Ah 3.3% isnt so bad. As i've said, my wife spent 4 years at Uni to become a nurse (thats even more time than you JT people... blah, blah). Shes on just shy of 25K as a deputy ward sister. Thats in charge of 8 nurses, 15 health care assistants, a foul mouthed ex para ward clark with one leg and 33 patients. She gets 1.9% average raise. Actually she gets 1.5% now, another 1% in Oct. Averages at 1.9%. Thats with the inflation (price linked, not the random dodgy figure the Gov't comes up with) at 4.2%. Her Union is reporting it as a pay cut. So bollox to putting fires out guys, get your nurses outfits ready, because the nurses are P!SSED.