This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Ensure all care staff must wear full PPE before covid-19 symptoms are present
We want the government to put in place protection for our most vulnerable. Currently the government is only instructed the use of face masks and PPE for all tasks if covid-19 symptoms are present. We want this changed so as all PPE is worn to prevent covid-19 attacking the elderly
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Most of the elderly now have a Do Not Resusitate order in place following the covid-19 outbreak. We understand this as they must help those who are more likely to survive however, this being the case the government should be protecting the elderly and enforcing all care staff must wear full Personal Protective Equipement and face masks to protect them and to try to prevent covid-19. The tight hygienie guidelines should be used before covid-19 is present not after! Prevention over cure!
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
The guidance on care workers should reduce the change of care home residents contracting coronavirus is a matter for Public Health England, and not the Government or House of Commons.
We have published a petition calling on the Government to provide urgent support and PPE to carers during coronavirus crisis, which you might like to sign: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312960
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
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 can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
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 coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.