Apparently the pay cap "could be reviewed". The Autumn Budget is a long way off and will, if it gets in, still not necessarily be introduced immediately.
Let's just think about Nursing. As a country, the government have abolished Nursing Bursaries, therefore our citizens/subjects have to PAY for their tuition. Whether they pass or not, they have a student debt. If they pass and pursue a nursing career, they then get a band 1 hourly rate of £7.80 per hour in England (worse in Wales and NI) {source:
https://www.rcn.org.uk/employment-and-pay/nhs-pay-scales-2016-17}.
Isn't it obvious why UK nursing applications are nose-diving?https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/02/nursing-degree-applications-slump-after-nhs-bursaries-abolished
Isn't it obvious why NHS trusts go overseas to recruit?
Wasn't BREXIT supposed to reduce the need for foreign workers taking away British jobs? Strike a light!