Staff are the biggest cost of any health service. Nurses start at band 5 of the agenda for change pay scale, or band 6 if they're specialist, so it's not much

Staff are the biggest cost of any health service. Nurses start at band 5 of the agenda for change pay scale, or band 6 if they're specialist, so it's not much but even this is unattainable for most NHS trusts. https://www.nhsemployers.org/pay-pensions-and-reward/agenda-for-change/pay-scales https://www.nhsemployers.org/pay-pensions-and-reward/agenda-... When we ask nurses which shift pattern (8 hours, 12 hours, or 14 hours) is safest they tend to say 8 hours. But when we ask them which provides best work-life balance they tend to say 14 hours. This is apparently a really difficult problem for the workforce to tackle.