Pay NHS staff more than the Jobs Retention Scheme pays during coronavirus

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Rishi Sunak has announced the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme will pay up to £2,500 per month for employees not working during the crisis.
Meanwhile most NHS staff including nurses earn less, while risking their lives to save others from COVID-19 in hospitals.
Please correct this injustice.

Band 1-2 NHS staff including healthcare assistants, porters, domestic & catering staff, earn full time salary from 1 April 2020 of £18,005 to £19,337, that's £1,500 to £1,611 per month before tax.

Registered nurses start on Band 5, full time salary from 1 April 2020 of £24,907, that's £2,075 per month before tax.
This stays below £2,500pm for their first six years.

It is wrong for the government to pay most hospital ward staff fighting COVID-19 less than they'll pay others to sit on sofas.

Why it was rejected

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

Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work

Timeline

20 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
20 Apr 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Apr 2020

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