The government to employ black cab drivers to safely ferry NHS staff to work.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Given the current situation with Covid 19 and the pressures on the NHS and those who are working tirelessly and selflessly to save people’s lives The Government should employ every black taxi driver to ferry these workers to and from work.

Those working in the NHS are often working double or triple shifts, are coming into contact with patients who have the virus and could potentially spread the virus if and when they are using public transport. If the government were to mobilise the army of mostly redundant black taxi drivers it would give them much needed work and also provide a safe journey home at anytime night or day for the NHS workers in a contained environment without the potential for them spreading the virus.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Fund free Travel, Parking, Hotel & Childcare during COVID-19 for NHS staff

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/

The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips

You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

Timeline

23 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
28 Apr 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 28 Apr 2020

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