Petition · past parliament
Let all non clinical (Admin staff) in the NHS work from home during COVID-19
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Consider home working for NHS non clinical staff which are not essential i.e. administration staff. Review current policies put in place which is advising non clinical staff that they will have to take unpaid carers leave if unable to attend work due to a vulnerable child. Keep NHS admin staff safe
There are multiple people who are not deemed essential frontline staff who are being pressurised into coming into work.
Management are not putting their staff wellbeing first especially when they are deemed to be able to work from home but are not being offered this.
Everyone has been asked to work from home where possible but the NHS is making it extremely impossible for this to take place.
Help us keep our frontline staff safe and reduce numbers of non clinical staff at hospitals.
Management are not putting their staff wellbeing first especially when they are deemed to be able to work from home but are not being offered this.
Everyone has been asked to work from home where possible but the NHS is making it extremely impossible for this to take place.
Help us keep our frontline staff safe and reduce numbers of non clinical staff at hospitals.
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
The Government has told people to work from home if they can, but decisions about which staff are required to attend work are a matter for individual employers, and not the Government or Parliament.
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Protect essential workers from contracting and spreading Covid-19: Protect essential workers from contracting and spreading Covid-19.
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 the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Protect essential workers from contracting and spreading Covid-19: Protect essential workers from contracting and spreading Covid-19.
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
| 31 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
21 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.