This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Increase the hourly rate for ALL Healthcare Workers!
Healthcare workers are SKILLED individuals who risk their own health and safety to ensure this of others, and this needs to be recognised! They deserve better.
Recognise their capabilities with a pay rise! They are still working to earn their wage!
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We are in a pandemic and the workers relied upon to keep your loved ones safe, are those in Healthcare. All persons work to protect and safeguard all other persons vulnerable. This includes saving lives! Without healthcare staff, people would suffer. Healthcare workers do not just work during a crisis, they work 365 days a year, day and night! They have so much knowledge and work together, to ensure the needs, wants and preferences of all individuals are met, regardless of their diagnosis.
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The Government is not responsible for setting the salary of most key workers, or setting minimum wages for particular sectors, but you may wish to sign petitions calling for the following actions:
Make hazard pay mandatory for key workers in the midst of COVID 19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307619
Give all key workers a 100% tax and Nat. Ins. holiday through COVID-19 crisis: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306845
Pay bonus to all key workers: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307215
Incentivise NHS staff during the COVID19 outbreak by making wages untaxable: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304595
Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300073
Bonus for emergency services personnel working due to COVID-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303306
Make the minimum wage equal for all ages and increase to at least £10: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301749
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
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 correspondence with Government Ministers asking further questions: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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