Petition · past parliament

Accused NHS pension rights removal by Health Secretary is breach of human rights

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Health secretary now has right to remove any NHS workers pension rights if they are accused but not convicted of an offence.It potentially strips pension purchased from salary, breaches principle of innocent until proven guilty and is wrong. Use of this power would risk complete NHS strike.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand that you are concerned about the recent change to the Secretary of State's powers to suspend the pension rights of NHS pension scheme members who have been charged with certain offences, but we're not sure what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

If you would like that change to be reversed, you could start a new petition setting out clearly what action you would like the Government or Parliament to take.

Timeline

18 Apr 2019 Petition opened for signatures
20 May 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 May 2019

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