Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds has condemned the
Government’s pay cut for hundreds of thousands of NHS staff in the
South East as “shabby” ahead of a visit to Milton Keynes University
Hospital today (Friday). The visit comes as figures show over
160,000 NHS staff across the South East face their pay cut by
hundreds of pounds in real terms under the Conservative Party’s
plans. This figure includes 45,000 nurses, 4,000 midwives, 3,000
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Labour’s Shadow Chancellor has
condemned the Government’s pay cut for hundreds of thousands of
NHS staff in the South East as “shabby” ahead of a visit to
Milton Keynes University Hospital today (Friday).
The visit comes as figures show over 160,000 NHS staff across the
South East face their pay cut by hundreds of pounds in real terms
under the Conservative Party’s plans. This figure includes 45,000
nurses, 4,000 midwives, 3,000 ambulance staff and 58,000 crucial
support staff. This real-terms pay cut of £174 for a nurse and
£312 for a health visitor comes on top of a £2,300 real terms cut
in the average salary of a nurse and health visitor since 2010.
On her visit to Milton Keynes, Dodds will promise that Labour
will fight for a fair, long-term, real-terms pay increase for all
NHS staff.
, Labour’s
Shadow Chancellor, speaking ahead of her visit to Milton Keynes,
said:
“A vote for Labour in May is a vote to reverse the insulting
real-terms pay cut the Chancellor handed to over 160,000 NHS
heroes across the South East at his Budget. After all they have
done for us, this is such a shabby way to treat our NHS staff.
“When Labour clapped for our carers during the pandemic, we meant
it. That’s why we won’t rest until all our brave NHS staff get
the fair, long-term, pay settlement they deserve.”
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Notes to Editors
- Research by the House of Commons Library shows that NHS staff
will be hundreds of pounds worse off if the Government’s
recommendations of a real terms pay cut are implemented,
including a £174 real terms pay cut for a Band 5 nurse, a £236
pay cut for a Band 6 nurse with 5 years’ experience, a £312 pay
cut for a health visitor and a £575 pay cut for a consultant.
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Spine point
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Minimum years of experience
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Basic salary 2020/21
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1% increase
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1.7% increase
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Extra if 1.7% rather than 1%
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Band 5
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16 and 17
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0-2 years
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£24,907
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£25,156
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£25,330
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£174
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18 and 19
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2 -4 years
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£26,970
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£27,240
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£27,428
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£189
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20 and 21
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4 - 6 years
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£27,416
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£27,690
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£27,882
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£192
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22 and 23
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6 - 7+ years
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£30,615
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£30,921
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£31,135
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£214
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Band 6
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21 and 22
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0-2 years
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£31,365
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£31,679
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£31,898
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£220
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23 to 25
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2 - 5 years
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£33,176
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£33,508
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£33,740
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£232
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26 and 27
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5 to 7 years
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£33,779
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£34,117
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£34,353
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£236
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28 and 29
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7+ years
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£37,890
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£38,269
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£38,534
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£265
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Band 7
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26 and 27
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0-2 years
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£38,890
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£39,279
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£39,551
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£272
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28 to 30
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2 - 5 years
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£40,894
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£41,303
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£41,589
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£286
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31 and 32
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5-7 years
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£41,723
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£42,140
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£42,432
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£292
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33 and 34
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7+ years
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£44,503
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£44,948
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£45,260
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£312
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Band 8a
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33 to 37
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0 - 5 years
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£45,753
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£46,211
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£46,531
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£320
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38
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5+ years
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£51,668
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£52,185
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£52,546
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£362
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Band 8b
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37 to 41
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0 - 5 years
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£53,168
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£53,700
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£54,072
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£372
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42
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5+ years
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£62,001
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£62,621
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£63,055
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£434
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Band 8c
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41
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0 - 5 years
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£63,751
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£64,389
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£64,835
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£446
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46
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5+ years
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£73,664
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£74,401
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£74,916
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£516
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Band 8d
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45
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0 - 5 years
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£75,914
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£76,673
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£77,205
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£531
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50
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5+ years
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£87,754
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£88,632
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£89,246
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£614
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Source: NHS Employers,
Agenda for Change pay scales 2020/21
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NHS Consultants pay (England)
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Threshold
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Basic salary 2020/21
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1% increase
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1.7% increase
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Extra if 1.7% rather than 1%
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1 (starting salary)
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£82,096
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£82,917
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£83,492
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£575
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2 (1 year completed as consultant)
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£84,667
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£85,514
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£86,106
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£593
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3 (2 years completed)
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£87,238
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£88,110
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£88,721
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£611
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4 (3 years completed)
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£89,809
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£90,707
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£91,336
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£629
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5 (4-8 years completed)
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£92,372
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£93,296
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£93,942
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£647
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6 (9-13 years completed)
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£98,477
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£99,462
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£100,151
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£689
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7 (14-18 years completed)
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£104,584
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£105,630
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£106,362
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£732
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8 (19 years completed)
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£110,683
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£111,790
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£112,565
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£775
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Source: BMA Pay scales
for consultants in England
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- Average annual basic pay of nurses and health visitors for
the 12 month period to September 2010 was £29,746. In the 12
month period to September 2020 it was £33,788.
https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-staff-earnings-estimates/september-2020-provisional-statistics
- Taking into account inflation, that means a pay cut of
£2,379.
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Ave nurse and health visitor pay
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Cash
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Real
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Sep-10
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£29,746
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£36,167.09
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Sep-20
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£33,788
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£33,788
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Difference
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£2,378.94
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CPI (2020 vs 2010)
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1.215883669
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- The NHS band 5 starting salary in 2010/2011 was £21,176. In
2020/2021 it was £24,907. Band 5 is the starting pay band for
newly qualified nurses, physiotherapists, occupational
therapists, speech and language therapists, radiographers and a
number of other health professions within the NHS covered by the
Agenda for Change pay structures.
https://www.rcn.org.uk/-/media/royal-college-of-nursing/documents/publications/2009/march/pub-003303.pdf
https://www.nhsemployers.org/tchandbook/annex-1-to-3/annex-2-pay-bands-and-pay-points-on-the-second-pay-spine-in-england
- Taking into account inflation, that means a pay cut of £841.
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Band 5 starting salary
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Cash
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Real
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2010/2011
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£21,176.00
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£25,747.55
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2020/2021
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£24,907.00
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£24,907.00
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Difference
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£840.55
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CPI (2020 vs 2010)
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1.215883669
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- NHS workforce statistics for the South East
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Table 2: NHS Hospital & Community Health
Service (HCHS) monthly workforce statistics: HCHS Staff
by NHS England region, Organisation and main staff group
- Headcount
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Staff in Trusts and CCGs
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