Recognise role of the domestic and portering NHS staff in the Covid-19 epidemic.

Rejected 16 signatures

What the petition asks

I want the work of the domestic and portering NHS staff to be recognised in exactly the same way as the work of the doctors, nurses and other professional NHS staff, both materially and morally. They are the lowest paid and unsung heroes of the coronavirus epidemic.

My wife works as a domestic assinstant in the NHS hospital. She and her colleagues take care of cleaning the infected areas and are as exposed to the coronavirus as other members of the frontline staff. And yet nobody even mentions the domestic assistants or porters, when talking about the heroic frontline staff. They deserve better. In fact, they deserve the same level of recognition, as anyone else working on the frontline of the fight with coronavirus. This fight cannot be won without them.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We understand that you want the role of certain workers to be recognised, but we can only accept petitions that make a clear request for the Government to take a particular action, such as funding increased pay.

We have published a large number of petitions calling on the Government to reward all frontline workers, which you might like to sign:

Identify and reward all key workers due to Covid-19: Identify and reward all key workers due to Covid-19

Consider how to compensate key workers for their efforts during Covid-19 crisis: Consider how to compensate key workers for their efforts during Covid-19 crisis

Pay bonus to all key workers: Pay bonus to all key workers

Pay rise for NHS and care staff
Pay rise for NHS and care staff

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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 find 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

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

Key facts

Signatures 16

Status Rejected

Rejected 4 Jun 2020

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