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Regularly test health and care workers for Covid-19

Submitted on Monday 16th March 2020

Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Regularly test health and care workers for Covid-19

Petition Details

For the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic all health and care workers with direct client exposure should be provided weekly testing to identify sufferers and carriers of the virus

Additional Information

To safeguard their own health, and that of their patients and prevent spread of the virus


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. The conduct of tests is a clinical decision for the NHS, not the UK Government or Parliament.

We have published a petition calling for the Government make Covid-19 testing available for all healthcare professionals, which you might want to sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304005

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