Bring home UK healthcare staff trapped overseas to help battle COVID-19

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Petition to support the UK healthcare staff stuck overseas trying to get back to the UK to help in the fight against COVID-19. There are doctors, nurses and other health care professionals trapped unable to get home to help the NHS. There is no support from the Foreign Office.

Sign this petition and get the Foreign Office to support these UK nationals to come home. They are stranded due to borders closing, flights being cancelled and having no way to get home on commercial flights. Please sign and support this petition and get these NHS heroes home to help in the Coronavirus fight.

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: Repatriate all UK residents stranded abroad

Since you started your petition the Government has announced a new government partnership with airlines to fly back more tourists stranded abroad: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-government-partnership-with-airlines-to-fly-back-more-tourists-stranded-abroad

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

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 2 Apr 2020

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