Thread by @jewel_thin, "The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with [...]

"The NHS will last as long as there are folk left with the faith to fight for it" Aneurin Bevan

So fight for it!

Please bookmark this Thread of Petitions
- Sign each one. Check you haven't already signed.
- Click on the confirmation link the Government emails you

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Now is the time the NHS needs fighting for more than ever. Clapping has done no good.

Once each petition has reached 100,000 signatures
- See that the petitioners ensure it reaches Government
- Make sure your MP attends a debate by writing to them

https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/contact-an-mp-or-lord/contact-your-mp/

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Contact your MP

Information on how to contact your local MP

https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/contact-an-mp-or-lord/contact-your-mp/

Omit the NHS from any future trade deal with the US

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307339

submitted to Parliament by Joanne Barlow

Deadline
11 November 2020

91,680 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Petition: Omit the NHS from any future trade deal with the US

As the Coronavirus escalates, there are concerns that a trade deal between the UK Government and the US deal might not exempt our NHS, leaving it vulnerable to privatisation and in direct contradic...

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307339

Members of the House of Lords, please amend the Trade Bill to give parliament a say over trade deals and protect our NHS

https://weownit.org.uk/lords-NHS-trade-bill-petition

via @We_OwnIt

Deadline: urgent

257,136 signatures on 27th July 2020

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The Lords can still protect our NHS

The Trade Bill can still be amended - sign now!

https://weownit.org.uk/lords-NHS-trade-bill-petition

Award all Nursing Staff in the NHS a pay rise of 10% backdated to 1 April 2020

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/316307

submitted to Parliament by @justicemoody70

Deadline: 29 November 2020

83,203 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Petition: Award all Nursing Staff in the NHS a pay rise of 10% backdated to 1 April 2020

Pass this in law through Parliament

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/316307

Ensure continued Universal health cover by legally committing to a minimum spend

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300925

submitted to Parliament by @littlelyons1984

Deadline: 12 September 2020

2,265 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Petition: Ensure continued Universal health cover by legally committing to a minimum spend

Lawfully bind a % of GDP, or equivalent unit of measurement, as a minimum government healthcare spend with a commitment to uphold the founding principles of the NHS. Financial means does not provide...

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300925

British government: Pay rise for healthcare workers and nurses

https://www.change.org/p/british-government-pay-rise-for-healthcare-workers-and-nurses?recruiter=1069989812&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=6dca1edae41f4560a142da392ab7c26c&recruited_by_id=ed151600-7535-11ea-ac4f-51985a9a1edf

created by Dawn Trigg

332,837 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Sign the Petition

Pay rise for healthcare workers and nurses

https://www.change.org/p/british-government-pay-rise-for-healthcare-workers-and-nurses?recruiter=1069989812&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=6dca1edae41f4560a142da392ab7c26c&recruited_by_id=ed151600-7535-11ea-ac4f-51985a9a1edf

All key workers to have a adequate pay rise

https://www.change.org/p/nhs-all-key-workers-to-have-a-adequate-pay-rise?recruiter=1061917690&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_term=psf_combo_share_abi&recruited_by_id=db623f90-6c3f-11ea-aac5-49be66dc91e5

created by @MatthewTovey2

92,782 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Sign the Petition

All key workers to have a adequate pay rise.

https://www.change.org/p/nhs-all-key-workers-to-have-a-adequate-pay-rise?recruiter=1061917690&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_term=psf_combo_share_abi&recruited_by_id=db623f90-6c3f-11ea-aac5-49be66dc91e5

Give our Heroes the pay rise they deserve:
give a permanent pay rise to everyone who works in the NHS and the care system

https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/apayriseforourhealthheroes?utm_campaign=speakout_campaign_7309&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=thank_you

275,005 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Give our heroes the pay rise they deserve

I've signed the petition calling on health and care workers across the UK to be given a permanent pay rise. Will you add your name?

https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/apayriseforourhealthheroes?utm_campaign=speakout_campaign_7309&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=thank_you

Pay rise and bonus for all NHS staff

https://platform.organise.org.uk/campaigns/nhs-staff-bonus?utm_campaign=OZtEKq7xi3&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share

45,977 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Pay Rise and Bonus for all NHS staff

Our NHS staff are heroes - they deserve a pay rise and a bonus now. Sign the petition here:

https://platform.organise.org.uk/campaigns/nhs-staff-bonus?utm_campaign=OZtEKq7xi3&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share

Pay Carers an allowance equivalent to a fulltime job at the National Living wage

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300032

submitted to Parliament by Matthew David Harris

18,496 signatures on 27th July 2020

Deadline: 4 September 2020

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Petition: Pay Carers an allowance equivalent to a fulltime job at the National Living wage

Paying unpaid carers would safeguard those requiring care making it a financially viable option for friends and family to look after those they love, Reducing pressure on 999 services and the NHS....

