Four NHS trusts in the Black Country that cut the pay of staff who work extra hours have seen a sharp decline in the number of nurses who feel valued by their organisation, according to the newly-published results of the 2025 NHS Staff Survey.
Cuts in the use of temporary staffing shifts and pay rates by four NHS trusts in the Black Country have worsened nursing shortages and damaged staff’s health and wellbeing, a survey by the Royal College of Nursing suggests.
Nursing staff feel insulted and exploited by moves by NHS trusts in the Black Country to cut their pay for the hours they work over and above their working week.
Doubling the charge that nurses from overseas have to pay to be allowed to use the NHS as patients is unjust and risks worsening the current shortage of nursing staff in the West Midlands.
More than 100 delegates attended our popular annual Black History Month conference in October, held this year at the home of West Bromwich Albion FC. Watch our film of the highlights.
