Rejected petition Make mandatory for NHS staff the use of adequate masks (P3) and gloves. COVID-19

Make it obligatory for all NHS staff and all workers in care assistance, especially those working in frontline areas, to wear adequate masks (P3) to protect both themselves and the public to avoid spread of COVID-19

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To avoid the spread of coronavirus, avoid that people not infected yet become infected by going in hospital for other reasons, protect doctors, nurses and their families.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Advice on the use of personal protective equipment is a matter for Public Health England, not the Government or Parliament.

We have published a petition calling on the Government to provide adequate PPE equipment for medical professionals working with COVID-19, which you might like to sign: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304243

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

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 27 March 2020
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