NHS Nurse asks Strangers for Donations

NHS Nurse asks Strangers for Donations

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Original Poster:

11,752 posts

229 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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No, not that sort.

NHS nurse so poor she can't support daughter, 10, asks strangers for donations

article said:
Sarah said her take home pay a month is £2,000 before she forks out £670 for rent, around £600 for childcare and £579 for travel.

She went on: "My basic outgoings (rent, travel to work and childcare) are equal to my monthly wages.






Is there more than meets the eye with this?

Where is the father of the child? Or at least, his contribution to her welfare.

steveo3002

10,494 posts

173 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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600 on travel ...move a bit closer

Funky Squirrel

365 posts

71 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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Many people have to make do with less income each month.

PositronicRay

26,959 posts

182 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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steveo3002 said:
600 on travel ...move a bit closer
Depends where she works.

dodgyviper

1,197 posts

237 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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Hmmmm,

No mention of Benefits (UC). Surely a single mum would get some sort of assistance.
No mention of having to go to foodbanks - as onerous as that is, I would expect her to have mentioned that.
No mention of grandparents or the father.

Too much not included in the article.

Also, £579 on transport?

pequod

8,956 posts

137 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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I'm sure this comment will be shot down but, back in the last century there were people called a 'husband' although towards the end of the C20th they became 'partners'. The normal procedure when embarking on lifes' great adventure was for a lass to acquire one or the other and certainly not to start a family before the security of house and home was assured.

I don't know the circumstances of this nurse, and frankly can't be bothered to invest time finding out, but she is one of millions of young ladies who have the 'want it all and want it now' mentality that social norms back in the dark ages prevented, including the so-called shotgun weddings.

I shan't be donating!

C0ffin D0dger

3,440 posts

144 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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steveo3002 said:
600 on travel ...move a bit closer
Does seem a bit much but we don't know the circumstances. That would be my first thought though, get somewhere within walking distance.

Sad state of affairs though that a qualified professional would probably be better off on the dole - no rent, not travel expense, no childcare fees.

borcy

2,584 posts

55 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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Maybe she commutes into London, I understand season tickets are very expensive.

S100HP

12,645 posts

166 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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£579 sounds suspiciously like a car finance amount to me, ie £279 for car, £300 for fuel/insurance/tax.

i4got

5,626 posts

77 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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borcy said:
Maybe she commutes into London, I understand season tickets are very expensive.
£430 ish monthly from Basingstoke to London. I can't imagine many people commute daily much further than that - particularly for a 30k job.

C0ffin D0dger

3,440 posts

144 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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From entering a few numbers on the tax website, so probably due some £400 a month or more in benefits on top of earnings.


boyse7en

6,671 posts

164 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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S100HP said:
£579 sounds suspiciously like a car finance amount to me, ie £279 for car, £300 for fuel/insurance/tax.
Or it could easily be the cost of a monthly rail ticket in to London and parking at the station.


I earn less than she does and have two kids and a mortgage to keep up and I wouldn't say I'm on the breadline by any measure.

I imagine childcare could be expensive because the nurses i know have to do night shifts as well as day shifts, so getting someone to stay with kids overnight could be tricky.

S100HP

12,645 posts

166 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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boyse7en said:
I earn less than she does and have two kids and a mortgage to keep up and I wouldn't say I'm on the breadline by any measure.
Likewise, but then I don't live in central London.

Eyersey1234

2,895 posts

78 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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I did wonder where the children's father is too.

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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So that’s circa 36k and can’t afford to live.
Not including as some posters have mentioned tax credits etc and possible child support...

deggles

615 posts

201 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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It’s almost as if being a cardiac nurse, a single parent, and living in London are not fundamentally compatible life choices.

Pick two.


ReallyReallyGood

1,620 posts

129 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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Her twitter has become friends-only. Won't get many donations that way.

S100HP

12,645 posts

166 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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Payslip is from 2013 too.

dodgyviper

1,197 posts

237 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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S100HP said:
Payslip is from 2013 too.
Think that's her start date - middle column lower down shows August 2019

numtumfutunch

4,705 posts

137 months

Tuesday 22nd October 2019
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Her travel costs are a lot more than the price of a monthly travelcard - most curious......

If this is factually straight then it kind of illustrates how the capital has become a bit stupid in terms of affordability.
Someone working in the financial sector - or a PH Director obvs - will have no difficulty but how do teachers, nurses, police, fire and ambulance crews manage? Let alone everybody else not making enough cash even for a st flat in Feltham.

The article suggests she may be a cardiac nurse at UCL which is prob pretty prestigious so I get why she wants to work there.
And the suggestion she go private isnt that clever, a bit more cash perhaps but variable hours and worse employment terms.

Still smells a little though

Cheers