{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/308147.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":308147,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Address the Desperate PPE Crisis in the NHS now - Working in Fear to Protect you","background":"An urgent plea to the UK government & Public Health England(PHE) to:\r\n\r\n1. PROVIDE both adequate and appropriate PPE for all NHS workers  \r\n2. REVISE our current national personal protective equipment(PPE) guidelines\r\n\r\n\r\nSOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE NOW. Please protect us to protect you.","additional_details":"The current guidance for COVID-19 states that when managing suspected/confirmed cases, disposable gloves, aprons & surgical masks are adequate. Globally, including China & Italy, health workers are using vastly superior PPE when treating patients. \r\n\r\nAs a group of respiratory doctors working in the frontline of this pandemic, we are gravely concerned for our safety and that of our vulnerable patients as a result of inadequate PPE. FIVE NHS doctors are on ventilators - we need to act now!","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":16,"created_at":"2020-03-22T15:18:59.288Z","updated_at":"2020-03-31T18:02:12.485Z","rejected_at":"2020-03-31T18:02:00.554Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2020-03-22T15:36:44.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304243\n\nAdvice on the use of personal protective equipment is a matter for Public Health England, not the Government or Parliament.\n\nYou can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:\n\nNHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/\nUK Government website: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus\n\nYou 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\n\nYou 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.\n\nFind 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/\n\nRead letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/\n"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}