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300032

We would like the Government to consider social care as equally important to NHS

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302897

submitted to Parliament by @ChesterGlyn

44,720 signatures on 27th July 2020

Deadline: 24 September 2020

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Petition: We would like the government to consider social care as equally important to NHS

We would like the government to support and regard social care: financially, publicly and systematically on an equal par as NHS. We would like parliament to debate how to support social care during...

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302897

Young Carers under 16 must receive a Young Carers Allowance!

https://www.change.org/p/carers-young-carers-allowance?recruiter=1088073685&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_petition&recruited_by_id=188ebd90-9115-11ea-8339-8d95f36dc0e7

created by @Sanyu_Musoke

4,744 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Sign the Petition

Young Carers under 16 must receive a Young Carers Allowance!

https://www.change.org/p/carers-young-carers-allowance?recruiter=1088073685&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_petition&recruited_by_id=188ebd90-9115-11ea-8339-8d95f36dc0e7

Make 'Carer' an option under employment status

https://www.change.org/p/department-for-work-and-pensions-make-carer-an-option-under-employment-status?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=d9acff87-e4e4-463a-b265-61b93b4f5e54

created by @Caenyoussouf

1,363 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Sign the Petition

Make 'Carer' an option under employment status

https://www.change.org/p/department-for-work-and-pensions-make-carer-an-option-under-employment-status?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=custom_url&recruited_by_id=d9acff87-e4e4-463a-b265-61b93b4f5e54

Free parking at work for all NHS staff

https://www.change.org/p/uk-parliament-free-parking-at-work-for-all-nhs-staff?recruiter=293339609&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&recruited_by_id=a723d3a0-f67f-11e4-a3e3-510cae8b611f

created by @daren_howe

350,310 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Sign the Petition

Free parking at work for all NHS staff

https://www.change.org/p/uk-parliament-free-parking-at-work-for-all-nhs-staff?recruiter=293339609&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&recruited_by_id=a723d3a0-f67f-11e4-a3e3-510cae8b611f

Make parking for all NHS staff free all of the time

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307909

submitted to Parliament by Christopher Yates

56,779 signatures on 27th July 2020

Deadline: 24 October 2020

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Petition: Make parking for all NHS staff free all of the time.

Make car parking at NHS hospitals free for all NHS staff

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307909

Reimburse nurses for student loans and fund all fees for future student nurses

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302732

submitted to Parliament by @MShaunMahony

7,706 signatures on 27th July 2020

Deadline: 23 September 2020

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Petition: Reimburse nurses for student loans and fund all fees for future student nurses

Immediately reimburse nurses for existing student loans which nurses have incurred in paying for their training and fund all future course fees for student nurses.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302732

Nurses & carers in social care deserve the same pay & conditions as the NHS staff

https://www.change.org/p/principal-secretary-matt-hancock-principal-secretary-of-state-for-health-and-social-care-nurses-carers-in-social-care-deserve-the-same-pay-conditions-as-the-nhs-staff-03a7ac5f-4905-4a9c-aa6e-aa120905de0e?recruiter=1061917690&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=db623f90-6c3f-11ea-aac5-49be66dc91e5

created by @EAMCareGroup

144 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Sign the Petition

Nurses & carers in social care deserve the same pay & conditions as the NHS staff.

https://www.change.org/p/principal-secretary-matt-hancock-principal-secretary-of-state-for-health-and-social-care-nurses-carers-in-social-care-deserve-the-same-pay-conditions-as-the-nhs-staff-03a7ac5f-4905-4a9c-aa6e-aa120905de0e?recruiter=1061917690&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=db623f90-6c3f-11ea-aac5-49be66dc91e5

Increase NHS and Social Care staff pay by 25%

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/317721

submitted to parliament by Patrick Haigh

189 signatures on 27th July 2020

Deadline: 5th December 2020

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Petition: Increase NHS and Social Care staff pay by 25%

Review the pay and conditions of NHS and Social Care workers to reflect their true value to Society and our debt of gratitude for their unstinting dedication in relation to the Coronavirus pandemic

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/317721

The NHS is #NotForSale

https://www.change.org/p/british-people-the-nhs-is-notforsale

created by Scott Wignall

940 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Sign the Petition

The NHS is #NotForSale

https://www.change.org/p/british-people-the-nhs-is-notforsale

Keep our NHS out of US Trade deals

https://www.change.org/p/liam-fox-protect-our-nhs-from-us-corporations?recruiter=314794319&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=share_petition

created by @SoniaAdesara in 2019

1,288,975 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Sign the Petition

Keep our NHS out of US Trade deals

https://www.change.org/p/liam-fox-protect-our-nhs-from-us-corporations?recruiter=314794319&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=share_petition

