Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
COVID-19 tests for everyone working in Social Care.
Closed
371 signatures
What the petition asks
Make tests for Corona Virus available so that Carers/ Support workers/ Management teams can continue to deliver care to the vulnerable people they support.
Because frontline care workers and management teams cannot be tested, they are having to self-isolate because a person they may live with/ member of the family is displaying symptoms even when they themselves have no symptoms of the virus. This can leave vulnerable people without support and the care they need.
Being able to test for the virus could mean the worker returning to work within two days instead of two weeks.
Being able to test for the virus could mean the worker returning to work within two days instead of two weeks.
Timeline
| 8 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 8 Oct 2020 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
371
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
8 Apr 2020
Closed
8 Oct 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.