Submitted on Tuesday 17th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
FULL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR NHS STAFF
Attention and resources need to be poured into protecting NHS staff at the highest standard. If there is a supply shortage Ministers and NHS chiefs need to be looking at every creative possibility to source and manufacture resources. Reverse the downgrade of protective requirements.
We will all depend on NHS frontline services. Maintaining NHS capacity whilst downgrading protective equipment will only result in reduced capacity later as staff fall ill or worse. A short sighted approach will also add even more pressure as staff are at more risk of spreading Covid-19 to patients and others. Anything less than full protective equipment will be the ultimate betrayal to those risking everything on the frontline of this crisis.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304243
Advice on the use of personal protective equipment is a matter for Public Health England, not the Government or Parliament.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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 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 coranavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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