Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Give all NHS staff a minimum 15% backdated pay rise - including junior doctors.

Closed 277 signatures

What the petition asks

We want all NHS staff to be properly rewarded for all their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The recent 3% pay rise which excludes the 61,000 junior doctors is unacceptable, we demand a minimum 15% pay rise for all NHS staff, including the 61,000 junior doctors which the government overlooked.
We know under the current deal junior doctors receive a 2% increase every year, however this is less than what the government offered the rest of the NHS at the measly 3%, they have not done less work than other NHS workers and therefore deserve to be properly compensated as all NHS staff do, with a minimum 15% pay rise across the board.

It is the government's job to listen to the people it represents, and the people of this country want the NHS, including ALL its hard-working staff to be rewarded properly. The NHS saved thousands of lives, now is the time for the government to give back.

NHS staff have been underpaid for years, a minimum 15% pay rise backdated to April 2020 which the government can afford if it chose to despite the current economical situation is owed to them all.

Timeline

27 Jul 2021 Petition opened for signatures
27 Jan 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 277
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 27 Jul 2021
Closed 27 Jan 2022

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.