Let's pay our NHS Nurses a fair salary for the work they do.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Nurses in the UK are significantly underpaid for the work that they do.

For example, a nurse in the UK earns on average £25,653 compared to £38,535 in a similarly developed country, Australia.

https://www.yourworldhealthcare.com/au/news/are-nurses-better-off-in-the-uk-or-australia

Nursing salary has not even kept up with inflation.

In 2010, a starting (not average) pay for a newly qualified nurse was £21,200; it is now £24,200. Factoring inflation, this is a 5% decrease. MPs’ pay rose from £66,000 in 2010 to £79,500 in 2020. Factoring inflation MP pay has increased by 2%.

https://fullfact.org/online/public-sector-salaries/

I want to correct this by an immediate one off salary increase for all nurses of 10%. There must be no impact to the Agenda for Change proposals.

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 these petitions, calling for similar actions:
Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work
Introduce a minimum starting wage of £40000 for all Nurses.

Timeline

13 Apr 2020	Petition opened for signatures
26 May 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 26 May 2020

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