Submitted on Sunday 22nd March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Update the PPE guidelines for medical staff in the UK to meet WHO guidelines.
Please update the Public Health England PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) guidelines for medical staff in the UK, treating patients with COVID-19, to -at least- meet and aim to exceed World Health Organisation guidelines.
In March PHE downgraded the guidelines for PPE for UK medical staff significantly. During the current pandemic medical staff have been actively engaged in trying to limit the human cost of this disease, often at significant personal risk. In Italy around 10% of infections are in healthcare professionals, seriously compromising the country’s ability to fight the epidemic. This is despite following full WHO PPE guidelines. NHS staff deserve better than losing even this basic protection.
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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
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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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