Submitted on Monday 23rd March 2020
Rejected on Wednesday 6th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Provide mental health support to frontline NHS staff treating COVID-19.
NHS staff working with COVID-19 patients are at risk of mental health problems such as PTSD from their work during this pandemic. The government should increase the availability of mental health services and psychological therapies for this group, so that they can receive support without long waits.
The NHS is already low on doctors and nurses; the current pandemic has the potential to worsen this by increasing burnout. Mental health services are already stretched with long waiting times common. In 2018 there were 55 suicides by nurses and 18 by medics in England and Wales (https://tinyurl.com/sjfjhp3) it would be a tragedy for this to increase. Informal groups have sprung up offering support: we need formal provision for the mental health of these staff.
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You may wish to sign these petitions:
Emergency funding increase for mental health services due to Covid -19 pandemic: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307724
Consider how to compensate key workers for their efforts during Covid-19 crisis: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308172
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/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
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 coronavirus 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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