Petition · past parliament

Make inhalers free for asthmatics during the Covid pandemic

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

During Covid19 pandemic make inhalers free for asthmatics meaning people wouldnt have to worry about affording them.
Asthmatics can then take their inhalers to keep their asthma controlled potentially reducing complications with coronavirus & reducing the burden on the NHS & hospital admissions.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a very similar action: Make asthma prescriptions free for those in need..

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 and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/

Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/

Timeline

21 Mar 2020 Petition opened for signatures
21 Apr 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 21 Apr 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.