{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/307005.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":307005,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Pay NHS staff more than the Jobs Retention Scheme pays during coronavirus","background":"Rishi Sunak has announced the Coronavirus Jobs Retention Scheme will pay up to £2,500 per month for employees not working during the crisis.\r\nMeanwhile most NHS staff including nurses earn less, while risking their lives to save others from COVID-19 in hospitals.\r\nPlease correct this injustice.","additional_details":"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.\r\n\r\nRegistered nurses start on Band 5, full time salary from 1 April 2020 of £24,907, that's £2,075 per month before tax.  \r\nThis stays below £2,500pm for their first six years.\r\n\r\nIt is wrong for the government to pay most hospital ward staff fighting COVID-19 less than they'll pay others to sit on sofas.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":14,"created_at":"2020-03-20T23:13:01.129Z","updated_at":"2020-04-20T17:00:39.721Z","rejected_at":"2020-04-20T17:00:30.203Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-03-21T07:13:24.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300073"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}