![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/tory-tells-nurses-their-job-is-a-vocation-and-brands-pay-demands-a-high-ask/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_A-nurse-holds-a-placard-demanding-fair-pay-rise-from-the.jpg&description=Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said it was 'very difficult to judge' if nurses get paid enough - and said it was 'unfair' to ask if they should get the same wages as politiciansNurses have voted for major strike action across the UK A Cabinet Minister has said nursing is a "vocation" and NHS staff set for unprecedented strike action are making a "high ask" over pay. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said nurses were already getting "some more money" and said it was "very difficult to judge" if they get paid enough as it is. He said it was "unfair" to ask if nurses should get paid as much as politicians as both are "vocations". The basic annual salary for an MP is £84,144, while ministers earn tens of thousands of pounds more on top of this. The average salary for a nurse is £34,000, according to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN). Members of the RCN have voted for mass walkouts in a row over pay, with nursing chiefs calling for 5% pay hikes above inflation, which is now above 10%. Strikes are expected to take place before the end of the year at some of the UK's biggest hospitals, including Guy's and St Thomas' opposite Parliament, the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh, University Hospital Wales, and Belfast's Royal Victoria. Hard-pressed nurses have told the Mirror that they've resorted to eating patients' leftovers or skipping meals because they are struggling. Why are nurses striking? All your questions answered as NHS heroes walkout Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris ( PA) NHS staff have been offered pay rises worth at least £1,400, but for most this works out at around 4% - while inflation has tipped above 10%. Asked about the nurses strike, Mr Heaton-Harris told Sky News: "Well, they are getting some more money. I mean, nurses' pay has been set by independent bodies for quite some time. "That award has been made and will be paid and, you know, I want to say like everybody would like to, but you know, nurses, doctors, everybod){kind=link}
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said it was ‘very difficult to judge’ if nurses get paid enough – and said it was ‘unfair’ to ask if they should get the same wages as politicians
A Cabinet Minister has said nursing is a “vocation” and NHS staff set for unprecedented strike action are making a “high ask” over pay.
Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said nurses were already getting “some more money” and said it was “very difficult to judge” if they get paid enough as it is.
He said it was “unfair” to ask if nurses should get paid as much as politicians as both are “vocations”.
The basic annual salary for an MP is £84,144, while ministers earn tens of thousands of pounds more on top of this. The average salary for a nurse is £34,000, according to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).