Rejected petition Scrap the NHS surcharge for frontline heroes

Scrap the NHS surcharge for carers, auxiliary staff in care homes and NHS staff including auxiliary staff. They are risking their lives to save us, it is a shameful tax policy. I also want the government to actually meet some of these frontline workers that are being punished with this cruel tax.

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The government has decided it is acceptable to punish front-line workers some who are working on minimum wage to pay a surcharge to use the NHS. The charge currently stands at £400 and will rise to £624 in October. The government does in deed clap for frontline workers but decisions like this means their clapping is meaningless.

This government should be ashamed of this, we need our frontline workers more than ever. Scrap the surcharge immediately and reimburse any payments made this year.

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Since you started your petition the Prime Minister has asked the Home Secretary and the Department of Health and Social Care to work together to exempt NHS and care staff from the immigration health surcharge.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Reduce or scrap the immigration health surcharge for overseas NHS Staff: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301948

Exempt overseas nurses from paying the Immigration Health Surcharge: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301907

Reimburse international NHS workers the cost of the NHS surcharge this year: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/310628

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Date submitted 21 May 2020
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