This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Pay NHS staff more than the Jobs Retention Scheme pays during coronavirus
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Rishi Sunak has announced the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme will pay up to £2,500 per month for employees not working during the crisis.
Meanwhile most NHS staff including nurses earn less, while risking their lives to save others from COVID-19 in hospitals.
Please correct this injustice.
Band 1-2 NHS staff including healthcare assistants, porters, domestic & catering staff, earn full time salary from 1 April 2020 of £18,005 to £19,337, that's £1,500 to £1,611 per month before tax.
Registered nurses start on Band 5, full time salary from 1 April 2020 of £24,907, that's £2,075 per month before tax.
This stays below £2,500pm for their first six years.
It is wrong for the government to pay most hospital ward staff fighting COVID-19 less than they'll pay others to sit on sofas.
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