Submitted on Friday 20th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Amidst Covid-19 crisis, pay NHS staff more!
Government have asked 50,000 nurses to come out of retirement to help with the Covid-19 pandemic.
A standard band 5 NHS nurse has a starting salary of a little over £24,000. To ask 50,000 nurses to come back on that wage would equate to the NHS paying out over £1200Million.
Despite this crisis the government has not offered NHS staff any pay rise or pay incentive whilst dealing with this panic.
We are working harder and longer hours, whilst simultaneously putting our own health on the line.
I know it’s our job, but at the best of times a £24,000 salary for a staff nurse is not enough, so it most definitely is not enough now!
It’s alright recognising that NHS staff are doing a fantastic job, but pay rises and incentives need to happen! And they are needed NOW!
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300073
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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