Rejected petition All NHS frontline staff to receive a 10% pay increase once COVID-19 has settled

I want the government to have a serious look at increasing the pay for the NHS workers that are fighting this awful pandemic, frontline. Everyday they are at risk, and everyday they give us their duty and resolve without hesitation. They are the heroes in all this and deserve monetary recognition.

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I believe that this current situation/pandemic has left many people in a vulnerable position, none more so than those frontline workers of the NHS. Whilst businesses shut and people told to stay home, those workers will be the ones to show up everyday to fight this pandemic. The NHS has never been needed more than it does now, time and time again they go as the unrecognised heroes and I think a 10% pay increase is more than reasonable as a mandatory reward for those who unequivocally deserve it.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300073

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NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

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 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 and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

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Date submitted 17 March 2020
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