All foreign NHS workers should be offered British Citizenship for their support

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

It has been muted that foreign NHS workers who are valiantly supporting our current Pandemic may have their Visas extended for 12 months beyond October 2020 . I want the government to offer them British Citizenship as a reward for their heroic work.

I believe it is an insult to those foreign NHS WORKERS who are as important to our struggling NHS as our own uk nationals. This is reminiscent of what happened to the Gurkhas but on a much larger scale. It gives out a message that we will use them only when we need them. The UK government should match the commitment that these foreign heroes are demonstrating day in day out. Act Now before we lose them and end up with an ineffective NHS when this current Crisis ends.

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:

NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

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 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 correspondence with Government Ministers asking further questions: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

Timeline

5 Apr 2020	Petition opened for signatures
15 Apr 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Apr 2020

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