Please let all the pharmacy staff be tested for COVID-19

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Include all the pharmacy staff in testing for COVID-19 infection. We should have the same easy access to tests as healthcare workers in hospitals. Please extend the list of people entitled for testing.

Community pharmacy teams, including pharmacists, technicians, dispensers, general assistants and even drivers - we are ALL literally at the front-line of dealing with the effects of coronovirus pandemic.

We are working relentlessly to ensure that all the medicines will be dispensed safely for all patients. Our teams are exposed to ALL people coming to us as a first line of contact when they are unwell - we are at VERY HIGH RISK OF EXPOSURE. We need protection and easy access to tests.

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: Make Covid-19 testing available for all healthcare professionals.

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 31 Mar 2020

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