Submitted on Tuesday 27th April 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 4th May 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Change maternity pay for nurses working in general practice
I would like the government to consider the rights of nurses working in general practice so they fall in line with the entitlements offered under the Agenda for Change scheme:
8 weeks *‘full pay’ including Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP)
18 weeks 'half pay', plus SMP
13 weeks SMP
13 weeks unpaid.
We are trying to promote clinicians and nurses with advanced roles into careers in general practice due to an ageing work force within primary care, yet we do not offer them the same entitlements they would get if working in the secondary care sector; maternity pay, sick pay, pension scheme etc. It is down to the partners and the agreed contract, yet as GP surgeries are small businesses, surgeries are often left out of pocket if they provide basic human rights such as maternity pay.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The NHS is responsible for decisions about contractual maternity pay, not the UK Government or Parliament.
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