9. Plaid Cymru Debate: Nurses' pay

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:32 pm on 23 November 2022.

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Photo of Rhun ap Iorwerth Rhun ap Iorwerth Plaid Cymru 5:32, 23 November 2022

(Translated)

I hope that I have painted a clear picture for you this afternoon as to why we must reach a settlement on the question of wages and support for nurses. But let me make it even more clear through the words and experiences of nurses and their families, speaking directly. A mother from Anglesey who has two nurses as daughters, one in Wales, and the other in Australia, unfortunately. The one in Australia is paid twice as much as the daughter working here in Wales. She would like to return to nurse here, but how can she as things stand? A third of a nurse's salary here can be spent on childcare for just one child, the mother says. She asks the Government to pay them a fair wage.