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The NHS is the UK’s publicly funded medical and healthcare provider.

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What's the average pay for a housekeeper at the NHS?

The average pay for a housekeeper at the NHS is between £9.23 and £11.59 per hour.

The top paying employers for housekeepers are Hilton, Premier Inn and Whitbread.

Last updated 16 December 2023

What is the Real Living Wage?

The Real Living Wage is a voluntary rate employers can sign up to that is based on the real cost of living.

Location Real Living Wage
London £13.15
Rest of the UK £12.00

What is the legal minimum wage?

The minimum wage is the legal minimum you must be paid per hour.

Age group Legal minimum wage
23 or older £10.42
21-22 £10.18
18-20 £7.49
Under 18 £5.28
Apprentices £5.28

How we know this

Based on data from 38 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between January 2022 and December 2023.

Who pays housekeepers the most?

What are housekeepers saying about pay at the NHS?

  • Best thing

    Get to work with mates and help poeple

    Worst thing

    Hours
    Don’t get paid enough for the amount of stress
    Have to pay monthly for parking which is expensive

    4.5

    NHS Health care assistant, February 2024

  • Best thing

    Extra pay at weekends

    Worst thing

    High stress environment, no respect and low pay

    3.0

    NHS Healthcare assistant, September 2023

  • Best thing

    That I get a pay check at the end of the month

    Worst thing

    The general feeling and morale at the work place

    4.2

    NHS Porter, August 2023

  • Best thing

    the money, if payroll decide to pay you correctly (& if you can get ahold of them)

    Worst thing

    the staff, the managers that don’t even say hi/goodbye back to you when you arrive/leave, the nurses/doctors/etc that look down on you, or focus on what you’re doing rather than doing their own jobs & occasionally ask you to work more than you’re paid to do, payroll underpaying you occasionally, feeling under appreciated, not being heard by anyone there or given genuine sympathy when you’re having a hard time, I could go on…

    3.0

    NHS Domestic cleaner, August 2023

  • Best thing

    Patients and feeling you are the only human those people see sometimes as they are lonely and left from families

    Worst thing

    Understaffed and then you are forced to work impossible tasks, like finish 20 units a day,each unit is 15 min, which is already 5-6h work without the transfer to each patient. Unpayed break is considered normally to work 1h for free,if you want to put it in overtime the menagment gets angry but they know it's illegal. You can't, by any physical law finish your sift and not having loads of paper work which is like payed overtime,but overtime in NHS means not the choice,it is only possible way to finish daily tasks.

    3.4

    NHS Healthcare assistant, August 2023

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