Submitted on Tuesday 17th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Suspend healthcare clinical placement students as part of safe distance measures
Advise Uni’s to suspend student clinical placements until the situation is stable.Students are unpaid, unnecessary workers, concerned for the safety of other students and family they return to. Being transmittable before symptomatic places all students at risk particularly those more vulnerable
Universities look to the Government and Regulatory bodies for guidance; however this has been minimal in this area. Students are feeling incredibly venerable and whilst this will be excepted once graduated - at the moment they are risking a lot of unnecessary travel with no payment. Many placement sites are over 1 to 2 hours from campus’s meaning students are being forced to take public transport to and from a hospital environment increasing the risk of potential transmittal to other students
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Student placements are a matter for the educational institutions the student is enrolled in, the organisation sponsoring the placement, and the regulatory bodies that are responsible for the qualifications, not the Government or Parliament.
If you have concerns about continuing with a placement you should raise these with the educational institution you are enrolled in, the organisation sponsoring your placement, and the relevant regulatory body.
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
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