Government to provide more guidance, support & protection for NHS Agency workers

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

1. Testing for agency staff
2. Correct PPE for all staff and correct guidance
3. Daily updates from NHS trusts
5. Support & protection for at risk staff
6. Stop NHS trusts deliberately overbooking to popular wards
7. Financial protection for agency staff
8. Why are only bank getting pay rises?

If agency staff are continued to be used on wards without the proper guidance or support, we will continue to see an increase in agency workers needing to self-isolate in line with government instructions until testing becomes available and a decrease in agency staff available when needed most.

We call on the government to review these most basic requirements for key workers within the healthcare agency sector to ensure patient care is prioritised as we as a nation continue to fight this virus.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

A number of the requests you make are operational matters for individuals NHS trusts, and not matters for the Government or House of Commons.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Pay NHS Agency Nurses, Doctors and Healthcare staff a wage if they self isolate: Pay NHS Agency Nurses, Doctors and Healthcare staff a wage if they self isolate

Make Covid-19 testing available for all healthcare professionals: Make Covid-19 testing available for all healthcare professionals

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/

Timeline

2 Apr 2020	Petition opened for signatures
27 May 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 27 May 2020

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