This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Let General and Specialist Dental Nurses be recognised by the NHS.
Recognise DN's who work outside of hospital settings, areas such as General Dental Practices.
DN annual start at £19k& don't include a NHS pension, banded pay, holiday scheme or annual inflation rises & not entitled to sick pay. We still have to pay ARF, Indemnity, CPD yearly & get no NHS benefit.
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We work hard towards gaining our qualifications and some even go to University. Then we come out into the working world and are shown that we can be treated better in Tesco, Aldi or any other standard non skilled job and are continuing to be paid more than us and that includes many more benefits.
There is no incentive to want to work within general practice/specialist practice.
We want general Dental Nurses to be recognised the same as any other NHS Nurse/Dental Nurse/Dentist/DCP and be given the same benefits.
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Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.
Decisions about terms and conditions for dental nurses are a matter for their employers, not the UK Government or Parliament.
The Government is responsible for entitlement to the NHS pension, and we have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
NHS Dental Nurses to be entitled to an NHS pension: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/607557
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