Rejected petition End NHS PPE Shortages - use reusable PPE Spacesuits instead of single-use PPE
Current PPE is designed to be worn once, then thrown away. This is not practical at scale, leading to constant supply shortages. Instead every nurse should be equipped with a PPE Spacesuit. This can be worn, washed and reused hundreds of times. Before disrobing, the whole suit can be disinfected.
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NHS workers are particularly vulnerable to Covid-19 given a high dosage of the virus may be able to overwhelm the immune system of even a healthy person. During removal of current PPE there's a risk disrobing shakes micro droplets of the living virus back into the air, only to be inhaled. However, a Spacesuit can act as a diving suit, with the wearer immersing into liquid disinfectant to kill any virus on the outside of the suit, minutes before stepping out of the liquid and safely disrobing.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Guidance on Covid-19 and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) is a matter for Public Health England, and not the Government or Parliament.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Provide all workers dealing with the public PPE to be protected from COVID-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307866
Protect essential workers from contracting and spreading Covid-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/306387
Supply PPE to all Health and Social Care workers including community carers: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/314229
Provide adequate PPE equipment for medical professionals working with COVID-19: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304243
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https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
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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/
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