From Nursing Standard on 7 May 2026, the above and:

A group of 100 health visitors are taking to picket lines for two more months after their NHS employer ‘refused to acknowledge’ a job evaluation appeal that would see them get a pay increase of up to £9,000.

The specialist nurses, who work at the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB ) in south Wales, are fighting for their Agenda for Change (AfC) pay band to be increased from a 6 to a 7 after a job evaluation outcome found in their favour. ¹

You know what’s coming? Does he never get tired of revealing how things are better up here? Not so far, but I may be in danger of developing temporal lobe epilepsy² if I keep dong this.

Here it comes:

Health visitors in Scotland are typically already banded at Band 7 (acknowledging their specialist role, master’s-level qualifications, and responsibilities). This is why health visitors in the dispute have highlighted Scotland [in The Mirror] as having better parity.³

The above-mentioned Mirror report mentions Scotland favourably THREE times, causing BBC Scotland‘s Unhealthy Correspondent Lisa Wintery to develop a wee facial tick.

Sources:

1. https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/newsroom/news/nurses-fight-for-band-7-status-after-missing-out-on-ps9000-pay-rise-222421?utm_campaign=REG%20WEEKLY%20BRIEFING%2018.05.26&utm_content=ZONE%201%20LINK%201%20NEWS%20Nurses%20fight%20for%20band%207%20status%20after%20missing%20out%20on%20%C2%A39%2C000%20pay%20rise&utm_term=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Adestra&check_logged_in=1
2. https://biologyinsights.com/is-deja-vu-bad-causes-and-when-to-worry/
3. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/striking-breaking-heart-im-8k-37027570