Have your say on government e-petitions

Require mandatory competency assessments and refresher training for hoist use

Submitted by Katherine Raw on Sunday 15th February 2026

Published on Monday 23rd March 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Wednesday 23rd September 2026

Current Signatures: 73
(count is updated approximately hourly)

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

care services ~ Care workers ~ checks ~ Ensure ~ Incidents ~ Injuries ~ Mandatory ~ Oversight ~ Prevent ~ Regular ~ Safety ~ safety standards ~ Settings ~ Standards ~ training ~ transfers ~ vulnerability

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 73 signatures in total, with signatories from 39 constituencies. That makes it the 1,214th most popular open petition, and the 24,892nd most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 14% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of -1% (very low).

Signatures by Constituency

Signatures by Region

Signatures by Country

Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

repetition.me is a Good Stuff website

216.73.217.179 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:19:12 +0100