Submitted on Tuesday 17th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ask UK industry to make protective kit (e.g. FFP3 masks) for healthcare workers
Hospital staff caring for those with COVID-19 are placing themselves and other patients at risk due to a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE). I would like to encourage Boris to ask UK industry to help by making kit, particularly FFP3 masks, to protect frontline NHS health workers.
The protective clothing requirements have been downgraded by Public Health England. Evidence to support this is limited by the lack of available data. There is a big shortage of PPE equipment, particularly FFP3 masks and visors.
I, a doctor working in the NHS, am very worried. We want to do all we can to help but if we do not have the correct protective equipment we put ourselves, our families, and crucially other patients that may not yet be infected with COVID-19 at risk.
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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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