Ahead of a strike over pay, student nurses in Bristol say they are struggling to afford their rent.
Ahead of the upcoming strikes, student nurses from Bristol say they are struggling to afford heating and rent on unpaid placementsStudent nurses said they "worry about their future in the NHS" due to low pay, lack of support and understaffing.
Briony Davis is studying mental health nursing in Bristol and said she backed the upcoming strike over pay as she was struggling to afford her rent.average pay increases of 4.5% for doctors and 4.75% for other NHS staff.Ms Davis said: "I am struggling to afford rent this month, everyone is exhausted and this is the last hope.
"Most of the nurses I have spoken to have been kicked, punched, racially abused and sexually assaulted.""The voices of nurses have been ignored and overlooked for such a long time now," she added.of 5% above the RPI inflation rate, which was 14.2% in October. Ms Davis lives with Lucy Farmer, 20, and Lizzie Haines, 23, who are also working in full-time, unpaid placements, alongside their studies at UWE.Ms Farmer is also studying to be a mental health nurse, but with the cost of living crisis, she said she worried about her future in the NHS."We can't afford to go out on nights out.""I even have to pay for petrol to get to my placement, which I don't always get reimbursed for.
"A lot of the girls are single mums, it's a massive shame we have nursing students using foodbanks," she said."The way things are now, I wouldn't leave nursing, but I would leave the NHS and go to another country where I might get treated better.
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