Submitted on Thursday 26th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Give the NHS full PPE in the fight against Covid - 19
Thousands of GPs and hospital staff are not being provided with the kit they need to protect themselves or their patients in the fight against Covid – 19. Measures must be enforced to provide Personal Protective Equipment to all front line NHS staff. Their lives are NOT dispensable.
Staff are using makeshift hazmat suits, some are being given expired masks to wear, others have no protective measures and are using plastic bags over their heads to protect themselves. This is unacceptable. The correct respiratory masks are largely unavailable. There is a huge shortage on protective measures such as gloves and wipes. Our NHS is already overstretched. If we do not act now, we will force front line workers into falling sick to Covid – 19, which will cost even more lives.
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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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