Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Fund urgent counselling support to NHS staff involved in COVID crisis.
Closed
37 signatures
What the petition asks
These NHS staff need psychological support now. Private provision can cost £60.00 per hour. This cost would be above what most salaried NHS personnel could afford.
The evidence supporting this request is already known:
- all staff (not only hospital based clinical staff) are experiencing high levels of stress.
- the sheer increase in volume of patients in high care and intensive care units since November 2020
-staff having to cope with high death rates on a weekly basis despite all the care they were able to give
-ambulance crews managing patients during bed shortages knowing this resulted in them not being available to help others in urgent need of care
- all staff (not only hospital based clinical staff) are experiencing high levels of stress.
- the sheer increase in volume of patients in high care and intensive care units since November 2020
-staff having to cope with high death rates on a weekly basis despite all the care they were able to give
-ambulance crews managing patients during bed shortages knowing this resulted in them not being available to help others in urgent need of care
Timeline
| 22 Jan 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Jul 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
37
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
22 Jan 2021
Closed
22 Jul 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.