Come clean about PPE and publish all the contracts

If there is no "magic money tree" for the NHS, but then what the hell is this?

https://actionnetwork.org/forms/ppe-procurement

created by @GoodLawProject

15,004 signatures on 27th July 2020

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PPE Procurement

I just signed a petition with Good Law Project demanding that the Government publishes all PPE contracts. Join me and take action here: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/ppe-procurement

https://actionnetwork.org/forms/ppe-procurement

Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers + recognise their work

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

176,590 signatures on 27th July 2020

Debated on 25th June. Hardly any MPs turned up, probably because nobody knew to request they attend

- https://fullfact.org/health/health-worker-pay-petition-debate/
- https://nursingnotes.co.uk/news/handful-mps-turned-debate-pay-rise-health-social-care-workers/?utm_content=133045333&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-1224270561930596352

Petition: Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work

I would like the government to review and increase the pay for healthcare workers to recognise the work that they do.

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

"I can't eat applause.

Maybe vote for someone else next time, eh?"

Register to vote here: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

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Reward our healthcare heroes now for risking their lives to fight Covid-19

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318741

submitted to Parliament by Nigel Nelson

6,075 signatures on 27th July 2020

Deadline: 1st November 2020

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Petition: Reward our healthcare heroes now for risking their lives to fight Covid-19.

Nurses, doctors, care workers and support staff are putting their lives on the line every day to save others. The Sunday Mirror is calling on the Government to give them an immediate pay supplement...

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/318741

No public sector pay freezes for the next 5 years

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320604

submitted to Parliament by Keith Nisbet

2,064 signatures on 27th July 2020

Deadline: 5th December 2020

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Petition: No public sector pay freezes for the next 5 years

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic our public sector workers have continued to provide service to the public despite the many difficulties, PPE being a prime example. Our NHS and care home staff have...

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/320604

UNFREEZE NHS Annual pay rise - Pay us our dues!

https://www.change.org/p/boris-johnson-unfreeze-nhs-annual-pay-rise-pay-us-our-due?recruiter=650990099&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_term=fd6925ecfdea49a49a325679df2ef23f&recruited_by_id=fcd8efe0-c132-11e6-b2ff-3175e7ba1cac

created by Nissa Lloyd

255,649 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Sign the Petition

UNFREEZE NHS Annual pay rise - Pay us our dues!

https://www.change.org/p/boris-johnson-unfreeze-nhs-annual-pay-rise-pay-us-our-due?recruiter=650990099&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_term=fd6925ecfdea49a49a325679df2ef23f&recruited_by_id=fcd8efe0-c132-11e6-b2ff-3175e7ba1cac

UK government has failed Nurses, Paramedics & HCAs after the Covid public sector pay rise

https://www.change.org/p/matt-hancock-uk-government-has-failed-nurses-paramedics-hcas-after-the-covid-public-sector-pay-rise?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_23611269_en-GB%3A1&recruiter=475417074&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition&use_react=false

created by Ashleigh Robinson

21,633 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Sign the Petition

UK government has failed Nurses, Paramedics & HCAs after the Covid public sector pay rise.

https://www.change.org/p/matt-hancock-uk-government-has-failed-nurses-paramedics-hcas-after-the-covid-public-sector-pay-rise?utm_content=cl_sharecopy_23611269_en-GB%3A1&recruiter=475417074&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition&use_react=false

Hourly wages for nurses by country:

£23.95

£18.64

£14.86

£14.80

£12.60

£11.63

But look how the claps helped pay:

Carers in the community are not treated as equals to carers in the NHS which is very wrong

https://www.change.org/p/uk-parliament-the-role-of-carers-to-be-recognised-as-a-professional-role/sign?original_footer_petition_id=&grid_position=&pt=

created by Raymond Hill

668 signatures on 27th July 2020

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Here is a documentary about the battle for the NHS between 2014 and 2019 by @john_furse and via @celticmaid4 if you have the time at some point

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If you think clapping made Government prioritize Health Workers during the Covid-19 crisis, think again. Think the opposite.

via @TCourlander

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1285620134799904768

When asked on 21st July 2020 about a payrise for Health Workers, Downing Street confirmed there wouldn't be one
https://nursingnotes.co.uk/news/politics/pay-rise-nursesconfirms-downing-street/

Not diminishing other keyworkers' hard work during the Covid crisis, but shouldn't nurses be the absolute first priority for Government?

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On 20th July 2020, the majority of Conservative MPs voted against enshrining in law protections for the NHS in any US trade deals

Here is the list of every MP who voted down the amendment:

https://thelondoneconomic.com/politics/full-list-of-mps-who-voted-against-the-nhs-being-protected-from-foreign-control-in-brexit-trade-deals/21/07/

Here is where you can contact them

https://parliament.uk/get-involved/contact-an-mp-or-lord/contact-your-mp/

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So don't be fooled by the claps and the photo ops and the press briefings and the empty words

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Remember when Conservative MPs f***ing cheered after denying Nurses a payrise in 2017?

