Petition · past parliament
Call on Blackpool MPs to demand urgent COVID-19 testing for frontline NHS staff
Rejected
19 signatures
What the petition asks
Blackpool residents call on Scott Benton MP and Paul Maynard MP to demand from the Government urgent COVID-19 testing for all frontline NHS staff who are putting their lives at risk everyday in this pandemic.
Only 2,000 NHS front line staff have been tested, that’s around 0.4% of front line staff. This needs to urgently change and we need to follow the World Health Organisation advice and ‘Test Test Test’.
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
The views of individual MPs are a matter for those MPs, not the Government or House of Commons.
We have published a petition calling on the Governemnt to make Covid-19 testing available for all healthcare professionals, which you might like to sign:
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:
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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
We have published a petition calling on the Governemnt to make Covid-19 testing available for all healthcare professionals, which you might like to sign:
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:
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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
Timeline
| 2 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 26 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
19
Status
Rejected
Rejected
26 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.