Submitted on Sunday 28th June 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 9th September 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Reintroduce patients receiving NHS inpatient treatment, the right to visitors
Patients are going through intensive cancer treatments. Pre covid, loved ones were allowed to visit and given PPE. Now being denied and kept in isolation for weeks. Loved ones care 24/7 for the patients at home and during Covid. Worst, no transparency on the level of care being received.
NHS Trusts are not following Government guidelines. PHE stated 5/6/20, blanket bans have been lifted; allowing visits with the correct guidance + PPE. No visits are traumatic and the Human Rights Act, Article 8- Rights to Family Life has been denied.
Patients are dealing with life changing cancer diagnoses and expected to undergo intensive treatment themselves, staying for more >4 weeks with no loved one to be with them.
No updates from clinicians to the next of kin adds further distress.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
It is a clinical decision for NHS trusts and individual hospitals whether visitors can be accommodated in a way which meets Government guidance and protects patient safety, in line with advice from NHS England.
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You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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