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Band 5 nurses are ‘flung in’ to do tasks above their pay level

Most band 5 nurse respondents to a Unison survey report being denied a pay rise despite taking on tasks that should be done by senior nurses or doctors

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A nurse administering cytotoxic drugs to a patient: this would normally be done by nurses on at least band 6 level

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