NHS donations during the crisis to be divided amongst staff as a tax free bonus

As the NHS is a government agency I feel that all charitable donations to the NHS during the Covid19 pandemic should be divided equally between the brave NHS staff as a tax free bonus for risking their lives during this time.

The NHS is publicly funded, but many people have been donating to NHS Charities Together, which brings together more than 230 NHS charities across the UK. Decisions about how to allocate any donations is a matter for NHS Charities, not the Government or House of Commons. You can find out more about NHS Charities Together on their website: https://www.nhscharitiestogether.co.uk/what-we-do/

We have published a number of petitions calling for the Government to increase pay or give a bonus to NHS workers, in light of their contribution to the fight against coronavirus:

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

Give NHS staff a one off bonus for their help with Covid 19: Give NHS staff a one off bonus for their help with Covid 19

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.

Pay all NHS Staff at least the Real Living Wage: Pay all NHS Staff at least the Real Living Wage!

Incentivise NHS staff during the COVID19 outbreak by making wages untaxable: Incentivise NHS staff during the COVID19 outbreak by making wages untaxable

Increase National Insurance by 5 pence to Increase Salaries for all NHS Workers: Increase National Insurance by 5 pence to Increase Salaries for all NHS Workers

Award all nursing staff in the NHS pay rise of 10%
Award all Nursing Staff in the NHS a pay rise of 10% backdated to 1 April 2020

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/