Fair Pay for Nursing

Nursing is the largest safety-critical profession in health care, playing a vital role in patient care.

Despite this, nursing remains understaffed and undervalued. After years of underinvestment, the government must act urgently to protect patient care by protecting the profession.  

You can make a difference

When politicians neglect nursing, they neglect patients. We need members and supporters to come together to achieve a safely staffed workforce.

The Fair Pay for Nursing campaign is about:

• recognising that salaries of nursing professionals has consistently fallen below inflation – a fact which is being exacerbated by the cost of living crisis - and must now rise significantly to reflect that. 
• valuing the training, qualifications, skills, responsibilities and experience demonstrated every day by nursing staff. 
• ensuring that nursing is seen as an attractive, rewarding profession to tackle the tens of thousands of unfilled nursing posts.
• the campaign aims to secure a pay increase that is 5% above inflation (measured by RPI).

Governments’ response to this demand will indicate what they believe nursing staff who work outside of the NHS deserve too. We are clear that nursing staff deserve the same and fair pay no matter the setting or sector.

You can learn more about the history of the campaign and key milestones in our campaign timeline.

Funding our health and care system is a political choice. The government should make the right choice now.