Routinely test emergency services staff members for COVID-19.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The government needs to have a policy were they routinely test emergency services staff members for COVID-19. They are unable to self isolate because if they did there wouldn't be a workforce left.

The emergency servicesare the hero's of our country, we must keep them fighting the virus for the public and we must protect them. If every emergency service worker self isolated every time they fell ill the service would collapse as it was outstretched before COVID-19. The government needs to make a plan to test their workforce.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. The conduct of tests is a clinical decision for the NHS, not the UK Government or Parliament.

We have published a petition calling for the Government to provide publicly accessible testing for coronavirus around the UK, which you might want to sign: Provide publicly accessible testing for the covid-19 virus around the UK now.

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

Timeline

16 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
27 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 27 Mar 2020

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