Petitions/Scrap sponsorship requirements for overseas healthcare workers to switch jobs
StatusClosed
Opened14 Aug 2025
Closes14 Feb 2026
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

We urge the Government to scrap the need for sponsorship for overseas healthcare workers already in the UK who want to switch jobs, so companies can give contracts of employment to people already here. Many people can’t switch to working for other companies as they are not offered sponsorship

There are many care workers in the UK who do not have many working hours, and there are many jobs that are not being filled as many companies don’t offer sponsorships. There is also a lack of healthcare workers yet there are, what I believe, an adequate number of people to fill these jobs.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Gill Furniss
1Gill Furniss MP
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough
5
Leigh Ingham
2Leigh Ingham MP
Stafford
3
Josh Newbury
3Josh Newbury MP
Cannock Chase
2
Louise Haigh
4Louise Haigh MP
Sheffield Heeley
2
Stephanie Peacock
5Stephanie Peacock MP
Barnsley South
1
Liam Conlon
6Liam Conlon MP
Beckenham and Penge
1
Kirith Entwistle
7Kirith Entwistle MP
Bolton North East
1
Darren Jones
8Darren Jones MP
Bristol North West
1
Nigel Farage
9Nigel Farage MP
Clacton
1
Sarah Jones
10Sarah Jones MP
Croydon West
1