Petition · past parliament
Require all private hospitals to treat Coronavirus patients
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
For the government to take immediate legal action to require private hospitals to requisition their beds and to treat the public during the coronavirus crisis
The electorate will expect the government to be able to mobilise all health capacity - be it public or private - to deal with what the Prime Minister has described as ‘the worst public health crisis for a generation’. The private health sector cannot be excluded from this mobilisation.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 14 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Mar 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
19 Mar 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.