Petition · past parliament

Provide FFP3 masks, goggles, and long sleeved gowns for nurses.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

We call on the government to ensure that every nurse working on wards where there is coronavirus have full protective equipment. Change the recommendations to ensure proper protection is provided rather than the paper surgical, masks, gloves and a disposable apron which are not adequate.
The lives of people working on our hospital wards must be valued.
We must show that they are valued not just be clapping but by ensuring that every effort is made to protect their lives while they do the important work that they do.
They are not expendable!!

Why it was rejected

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

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### Further information

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/


Find out the latest updates from Parliament on the COVID-19 outbreak, including ways that you can get involved: https://www.parliament.uk/business/news/covid-19/

Are you an academic or researcher? Find out how you can help Parliament scrutinise the Government’s response to coronavirus: https://www.parliament.uk/covid19-researcher-engagement


### What the Petitions Committee is doing


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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

25 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
6 Jul 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 6 Jul 2020

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