Submitted on Sunday 5th April 2020
Rejected on Thursday 4th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Recognise role of the domestic and portering NHS staff in the Covid-19 epidemic.
I want the work of the domestic and portering NHS staff to be recognised in exactly the same way as the work of the doctors, nurses and other professional NHS staff, both materially and morally. They are the lowest paid and unsung heroes of the coronavirus epidemic.
My wife works as a domestic assinstant in the NHS hospital. She and her colleagues take care of cleaning the infected areas and are as exposed to the coronavirus as other members of the frontline staff. And yet nobody even mentions the domestic assistants or porters, when talking about the heroic frontline staff. They deserve better. In fact, they deserve the same level of recognition, as anyone else working on the frontline of the fight with coronavirus. This fight cannot be won without them.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We understand that you want the role of certain workers to be recognised, but we can only accept petitions that make a clear request for the Government to take a particular action, such as funding increased pay.
We have published a large number of petitions calling on the Government to reward all frontline workers, which you might like to sign:
Identify and reward all key workers due to Covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308903
Consider how to compensate key workers for their efforts during Covid-19 crisis: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308172
Pay bonus to all key workers: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307215
Pay rise for NHS and care staff
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/313488
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