All pharmacy teams to be tested for COVID-19.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Pharmacy teams should be treated as frontline health workers and be tested for COVID-19, to reduce the harm to elderly and vulnerable groups.
Pharmacy teams like doctors come into contact with the public. They provide the public, access to vital medicines both on prescription and over-the-counter.

Also it is vital for business continuity that everyone who tests negative can return to work safe in the knowledge that they cannot spread the illness to others and keep providing vital medicines to the public.
Presently many pharmacy teams are struggling to keep up with the demand because staff are observing the 14 days of self isolation. We need to know if we need to self isolate or continue working and help the country get through the covid-19 outbreak.

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

29 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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