Submitted on Saturday 21st March 2020
Rejected on Friday 17th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Increase dedicated shopping hours for NHS staff and vulnerable groups
Bring in emergency action immediately and urgently for supermarkets to provide more flexible dedicated shopping hours for NHS staff and vulnerable groups. The current 1 hour slots twice or 3 times a week are simply not helpful for staff who work during these hours and they are not benefitting.
Today, I witnessed an NHS doctor collapse and become unconscious due to extreme tiredness and a lack of energy at my local supermarket. She could barely speak and definitely could not drive. She had just finished an 18 hour shift and was overwhelmed with tiredness. She went to the shop to buy something to eat on her break and simply wasn't able to buy anything due to others stockpiling throughout the day. We need to look after our NHS - without them, there is no us!!!
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The opening and delivery arrangements for supermarkets are a matter for individual retailers, not the Government or Parliament. A number of retailers have announced plans to prioritise elderly or vulnerable customers, and NHS workers. Customers should contact their local supermarket to find out if they have put such arrangements in place.
The Government has made certain changes to enable supermarkets to work together during the coronavirus outbreak, particularly to serve customers who are elderly, ill or vulnerable: www.gov.uk/government/news/supermarkets-to-join-forces-to-feed-the-nation
We have published a petition calling on the Government to supply NHS key frontline staff working during Covid-19 healthy food hampers, which you might like to sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306339
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
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