Comments by "Mark Welch" (@markwelch3564) on "Ambulance strike: Workers standing up for 'an NHS crumbling beneath their feet'" video.

  1.  @jlhuz  they are leaving! That's why wards are short staffed
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  2. We could be like Australia and pay nurses about twice as much as they are currently paid in the UK!
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  3.  @pavelowpower  they wouldn't be striking because the recruitment and retention problem would be solved
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  4.  @josephjefferson9346  that's fair, but totally affordable, so they'll probably still move
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  5.  @josephjefferson9346  that's really going to encourage people to sign up for nurse training 😳
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  6.  @EdoardoArtero  the NHS is competing for staff. It's competing with all the other countries attracting nurses to move there because the pay is better
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  7. If they can afford agency rates, why not just pay full-time staff more instead?
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  8.  @theyoutubeguy1  and nobody's going to be interested in qualifying if this is what they have to look forward to 🙁
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  9.  @tombartram7384  it's not about African wages, it's about American and Australian wages. If they are willing to move to another country, why would they choose the UK over countries with better pay and conditions?
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