Nurses' Pay

HC Deb 01 February 1989 vol 146 c267W

Mrs. Gillian Shephard

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the median level of earnings for nurse

	All Qualified Nurses2	NHS Employees1Staff Nurses	Ward Sister	All Employees Average Gross Earnings3
	£ pa	£ pa	£ pa	£ pa
1983–84	7,368	6,733	8,812	8,306
1984–85	7,970	7,422	9,474	8,916
1985–86	8,555	7,938	10,175	9,631
1986–87	9,440	8,981	11,208	10,371
1987–88	10,625	9,768	12,855	11,388
1 Source: DHSS—Figures exclude London Weighting and London Supplements.
2 Excludes Nursing Auxiliaries and Student/Pupils.
3 Source: Department of Employment—New Earnings Survey (for April in each year). Figures relate to all full time employees on adult rates, excluding those whose pay was affected by absence.