Petition · past parliament

Give critical care nurses a pay rise to recognise their vital role

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

being an ICU nurseI am very familiar with the huge impact of COVID19. At present nurses are payed under the agenda for change scheme that should reward skillsets. ICU nurses are working as leaders during the pandemic due to their unique expertise so I believe this should be recognised officially
I believe that the national shortage of nursing staff is in some part due to the lack of economical prospects associated with the profession. Recognising and rewarding the nursing profession especially in the most critical areas would improve morale and would likely draw more people to work for the NHS.

Why it was rejected

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

We think this petition is similar:
Award all Nursing Staff in the NHS a pay rise of 10% backdated to 1 April 2020:
Award all Nursing Staff in the NHS a pay rise of 10% backdated to 1 April 2020

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Timeline

10 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
11 Jun 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 11 Jun 2020

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