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Petition · past parliament

All Healthcare and Public Sector degrees to be paid for placement

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Students work hard and carry out the same skills and jobs that qualified practitioners do on a daily basis for a wage. As a student money is sparse therefore an small extra income would benefit and improve the quality of living for students as eventually they will be working in the government sector

Why it was rejected

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

Pay healthcare students a wage while on placement
Pay student social workers on Placement a minimum wage

Timeline

11 Dec 2018 Petition opened for signatures
17 Dec 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 Dec 2018

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