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| Saturday, 24 December 2005 10:30 | | BNN: British Nursing News Online · www.bnn-online.co.uk
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Nurses have been left underpaid over the festive period after they were paid less than half of what they expected.
The nurses who work in the bank at Gartnavel Royal Hospital in Glasgow received an internal memo promising temporary bank nurses three weeks' wages ahead of Christmas.
But when the nurses went to cash points they had found that they had been just been paid £300 to survive on for the next three weeks.
About 100 nurses were left dumfounded when they realised their pay had been slashed.
They insist the memo sent to staff in early December stated they were due more. One 24 year-old nurse said: "We were told that if we have shifts confirmed until mid-January we would get three weeks' pay.
"I was expecting to get at least £700, so paid my rent thinking I'll have another £450 left over.
"They'd paid me £300. Now I've got nothing left for Christmas or New Year”.
Another nurse, who has been with Gartnavel for two years, added: "The next pay date isn't until January 13. What are we meant to do before that?"
Last night, a spokeswoman for NHS Greater Glasgow said bank nurses were routinely paid in arrears, but admitted there was discretion for arranged shifts not yet worked to be paid in advance.
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