Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Ensure all Health Care Students are paid during placements during Covid-19
Closed
2,518 signatures
What the petition asks
Ensure all health care students are paid for placements during Covid-19, as many students are working in high risk health care settings. By paying students, they would be entitled to death in service benefits and be able to pay for alternative accommodation to prevent putting loved ones at risk.
Health care students are working in high-risk COVID areas during placement and aren’t being paid a penny. Students living with families are being forced to either put their families at risk or find alternative accommodation which they have to pay for themselves. If they can’t afford this, you have no option but to delay qualifying. Students are working 40 hours a week unpaid with full PPE, plus many have part-time jobs. We have no death in service or sick leave and our lives are at risk.
Timeline
| 26 Oct 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 26 Apr 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
2,518
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
26 Oct 2020
Closed
26 Apr 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.