Increase pay for healthcare and care home workers to thank them properly

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Rather than just clapping for heroes, we need to show how key NHS healthcare and care home workers are, right now and always, by paying them what they deserve. The Prime Minister has condemned 'empty gestures' in the past, and should do so again now - by putting his money where his mouth is.

Nurses are relying on food banks, care workers are struggling to pay rents; all while providing essential care to the vulnerable and working on the frontlines during an unprecedented pandemic. The PM shouldn't be standing outside Downing Street to clap if he is not willing to recognise that our key workers are criminally underpaid.

Why it was rejected

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

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Increase pay for all NHS staff by 15%: Increase pay for all NHS staff by 15%

We should increase the pay of our NHS staff by 25%: We should increase the pay of our NHS staff by 25%.

The Government is not responsible for pay for social care workers, who are employed by individual care homes or local authorities.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

To pay every NHS and Social Care Worker in England a £500 "Thank You" Bonus: To pay every NHS and Social Care Worker in England a £500 "Thank You" Bonus

Timeline

7 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
14 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Jan 2021

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