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Fair pay and treatment of outsourced staff at Northwick Park Hospital

EDM (Early Day Motion) 13: tabled on 15 October 2019

Tabled in the 2019-19 session.

This motion has been signed by 32 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House expresses concern that many of the 400 outsourced catering, porters, cleaners and ward hostesses employed by Medirest, which is part of the Compass Group, at Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow are being paid £8.21 an hour rather than the Living Wage Foundation rate of £9 an hour and £10.55 an hour in London, in spite of the fact that Compass Group’s annual report demonstrated pre-tax operating profits of more than £1.6 billion; notes that the Compass Group CEO received total remuneration of more than £4.5 million in 2018; further notes reports of bullying and high workloads of Medirest staff who provide vital services such as caring for deceased patients and cleaning blood, vomit and human waste; calls for an urgent increase in pay and a root-and-branch investigation into those concerns; and believes that to help secure and maintain a first-class, modern health service the recent NHS pay increase awarded to directly employed staff should be at the very least matched by the owners of Medirest to their staff at Northwick Park Hospital.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Godsiff, Mr Roger
Labour
Signed on 18 October 2019
Birmingham, Hall Green
Hill, Mike
Independent
Signed on 22 October 2019
Hartlepool
McGinn, Conor
Labour
Signed on 23 October 2019
St Helens North
George, Ruth
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
High Peak
Siddiq, Tulip
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Hampstead and Kilburn
Smeeth, Ruth
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Stoke-on-Trent North
Russell-Moyle, Lloyd
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Brighton, Kemptown
Sheerman, Mr Barry
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Huddersfield
McMorrin, Anna
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Cardiff North
Owen, Albert
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Ynys Môn
Slaughter, Andy
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Hammersmith
Glindon, Mary
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
North Tyneside
Whitfield, Martin
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
East Lothian
Clwyd, Ann
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Cynon Valley
Vaz, Keith
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Leicester East
Zeichner, Daniel
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Cambridge
Pearce, Teresa
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Erith and Thamesmead
Turner, Karl
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Kingston upon Hull East
Turley, Anna
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Redcar
Timms, Stephen
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
East Ham
Stevens, Jo
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Cardiff Central
Hanson, David
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Delyn
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Easington
Smith, Owen
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Pontypridd
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on 24 October 2019
Bedford
McNally, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on 24 October 2019
Falkirk

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.