Petition · past parliament

Raise the wages of all healthcare workers in the UK

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Wages should be raised for all NHS staff.
The average salary of an RN (registered nurse) is £24,816 (as per payscale.com), making it well below the national average which is somewhere around the £30,000 mark. This should not be the case. ALL NHS staff do such a fantastic job caring for us nationwide, many times putting their own lives at risk just to help us. Amid the current Covid-19 pandemic, the need for the NHS has never been more publicised, and I think now is the perfect time for the public to get behind this petition.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work
Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work

Pay rise for NHS and care staff
Pay rise for NHS and care staff

Reward our healthcare heroes now for risking their lives to fight Covid-19.
Reward our healthcare heroes now for risking their lives to fight Covid-19.

Give NHS staff a pay rise in line with MPs pay increase.
Give NHS staff a pay rise in line with MPs pay increase.

The Government is not responsible for the pay of all healthcare workers, many of whom are employed privately.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

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

The Government has also created an online service to help you find 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/

Timeline

5 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
15 Jun 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10
Status Rejected
Rejected 15 Jun 2020

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