There is a staffing crisis in the National Health Service, exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic but predating it; 

If you have five minutes to spare please write to your MP TODAY https://www.writetothem.com/  telling them about the Early Day Motion (EDM). Click here Click here to find out who your MP is and what their email address is.  

Please feel free to use your own words or use this template: 

Dear MP xxx 

I am one of over 850,000 people across the UK who have signed the petition for a pay rise for NHS Workers 

I recognises the intense pressure on healthcare staff, who having worked incredibly hard during the pandemic now face the vast challenge of clearing the backlog of care caused by it; regrets that many are now leaving NHS employment or actively considering it; notes the years of pay freezes and below-inflation pay rises and the spread of in-work poverty in the NHS; therefore calls for a decent pay rise for NHS staff aimed at boosting recruitment and retention, particularly during the cost of living crisis; urges the Government to act sooner rather than later; and further calls for embedding the real living wage as a benchmark and a dedicated retention package focused on encouraging existing, experienced NHS staff at all levels to stay in post1 

As my representative I am asking that you represent my point of view in parliament and do everything in your power to urge the governmentto properly recognise and reward NHS staff . 

Thank you.  

( remember to include your postcode below your name!)

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