The NMC is pretty quick to strike off nurses. Nurses don't have professional indemnity. They can opt in to a pension, but don't have to (like the rest of us, including prossies).
Prossies don't have anywhere to go for help and support? What about all the fucking charities and SAAFE?
Do you know anything about this? I'm guessing not.
They 'earn' more than five times a nurse's salary, who also have to deal with pretty shitty circumstances. And there are plenty of people in plenty of professions who earn less than a prossie, for doing a harder job.
Prossies do not deserve £100+ per hour. In any other job they'd be lucky to earn more than minimum wage. We pay it purely because of market-forces.
I'm guessing your comment above is because I haven't made over 3000 posts. This, of course, has nothing to do with my having some sort of a life away from posting on a punting forum.
I'm also guessing your a nurse? I'm sorry that things are difficult for you. Yes, as someone who has worked for the NHS and Local Government I suppose I feel I know something, but nothing compared with your mighty wisdom.
To be fair though, this is still no comparison to what a WG does. Maybe you could explain your theory behind market forces? In my mind, if it was commonly felt that £20/hr was the upper limit a WG should be paid, then this would have become a consensus and "market forces" would have affected supply and demand, to the extent that their current prices were unrealistic.
At the end of the day this is as forum and people will disagree. I respect your opinion but don't agree.