Increase nurses salaries to start at 35.000 a year

The starting salary of a newly qualified nurse starts at 24.907. They are the frontline workers in the coronavirus crisis, putting their health and life at risk for their patients, overworked and never complaining. For all that, In most cases, they are still paid less than some unskilled Workers.

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Introduce a minimum starting wage of £40000 for all Nurses: Introduce a minimum starting wage of £40000 for all Nurses.

Pay NHS nurses & newly qualified teachers a starting salary of £35k: Pay NHS nurses & newly qualified teachers a starting salary of £35k.

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www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

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.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/