Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Make Covid-19 testing available for all healthcare professionals
Closed
1,148 signatures
What the petition asks
As Covid-19 cases increase in the UK it is important for our healthcare professionals to have priority access to Covid-19 testing.
Asking healthcare professionals to self-isolate for 14 days if they become symptomatic is unacceptable.
If any health professional does contract Covid-19 it is imperative to test as they regularly come into contact with vulnerable and high risk patients.
If healthcare professionals do not have Covid-19 then self-isolating would cause a drain on the NHS which is already struggling with this pandemic.
If any health professional does contract Covid-19 it is imperative to test as they regularly come into contact with vulnerable and high risk patients.
If healthcare professionals do not have Covid-19 then self-isolating would cause a drain on the NHS which is already struggling with this pandemic.
Timeline
| 30 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 30 Sep 2020 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,148
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
30 Mar 2020
Closed
30 Sep 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.