This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Shutdown all vending machines to help stop the spread of the virus in hospitals.
Hospitals are a breading ground for COVID-19 and so, It's important we help prevent the spread of this virus and support the vending machine operators by forcing the companies to turn the vending machines off.
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There is no way to guarantee that the machine would be cleaned throughly enough if it were to be used by someone with COVID-19 as not every machine is visited by the operator daily. Some machines only get seen to and cleaned once a week. Help stop the spread of COVID-19 and help the NHS reduce their already increasing workload by signing this petition to turn off ALL vending machines.
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 provision of catering in hospitals, including via vending machines, is a matter for individual hospitals and NHS trusts, not the Government or Parliament.
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