Petition · past parliament

NHS staff should be getting free travel during Coronavirus emergency.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

NHS staff are paying high travel costs on low wages and now needing to buy extra tickets when working extra hours and their ticket expires. We should support them also and make this free. They are asked to work extra shifts, most will work for first 3 hours for free to cover their travel ticket !!
Make NHS workers travel free for the duration of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

21 Mar 2020 Petition opened for signatures
20 Apr 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 Apr 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.