Pay parity funding inconsistent: Official information fails to clarify why practice nurses left out

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Pay parity funding inconsistent: Official information fails to clarify why practice nurses left out

Nurse Fair Pay Placard rally August 2022
A comparison of current nurse pay deals shows mixed evidence of which primary care sectors currently have contract pay rates set below, at, or above current Te Whatu Ora pay rates [Image: Supplied]

FIONA CASSIE reports on just-released advice that led to general practices being left out from last year’s nurse pay parity funding package. Plus, the lack of a government plan to roll out this year’s new pay equity rates beyond Te Whatu Ora nurses

Some employers whose nurse pay rates already match Te Whatu Ora nurses are eligible for the pay parity funding package that general practices are left