Petition · past parliament
Provide transport assistance to NHS frontline staff to get them to work safely
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
The government should help NHS staff get to work safely by arranging for bicycles to be provided to them and protective Cycling wear, or arrange with Uber or taxi providers a scheme to help NHS staff get to work for free or at a discounted rate.
It’s not right that after a long shift, it’s taking hours for NHS workers to get home battling through the reduced and packed public transport system. It took 3 hours for my friend to get home in London. They need to rest and they need to be kept safe. They are our frontline of defence against covid. Let’s not make their struggle at work any harder.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
The Government is not responsible for arranging transport to work for NHS staff.
We have published a petition calling on the Government to fund fund free Travel, Parking, Hotel & Childcare during COVID-19 for NHS staff, which you might like to sign: 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/
We have published a petition calling on the Government to fund fund free Travel, Parking, Hotel & Childcare during COVID-19 for NHS staff, which you might like to sign: 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
| 30 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 14 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
14 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.