Abolish tuition fees for student/trainee nurses. · petition

What the petition asks

Student nurses are working front line in the treatment of Covid 19 patients, at personal risk to themselves, and are expected to pay tuition fees even when working on wards. At present, due to the crisis, trainee nurses are spending 80% of their time on wards.

The government is helping individual citizens and businesses to cope during this pandemic. Much is being made of front line NHS staff, but the role played by trainee nurses is being ignored. Many of them are still in their teens, but are expected to work long hours unpaid, and are witnessing horrific suffering and death on Covid 19 wards.

Why it was rejected

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

We have published a number of petitions about tuition fees and loans for NHS staff and other key workers, which you might like to sign:

Write off all student loans for all NHS staff fighting COVID19: Write off all student loans for all NHS staff fighting COVID19

Reimburse nurses for student loans and fund all fees for future student nurses: Reimburse nurses for student loans and fund all fees for future student nurses

Reduce student debt for student nurses and midwives: Reduce student debt for student nurses and midwives

Suspend student loan repayments for doctors, nurses and midwives during COVID-19: Suspend student loan repayments for doctors, nurses and midwives during COVID-19

Forgive student debt of all key workers after Pandemic crisis: Forgive student debt of all key workers after Pandemic crisis.

Fund all medical degrees to support future doctors and nurses: Fund all medical degrees to support future doctors and nurses

Timeline

24 Apr 2020	Petition opened for signatures
6 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee