This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Bring home UK healthcare staff trapped overseas to help battle COVID-19
Petition to support the UK healthcare staff stuck overseas trying to get back to the UK to help in the fight against COVID-19. There are doctors, nurses and other health care professionals trapped unable to get home to help the NHS. There is no support from the Foreign Office.
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Sign this petition and get the Foreign Office to support these UK nationals to come home. They are stranded due to borders closing, flights being cancelled and having no way to get home on commercial flights. Please sign and support this petition and get these NHS heroes home to help in the Coronavirus fight.
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Why was this petition rejected?
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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307260
Since you started your petition the Government has announced a new government partnership with airlines to fly back more tourists stranded abroad: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-government-partnership-with-airlines-to-fly-back-more-tourists-stranded-abroad
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
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