www.rcn.org.uk/nursingcounts
... of British adults say that
nurses are paid too little
46%
Three in five
British adults say that nurses are not paid
a fair salary for the work that they do
34%
... of British adults don’t know that
nurses conduct minor operations
76%
... of Britons say that they would
personally be willing to pay extra
in income tax to go directly to
paying for nurses’ salaries
... think that the UK government
has enough money to pay
nurses more
57%
50%
Half of British adults don’t know that nurses are
responsible for managing budgets and resources
Public attitudes towards nursing survey, ComRes, November 2015.
14
... think that the overtime paid
to nurses is too little
18%
... don’t know that nurses are responsible for
teaching and mentoring doctors and student nurses