Petition · past parliament
Increse pay for front line nurses for risking their lives during Covid19outbreak
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
While goverment pay salaries to over 10 milion people to stay at home, front line nurses have to risk their lives. So far recognition in return are words of appreciation and clapping once a week. Nurses salaries were frozen for last 12 years. Many nurses strugle to meet ends need.
Front line nurses and caring professions should be rewarded appropriatelly for the high risk they are taking while looking after Covid19 patients. Goverment should recognise nurses as high risk profession and pay them enhanced rate. Nurses should also receive pay increase after 12 years of pay freeze. Goverment should guarantee that there will be no pay freeze for NHS workers when recession hits and that NHS staff will not be penalised but rewarded appropriatly.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
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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/
Fund an above inflation, respectful pay rise to all public sector workers: Fund an above inflation, respectful pay rise to all public sector workers.
No public sector pay freezes for the next 5 years: No public sector pay freezes for the next 5 years
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
Fund increased pay for lower band nurses and care assistants: Fund increased pay for lower band nurses and care assistants
Introduce a minimum starting wage of £40000 for all Nurses: Introduce a minimum starting wage of £40000 for all Nurses.
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
| 21 May 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 5 Jun 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
5 Jun 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.