Question reference: S6W-07609
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 25 March 2022 Registered interest
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 April 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the current level of the starting salary for a nurse in Scotland, and how this compares with (a) England and (b) Wales.
Answer
In May 2021 we implemented the most generous pay rise anywhere in the UK (and the largest since devolution) for NHS Agenda for Change Staff.
For the year 2021-22, a starting salary for new Nurses in Scotland was £26,104 compared to £25,655 for Nurses in England and Wales – a difference of £449 per year.