Posted 16 September 2024 - 00:01
Posted 16 September 2024 - 00:01
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Nurse pay: how do you make your band 5 salary stretch?
With voting in the RCN’s member consultation on the 2024-25 pay offer for NHS staff in England set to close, we talk to four nurses on band 5 – the most common banding for NHS nurses– about how they cope on their current salaries, the decisions they’ve had to take to make ends meet and the impact on their well-being and that of their families
![ Nurse salaries: a nurse holding a banknote walks away from an ATM Nurses on band 5 will see a 5.5% pay rise under the government’s offer for 2024-25 – will it be enough? Picture: Neil O’Connor [Click and drag to move] ](http://dm1zcrsul8wju.cloudfront.net/sites/rcn_nspace/files/styles/full_width_banner/public/Article-images/208321/102207_copy.jpg?itok=dNcngMGH " Nurse salaries: a nurse holding a banknote walks away from an ATM Nurses on band 5 will see a 5.5% pay rise under the government’s offer for 2024-25 – will it be enough? Picture: Neil O’Connor [Click and drag to move] ")