RCN members consulted over new pay offer

Dates back to 1 April 2024

Nursing staff are being urged to take part in a new consultation about their pay.

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is surveying members employed by Manx Care about a 4 percent pay offer for 2024/25, over the next two weeks.

The offer dates back to 1 April 2024.

Estephanie Dunn, Regional Director for the RCN in the north west, said: "We urge as many members as possible to vote in the survey once they receive the link.

"This is the only way we can express the membership’s strength of feeling to Manx Care and the Isle of Man Government, about how valued the nursing workforce are feeling.

"We are not recommending how members should vote but we are asking that they do vote. 

"It is up to members whether they think the offer is acceptable, or not."

She added: "Once again, we are concerned that the offer does not include back-pay for those who have already left Manx Care in the months since the offer should have been implemented. 

"We have, once again, challenged Manx Care on this matter.

"Those members have already worked those hours and deserve to be paid for them correctly, in retrospect."

The consultative survey is now open and will close at 12 noon on Thursday 28 November 2024.