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What nurses really want for Christmas: better pay and conditions
Forget the teabag ‘thank you’ treat – meal breaks, decent pay and computers, and less ‘us and them’ is what we want in our Christmas stockings
Jane Bates
Posted 17 November 2022 - 01:00
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