Petition · past parliament

Ensure all frontline workers get the appropriate & essential PPE now!

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

I want the Government to stop talking & start acting. How many more Doctors, Nurses, Healthcare workers, Bus drivers & shop assistants are going to die because of NO Personal Protective Equipment. I keep hearing "Protect the NHS" the best way to do that is to PROVIDE protection for frontline staff.
I want the Government to ACT now. The NHS has been drained of resources for decades. Promise after promise! Dedicated staff are putting their lives at risk while the Government fall short on promise after promise!

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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

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.

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

10 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
26 May 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 26 May 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.