This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Include Super-numeracy Student Nurses in Government’s COVID-19 Bonus Initiative.
As part of our studies as student nurses, we are involved in 2,300 unpaid hours of clinical placements. Recently, the government announced a £500 bonus for healthcare workers amazing efforts throughout the pandemic. Student nurses are not included in this reward due to their super-numeracy status.
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Unfortunately, despite working tirelessly during the pandemic, we have been overlooked in the governments initiative. On behalf of third year students in my cohort, we will be attending our first posts as registered nurses’ in April alongside nurses who will have received the bonus for a job that we have been doing un-paid. Many feel that we have been treated as free labour throughout the pandemic. We are not fighting for petty change, we want real change in the treatment of student nurses.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you want student nurses to be recognised, but the UK Government has not announced any plans to pay NHS staff a £500 bonus. The Scottish and Welsh governments have announced bonuses for health and social care workers in Scotland and Wales, but there are no plans for an equivalent bonus in England.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
To pay every NHS and Social Care Worker in England a £500 "Thank You" Bonus: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/562495
Ensure Student Nurses are paid whilst on placement: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/554624
We could accept a petition calling for a bonus for student nurses, if that's what you want to happen.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.