Rejected petition Let's pay our NHS Nurses a fair salary for the work they do.

Nurses in the UK are significantly underpaid for the work that they do.

For example, a nurse in the UK earns on average £25,653 compared to £38,535 in a similarly developed country, Australia.

https://www.yourworldhealthcare.com/au/news/are-nurses-better-off-in-the-uk-or-australia

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Nursing salary has not even kept up with inflation.

In 2010, a starting (not average) pay for a newly qualified nurse was £21,200; it is now £24,200. Factoring inflation, this is a 5% decrease. MPs’ pay rose from £66,000 in 2010 to £79,500 in 2020. Factoring inflation MP pay has increased by 2%.

https://fullfact.org/online/public-sector-salaries/

I want to correct this by an immediate one off salary increase for all nurses of 10%. There must be no impact to the Agenda for Change proposals.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300073
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/315297

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Date submitted 13 April 2020
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