Submitted on Sunday 22nd March 2020
Rejected on Friday 17th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
The government needs to provide food directly to NHS staff now.
The amazing NHS staff are risking their lives each day but many cannot buy food for themselves due to working long anti-social hours and the empty shelves caused by stockpiling. The government need to start direct distribution outside healthcare facilities to help keep NHS staff fed and healthy.
We are now more reliant than ever on the amazing people who work in our NHS. They are working punishing shifts to save our lives. It should be a high priority to ensure they are healthy. Other petitions are dealing with providing safety equipment and testing for NHS staff, but many, who are exhausted from their supremely difficult work, need help accessing food now. In our massive gratitude to them we have to push for them to have direct access to food so they can rest and eat off shift.
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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.
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306339
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