Rejected petition Make Intensive Care Nurses (ICU) Band 6 instead of Band 5

The pressure and responsibilities of being an intensive care nurse is beyond band 5 and should be changed to a band 6 given the specialist role.

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Given the current circumstances and seeing the commitment of an intensive care nurse working, I believe they should be rewarded for all the hard effort and commitment they put towards there jobs. Not only with the physical work but also with patients families.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The banding of NHS staff is determined using the NHS Job Evaluation Scheme, which is an independent process, so not a matter for the Government or House of Commons.

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Date submitted 16 April 2020
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