Petition · past parliament
Provide WHO recommended PPE for all NHS and FRONT LINE/ KEY WORKERS.
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
I want the government to provide WHO recommended PPE to ALL staff coming into contact with Covid19 positive and suspected patients and NOT the substandard PPE that PHE have decided with no clear clinical evidence is suitable.
PHE making up your own rules and advice without providing clear evidence is tantamount to manslaughter. You are putting front line workers at risk and ALL the evidence suggests that. There is NO evidence to suggest down grading PPE is the way to protect patients, staff and the wider public.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
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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/
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.
Provide adequate PPE equipment for medical professionals working with COVID-19: Provide adequate PPE equipment for medical professionals working with COVID-19
Provide urgent support and PPE to carers during coronavirus crisis: Provide urgent support and PPE to carers during coronavirus crisis
Suitable equipment to protect our front-line police officers from COVID-19: Suitable equipment to protect our front-line police officers from COVID-19
Fund and provide safety clothing for the supermarket staff on the frontline: Fund and provide safety clothing for the supermarket staff on the frontline
COVID-19: Commandeer production of British-made PPE for frontline staff: COVID-19: Commandeer production of British-made PPE for frontline 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: 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
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
26 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.