“Nursing staff working in general practice work at the front door of the NHS and are central to its success, but they are being repeatedly failed by the Government when it comes to their pay,” said Patricia Marquis, executive director of RCN England.
Three in ten (30%) nurses who work in GP surgeries in England said they received no pay rise in the last year, according to a survey of more than 1,600 general practice nursing staff who are directly employed by their surgery.
Nurses working in GP surgeries are being “repeatedly failed” when it comes to their pay, a union has said after it emerged that many staff are yet to receive a promised pay rise.
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “This government inherited a broken NHS where general practice and nurses had been neglected for years, but through our Plan for Change we will fix the front door of the health service, shifting the focus from hospital to community.
Officials said this would mean that “additional funding will enable practices to uplift GP and staff pay by 6% – their first meaningful pay rise in years”.
