Petition · past parliament
Provide NHS staff with a long lasting reward for their fight against Corona.
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Significantly increase the salary of medical workers ensuring that the increase feeds through to improving their pensions, and provide financial compensation to families and dependents of those who died fighting the virus, just as if they were soldiers in war.
The actions carried out by medical staff are massively more than their normal roles and is much more akin to the dangers met when fighting a war. The pandemic has laid bare society's gross under valuing of the medical staff, and these people are now risking their lives.
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
Fund increased death in service benefits for NHS staff who die during Covid-19: Fund increased death in service benefits for NHS staff who die during Covid-19
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/
Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work: Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work
Fund increased death in service benefits for NHS staff who die during Covid-19: Fund increased death in service benefits for NHS staff who die during Covid-19
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
| 9 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 10 Jun 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
10 Jun 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.