To be honest, given that I have worked extremely hard to extend my skills, largely in my own time and at my own expense the prospect of another below inflation pay increase is completely de-motivational.

I work hard in my job,often fulfilling the same role as a GP on three times my salary.To be honest I'm glad retirement  is not too far away.

Who can predict what will happen to inflation over the next three years? Pay should be negotiated annually. 

How can the Rcn lock us into a 3 yr below inflation deal !!!! .Do not forget they let us down last year with allowing us to get a 1.9% deal , where as our fellow workers in Scotland and Wales got a 2.5% deal !!!!! .

 Im afraid I have enough of them they are NOT REPRESENTING ME ! ,I have cancelled my subs with them and joined UNITE instead ( who are a lot cheaper ) , on cancelling , I got the impression that they could not care less .

I recently saw some adverts for RCN officials in a nursing magazine; all of them were with salaries in excess of £43k per year!  Just what do these people do for this level of salary when an ANP can at best get an 8a, but most of us are still on 7.  It;'s very frustrating when we now pay over £20 per month for membership.

The same applies to the petrol tanker drivers, that wanted a 'decent take home salary' and held the country to potential ransom by not delivering the fuel - oddly enough they GOT what they wanted.

Any union or representative body that knowingly agrees to accept a below inflation pay rise on behalf of their members ( I don't recall receiving a ballot paper!) has NOT got the best interests of their members at heart. We WILL be worse off, and we appear to have a spineless union leadership that won't go against the governments proposals strongly enough to make any difference whatsoever, thus we end up being told to be grateful for what we do eventually get.