Submitted on Sunday 22nd March 2020
Rejected on Friday 17th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Ensure food for NHS staff
Require on-line and supermarket food delivery services to give priority to NHS workers and arrange for their online orders to be delivered to hosipitals etc. to enable doctors and nurses to concentrate on their vital work.
It is clear that NHS staff are finding the buying of food and other essentials in the current climate of food hoarding very difficult. Especial shopping times are often during main shift hours for staff and they force staff to be in close proximity with people, thereby increasing the risk of infection for all.
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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/
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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