Submitted on Tuesday 17th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Petition to take healthcare students off placement due to risk of corona virus.
Cancel placements for all university healthcare students or at least give students the opportunity to not attend placement until the virus is safely dealt with or proper measurements are put into place
Healthcare students such as nurses, paramedics, pharmacists, midwives, doctors etc are only students. They do not deserve to be given hundreds of hours of unpaid work as part of their course whilst this virus is effecting people rapidly. It is impossible to completely avoid the virus but if we are given the opportunity to make up our hours later down the line we can at least be safe and free from corona. Students deserve the choice to attend placement or not in situations like this.
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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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