Nurses: Pay
(asked on 30th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of changes to the median nurse’s salary in real terms since 2010.
The table shows the median basic pay per full time equivalent (FTE) for nurses and health visitors and the level of the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) in the 12-months to September 2010 and the 12-months to September 2022.
| Nurse & Health Visitor Median Basic Pay per FTE | Average CPI Index (2015 = 100) |
12-months to September 2010 | £27,186 | 88.7 |
12-months to September 2022 | £34,095 | 118.6 |
Source: NHS Digital Earnings Statistics, Office for National Statistics.
Note: Basic pay figures do not include any additional earnings that staff may earn if they work unsocial hours or are in receipt of geographical allowances.
Over the period median basic pay per FTE increased by 25.4% while CPI increased by 33.7%