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Nurse salary claim on the way: Funding worries as focus shifts from pay parity to equity
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Nurse salary claim on the way: Funding worries as focus shifts from pay parity to equity
Monday 11 December 2023, 11:00 AM

A pay equity claim is to be lodged shortly to address the historical undervaluation of primary care nurses, recognising the profession’s predominantly female make up [Image: Popartic or iStock]
It was a bruising year for practice nurses and their employers, with parity funding falling far short of expectations. Next year will bring a pay equity claim. Fiona Cassie reports
A pay equity claim for practice nurses is on the way in the wake of this year’s failed hopes of practices being funded to offer nurses pay parity with
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