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provide proper PPE for frontline staffs who are taking care of covid-19 patients

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

All the NHS Staffs who are taking care of covid-19 required to wear proper PPE which includes, FFP3 mask,long sleeve gown, full face shield and gloves.
All the NHS staff who have been tested positive on covid-19 has to be retested before going back to work again
On the wards in hospital, social distancing is impossible,Currently there is no need for mask unless patients are suspected or confirmed. People might not show symptoms in incubation period and when the patients are confirmed positive, staffs are asked to wear a surgical mask, apron and gloves which are inadequate for their safety.
so we are requesting all the authorities to take immediate action to provide front line staff with proper PPE with FFP3 mask, full sleeve gowns, full face shield and gloves

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.

Supply PPE to all Health and Social Care workers including community carers: Supply PPE to all Health and Social Care workers including community carers

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

18 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.