Rejected petition To get Covid / Coronavirus Tests available at all doctor surgeries

I would like the government to make Covid testing available at all doctor surgeries.

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At present to get tested if you have symptoms you have to drive a long distance to visit a testing centre or alternatively not get tested at all. Most tests are only being carried out in hospitals at present. To get a better idea of who maybe infected, most people would be able to access the tests if they were available from their local doctors. Where do you go if not feeling well, most of us visit the doctor as first point of call either by public transport or driving.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

Providing tests at GP surgeries would be a matter for the NHS and individual GPs.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Provide publicly accessible testing for coronavirus around the UK: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/301354

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.

Date submitted 22 April 2020
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