This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Provide NHS Hospital workers with correct Personal Protective Equipment NOW
Personal protective equipment (PPE) necessary for COVID 19 consists of a proper FFP3 mask, a visor, a surgical gown, and two pairs of gloves. Drs and nurses inside London Hospitals today are running out of proper PPE and are being told to work with inadequate paper face masks and no goggles.
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Work urgently to ensure the supply chain issues are resolved and London Hospital staff that will have to deal with COVID are provided with PPE. Do not ask Drs and nurses working on non-infectious wards to transfer to COVID wards; especially without correct PPE.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/mar/16/not-fit-for-purpose-uk-medics-condemn-covid-19-protection
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/im-losing-faith-in-the-leadership-a-doctors-story-coronavirus
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-nhs-ppe-equipment-shortage-infection-doctors-a9410436.html
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Advice on the use of personal protective equipment is a matter for Public Health England, not the Government or Parliament.
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
UK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
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 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 coranavirus outbreak.
Find out more and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
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