .
They want, and deserve, improved pay and conditions, to appropriately correlate with their role.

[Iamthewombat]

State your facts right first before you "claim" I'm t at lying about myself

Eh?

[jadey0885]

@Iamthewombat
You are winning no argument.
State your facts right first before you "claim" I'm t at lying about myself

[mctagmcbag]

Everyone appreciates and is in awe of the work and pressure our NHS and other key staff are under at the moment

However, with such economic uncertainty at the moment now isn't the right time to ask for a pay rise

[Iamthewombat]

I’ve got my facts perfectly straight, thanks. Do you always behave like a petulant teenager when somebody wins an argument with you?

[howarewehere]

I think many staff in the NHS would rather just feel valued and treated civilly and not be abused. Front-line and behind the scenes. After all, every NHS worker is an important spoke in cog of communication and service but are now vectors and victims in this pandemic. Including receptionists, volunteers, cleaners, porters and behind the scenes, the admin staff to whom the consultant returns to from seeing patients.

There is so much abuse in the NHS front-line and behind the scenes. People leave good sense at the door. Patients and relatives use NHS workers as verbal punching bags. Those shocking scenes occurring in supermarkets happen somewhere in the NHS daily.

Admin staff are spending all day ringing patients to switch outpatient visits to telephone consultations whenever possible to reduce footfall in outpatient areas to protect the vulnerable who have to attend clinic for treatment. However, they coming under fire as patients and relatives clearly haven't grasped the situation and insist, 'well, they will be coming to clinic anyway because we like to see the doctor'. People are even phoning the NHS when they are running out of toilet role and hand wash. People's expectations are unreasonably high.

No-one expected a pandemic. It's unbelievable. It is truly, truly awful.

[jadey0885]

@Iamthewombat
Get you facts straight and look through the thread. Not did I talk about just myself.. @Iamthewombat you need to stop posting

[Pinksaffire]

I don’t want a pay rise and I don’t think we should get one.
What I want is proper PPE available so that we can care for sick patients without playing Russian roulette!
I want people to stop stealing masks/hand sanitiser and antibacterial wipes from public areas so that staff members and PATIENTS who need to be there for other appointments are less at risk.
Lastly I want staff, patients and relatives to treat each other with respect during this time.

[HowIrresponsible]

Also Common in healthcare that many experience bullying from co-workers.

Bullying is endemic in many professions

[Iamthewombat]

Also Common in healthcare that many experience bullying from co-workers.

So anyone who has been bullied at work, in any role, with any employer, should get an instant, publicly funded pay rise? I’ll wait for the spike in complaints.

You do realise that this has nothing to do with the subject, which is “I want a pay rise now because there’s a pandemic and this isn’t what I signed up for”?

[HowIrresponsible]

It is like joining the army and saying you want a payrise when war comes.

Did you not know what that entailed when you signed up?

I say that with members of my family in the healthcare service

[HowIrresponsible]

Where is the money going to come from?

Also who's fault is the pandemic? It was a very rare thing that occasionally happens.

Also it's your job!!!