Petition · past parliament

Give nurses a payrise

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

Nurses work long hours,often without breaks to eat or go to the loo. Many suffer from illnesses due to long hours and lack of sleep, many have debilitating back,neck,shoulder and foot injuries from standing long hours, moving patients etc. Many cannot afford childcare or mortgages

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

17 Feb 2016 Petition opened for signatures
18 Feb 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Feb 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.