Posted 25 August 2017 - 12:19
Posted 25 August 2017 - 12:19
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Nurses take to social media for scrap the cap day of action
Nurses, patients and other healthcare staff back RCN's digital day of action by tweeting why the public sector pay cap must go
Nurses have taken to social media today to stress the need to scrap the 1% pay cap.
Patients and other healthcare staff have also joined in the 'digital day of action' organised by the RCN as part of its summer of protest over continued public sector pay restraint.
The RCN is encouraging nurses, their friends and family to post on Twitter why they believe the cap must be lifted, using the hashtag #scrapthecap.
The college launched the event with a tweet saying: ‘Today thousands of RCN members are uniting online to take #scrapthecap viral’.
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Liverpool-based paediatric nurse Helen O’Boyle was one of the first to respond to the rallying call.
Let's get #scrapthecap trending today! Fair pay should not be a luxury but a necessity! @theRCN
— Helen O'Boyle (@pinkskydiver) August 25, 2017
Nurse Caroline Tapec posted a photo showing her colleagues giving the pay cap a firm thumbs down.
No one is impressed with the 1% cap. Time to #ScrapTheCap Let's continue the pressure @theRCN @daniellejade198 Pay pic.twitter.com/3OtqDBgW66
— Caroline Tapec (@caroline_tapec) August 24, 2017
RCN north west regional communications manager Danielle Scapens found a novel way to get the message across.
Getting involved with #scrapthecap at the park @theRCN @RCNNorthWest pic.twitter.com/My57GT81o4
— Danielle Scapens (@danieller1979) August 25, 2017
Michael Perkins, a patient in Wales, responded to the college’s suggestion to include politicians in their tweets with a message for Cardiff Central Labour MP Jo Stevens. Mr Perkins' message included a photo of his partner and baby son, whose lives were saved by NHS staff.
@JoStevensLabour I've got so many reasons to be thankful to our #NHS and 2 of these reasons are below #scrapthecap #lifesavers @theRCN #NHS pic.twitter.com/eXMbJGK8Ds
— Michael Perkins (@P7ERK) August 25, 2017
The digital day of action is the latest event in the ongoing summer of protest, which is building up to the RCN's biggest-ever rally, to be held in London on 6 September.
Comic actors and political activists Rob Delaney and Sir Tony Robinson are among the speakers confirmed for the event in Parliament Square.
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