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MINISTERS were urged to “fix a broken nurse-education model” today after a survey found most people think nurses and careworkers are paid too little.

Six in 10 in people Britain think nurses are not paid enough, up 3 per cent from April 2023, the Ipsos poll found.

For careworkers, the figure was 71 per cent, up 8 per cent.

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