Here is the list of MPs who voted then

https://www.indy100.com/article/mps-voted-against-giving-nurses-pay-rise-list-9462946:/www.indy100.com/article/mps-voted-against-giving-nurses-pay-rise-list-9462946

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If you don't already think that the Government's behaviour is demoralizing enough for people starting or considering work in the NHS, wait 'til you see this...

https://nursingnotes.co.uk/news/student-nurses-not-deemed-providing-servicemp/

Student Nurses' anger on social media in June 2020 went viral, and Government relented

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Student nurses ‘not deemed to be providing a service’, says MP

Student nurses feel understandably short-changed by a lack of financial aid. A Conservative MP has claimed that the government has

https://nursingnotes.co.uk/news/student-nurses-not-deemed-providing-servicemp/

I didn't even mention the level of debt that Nurses rack up, to provide an often difficult, tiring, poorly paid and now dangerous service for the rest of us

See
https://twitter.com/stnursemummy/status/1285915233601703944?s=20 via @stnursemummy
+
https://twitter.com/candylush/status/1287168561606205442?s=20
+
https://twitter.com/candylush/status/1287168561606205442?s=20

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https://twitter.com/stnursemummy/status/1285915233601703944?s=20

Reduce student debt for student nurses and midwives

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300079

submitted by Parliament by @a_hyltonpotts

5,555 signatures on 27th July 2020

Deadline: 4th September 2020

Please also see page 17 in this thread

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Petition: Reduce student debt for student nurses and midwives

This petition asks that the student loan debt of existing students during the 2017, 2018 and 2019 academic years is reduced by £5,000 (the bursary from 2020) per each of those academic years in which...

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300079

Rishi Sunak: Please thank your NHS workforce by not charging them to use the staff car park
https://www.change.org/p/rishi-sunak-please-thank-your-nhs-workforce-by-not-charging-them-to-use-the-staff-car-park?recruiter=402342476&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=signature_receipt&recruited_by_id=0e7faa80-70fe-11e5-8042-65986a4e08cd

created by Anthony Gallagher

415,623 signatures

A SUCCESS! Government agreed in April..

then changed their minds in June. See pages 15 & 16 of this thread!

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Sign the Petition

Please thank your NHS workforce. Stop charging them to use their staff car park.

https://www.change.org/p/rishi-sunak-please-thank-your-nhs-workforce-by-not-charging-them-to-use-the-staff-car-park?recruiter=402342476&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=signature_receipt&recruited_by_id=0e7faa80-70fe-11e5-8042-65986a4e08cd

We all loved Sir Tom Moore when he did laps to raise £30million+ for NHS charities during the Covid-19 Crisis.

But do you think that made the current, cynical Government more or less likely to solve issues like an under-funded NHS, lack of PPE or dreadful nurse pay?

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In July2020, following the worst health crisis in 100 years, Sir Simon Stevens (head of NHS England) asked Govt for an emergency minimum health spend of £10billion to prepare for a 2nd Winter Covid Wave (not covering nurse pay)

Rishi managed £1.5billion https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/04/nhs-chiefs-in-standoff-with-treasury-over-emergency-10bn

NHS chiefs in standoff with Treasury over emergency £10bn

Despite the pledge to give the service ‘whatever it needs’ to tackle the pandemic, any extra funding now comes with strings attached

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jul/04/nhs-chiefs-in-standoff-with-treasury-over-emergency-10bn

The nation was in shock when Boris Johnson was hospitalised in April with Covid19.

He was ebullient in his praise of NHS staff who nursed him back to health

For most people who don't twitter, do you think they could even imagine he hasn't bothered to give them a payrise?

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Around 250,000 nurses are thinking of quitting the NHS. After seeing some of the things in this thread, I wonder why?

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-faces-fresh-crisis-250000-22416470

Well Boris probably thinks he has immunity from Covid-19 now, so he won't be needing their services for the foreseeable future?

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NHS faces fresh crisis as 250,000 nurses consider quitting because of low pay

EXCLUSIVE: The worrying stats come days after Chancellor Rishi Sunak was slammed for failing to give frontline NHS staff payrise - despite rewarding other key workers

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nhs-faces-fresh-crisis-250000-22416470

Since the year ending August 2010, average Nurse Pay has fallen by 7.4% in real terms

44/ https://fullfact.org/health/nurse-pay-may-2020/

Nurse pay up over the past few years but down on 2010

Matt Hancock claimed nurse salaries had risen significantly in recent years. These increases don’t counterbalance falls in real terms pay over the past decade.

https://fullfact.org/health/nurse-pay-may-2020/

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