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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

Here is the evidence...

A registered nurse in a London hospital will, on average, earn around £28,000 per year.
After tax and NI the take home pay is going to be around £22,000

If she/he is single and renting a one bed flat, the average rent will be between £1,000 and £1,500 pcm or £12,000 and £18,000 per year.

Then there are contract fees, rates, utility bills, travel expenses, clothing, sundries and food and she/he has to pay for all of that with the tiny amount of money left.

Single hospital professionals, at least in London, are known to use food banks.

Lots of ordinary people have to live on similar sums, with the same life costs and don't necessarily use food banks. I'm not suggesting nurses don't deserve a pay rise but 22 k a year is hardly a destitute salary. Also you'd get a 3 bedroom house on the outskirts of London for 1000 k a month. There is one not far from where I live for that price. A one bedroom flat would be a lot less.

And again you aren't giving any real evidence that nurses en masse have to use food banks.