The Leeds nurse says she now earns more money selling ice cream
A Yorkshie nurse has revealed how she now earns more money selling ice cream than she did working for the NHS. Mailu Turner, 22, from Leeds, worked for a year as a mental health nurse for Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust.
Mailu said: "For eight hours a day, I serve ice cream to customers. It's a lot better here and I get paid more money. The hours are more relaxed and people seem to be generally happier at work. "I started working [in an ice cream café in Melbourne] and when I found out how much I was getting paid an hour, I was mind-blown. "It was $30 AUD an hour and when I converted it it was £17, which is more than I would have got paid an hour in England - even on a Sunday or Bank Holiday."Mailu plans to work as a nurse Down Under but is still waiting for her unique registration code, which is known as a PIN, to be transferred.
"That didn't happen and straight away I was left alone with 15 or 16 patients as the only qualified nurse, or only qualified staff member, at some points. I raised it to management I was getting 'oh, you're a young nurse. You can handle it'. Mailu said: "I'm a bit sad if I'm honest. I feel sad. I miss my job, I miss caring for people and when I found out what I was getting paid [at the ice cream shop] I felt like an idiot for putting in all the effort, time and money [to train].
"I feel a bit sad that this is happening to so many people in England and nothing's getting done. All my friends are striking and nothing's happening."
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