Submitted on Tuesday 24th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Provide the necessary PPE for those working in a healthcare environment.
Countless medical professionals and hospital staff are without adequate PPE, endangering their lives. The Govt must put pressure on Trusts to allow PPE to be worn per NHS and WHO guidelines for ALL staff (including porters etc). The Govt must also provide funding, allowing the Trusts to provide PPE.
Earlier this week a 36 year old nurse was admitted to ITU due to a COVID19 infection. She is otherwise healthy. Nearly 5000 medics in Italy are being treated for COVID19. PPE, including but not limited to N95 masks, nitrile gloves, gowns and eye masks are all helpful in reducing the viral load to which hospital workers are exposed to. A lower viral load gives the immune system a better chance to fight off the virus meaning less of the NHS frontline are at risk of harmful symptoms of COVID19.
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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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