This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Support Nurses & Healthcare Professionals at NHS&Private Healthcare Organisation
*Nurses & Healthcare Professionals to be exempted from Tax during COVID-19 period
*Provision of free meals using canteen/food coupons for all Nurses & other Healthcare Professionals during working hours
*Priority counters for Healthcare Profesionals in supermarkets &reserving basic food commodity
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* The Nurses/Healthcare Professionals, the real heroes in the frontline battle of COVID-19, deserves our constant and never ending support
* Exemption of Taxes, priority counters at supermarkets, reserved food commodities, free meals etc. not only improves the employee morale but emphasises largely on the importance of their role in the community now.
* This will further pave way for more Healthcare Professionals and volunteers to join the team to fight this pandemic.
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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
Fund free Travel, Parking, Hotel & Childcare during COVID-19 for NHS staff: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/305854
Fund free meals for NHS staff whilst on duty during the COVID19 Pandemic: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303485
Supply NHS key frontline staff working during Covid-19 healthy food hampers: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306339
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