All Healthcare workers dying as a result of inadequate PPE should be compensated · petition

What the petition asks

I would like the Government to ensure that the appropriate PPE is provided for its Employees in the line of duty which is their legal responsibility. In the absence of this, when employees die or suffer disability as a result, either they or their families should be maximally compensated for this.

As an Employer, the NHS has a legal responsibility to provide appropriate equipment to its employees in line with any other Employer. You would not ask a Fireman to fight a fire in jeans and a T shirt nor a Policeman to stop a riot with an Easter egg. In 2013, the MOD lost a case where they were found to be negligent and had breached the human rights to life of soldiers that they sent out in Iraq in poorly equipped vehicles despite the known risks. I believe the principle here is no different.

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:

Provide adequate PPE equipment for medical professionals working with COVID-19: Provide adequate PPE equipment for medical professionals working with COVID-19

Fund increased death in service benefits for NHS staff who die during Covid-19: Fund increased death in service benefits for NHS staff who die during Covid-19

You could start a new petition calling for the Government to provide increased compensation to healthcare workers who suffer disability as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

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Timeline

17 Apr 2020	Petition opened for signatures
28 May 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee