Nursing students placements during the covid-19 outbreak

Early day motion 1068, tabled 2 November 2020 by Olivia Blake (Labour). Signed by 19 members.

That this House notes that in the first wave of the covid-19 outbreak, student nurses were rewarded with pay for their contribution to the response to the outbreak; further notes that throughout the covid-19 outbreak student healthcare workers have regularly worked 40 hour weeks, without pay, sick leave or death-in-service coverage, in high-risk areas and often having to find alternative accommodation at cost to themselves to ensure they do not put their families at risk; and calls on the Government to recognise and reward the efforts of healthcare students, alongside healthcare workers, to keep the country going throughout the covid-19 outbreak by paying them a fair wage for the hours they have worked.

Signatures by party: Labour 14, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Scottish National Party 1.