Ensure all GP practices receive protective equipment (masks etc) immediately

Despite the Coronavirus lockdown GPs and staff do need to see some vulnerable patients face to face but lack protective equipment. Some still have nothing and have been waiting for weeks.

You may wish to sign these petitions calling for the same action:

Provide adequate PPE equipment for medical professionals working with COVID-19: Provide adequate PPE equipment for medical professionals working with COVID-19

Provide all workers dealing with the public PPE to be protected from COVID-19: Provide all workers dealing with the public PPE to be protected from COVID-19

Protect essential workers from contracting and spreading Covid-19: Protect essential workers from contracting and spreading Covid-19.

Supply PPE to all Health and Social Care workers including community carers: Supply PPE to all Health and Social Care workers including community carers

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/