Submitted on Sunday 22nd March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ensure NHS staff treating COVID19 patients have PPE which meets WHO guidelines.
There needs to be a government strategy to increase/ ensure the supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) recommended for medical workers per WHO guidelines (e.g. N95/FFP3 face masks, face visors).
If necessary, any required PPE sold commercially should be requisitioned by the government.
Recommended PPE guidelines (e.g. a paper face mask, short gloves and an apron) does not meet the WHO's standards and does not sufficiently protect NHS staff.
In Italy, there are currently reports of 2,629 medical workers with COVID19 and deaths of 13 medics.
If our NHS does not have sufficient PPE and UK cases continue increasing, there will be significantly large numbers of NHS frontline staff lives at risk and high risk of the NHS not having enough medical workers to treat patients.
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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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