Submitted on Friday 27th March 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 31st March 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Allocate military and industrial stocks of PPE to the NHS to fight COVID-19
NHS Staff are currently recycling PPE stock which should be single use due to the current outbreak, rendering it ineffective. Reallocate unused PPE sitting in businesses, factories, dental surgeries, research labs, military supplies immediately. Who will care for the sick if the carers are sick?
Writing this on behalf of a family member who is currently on the frontline, her words:
The NHS doesn’t have enough PPE for staff to use in hospitals during this pandemic, my trust has over 200 staff infected at home. Early studies from Wuhan suggest our current PPE guidance is inadequate, we need to wear full PPE for all inpatients. Staff are recycling PPE because they have no choice, there isn’t enough! We are on the verge of catastrophe!
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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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