Let's help healthcare workers outwith the NHS get tested

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The Issue

As important as the NHS staff are and how great a job they are doing, it seems that the people working in jobs not under the NHS are being completely sidelined.

Pharmacy workers are being hit with hundreds of patients and the workload has quadrupled due to doctors surgeries refusing patients to enter their building, and sending them directly to pharmacies.

We see hundreds upon hundreds of people a day and are at risk of catching this virus as much as the NHS workers. Give us recognition and let us be tested to prevent the spread to our customers, most of whom suffer from other health problems.

I'm saying this on behalf of all pharmacists, technicians, dispensers, delivery drivers and shop assistants. 

The Decision Makers

Matthew Hancock MP
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General
Boris Johnson
Prime Minister

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