Petition · past parliament
Give Healthcare Assistant (HCA) workers skilled status and financial recognition
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Healthcare workers help to support many parts of crucial healthcare institutions and charitable organisations, yet treat them as unskilled workers, with no financial recognition or reward for the work they do. We want the Government to implement a higher-skilled status and call to review pay scales.
During Covid_19 crisis, Healthcare Assistants have worked on the front line alongside other Health Professionals. Many putting their lives on the line, making sacrifices and upholding work ethics.
Implementing a higher-skilled status and accompanying financial reward, not only adds value to the HCA' but it raises the institute's view of them and professional standards, thus encouraging more people to work within this much-needed sector, and filling the many vacancies currently unfulfilled.
Implementing a higher-skilled status and accompanying financial reward, not only adds value to the HCA' but it raises the institute's view of them and professional standards, thus encouraging more people to work within this much-needed sector, and filling the many vacancies currently unfulfilled.
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
The Government does not designate particular occupations as skilled or unskilled, except in certain limited areas such as whether an occupation is included on the Shortage Occupation List.
The Government is also not responsible for the pay of all healthcare workers, many of whom are employed privately.
We have published a number of petitions calling for all NHS to be recognised and supported, which you might like to sign:
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.
You could start a petition calling on the Government to increase the minimum wage for all health and care workers, to protect both publicly and privately employed health and care workers.
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/
The Government is also not responsible for the pay of all healthcare workers, many of whom are employed privately.
We have published a number of petitions calling for all NHS to be recognised and supported, which you might like to sign:
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.
You could start a petition calling on the Government to increase the minimum wage for all health and care workers, to protect both publicly and privately employed health and care workers.
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
| 13 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.