Petition · past parliament

All NHS badge holders to travel on public transport free of charge (COVID19)

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Allow any persons with an NHS badge to travel free of charge to their place of work during the pandemic crisis to which they are giving their lives.
Allow any persons with an NHS badge to travel free of charge to their place of work during the pandemic crisis to which they are giving their lives.

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 some of these petitions:

During lock-down the Government should pay for all NHS staff's travel expenses: During lock-down the Government should pay for all NHS staff's travel expenses.

Fund free Travel, Parking, Hotel & Childcare during COVID-19 for NHS staff: Fund free Travel, Parking, Hotel & Childcare during COVID-19 for NHS staff

Fund free travel and reduce rate parking for NHS staff: Fund free travel and reduce rate parking for NHS 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 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

16 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
18 Jun 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Jun 2020

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