... ok, daughter is a prescribing nurse; sister was a nurse; mother worked in NHS; I spent much of my working life with doctors/finance. Many qualified doctors are in the 50k+/100k+ bracket. No need for them to receive payrise/ their scale earnings deal with that. Daughter thinks no more money for the NHS black hole. I think maybe inflation +1%. I believe the 1% is not set in stone anyway; but it's a good excuse for the unions and lefties to moan ...