Petition · past parliament
Add terminally ill &permanently housebound to extremely vulnerable COVID-19 list
Rejected
14 signatures
What the petition asks
The list of those extremely vulnerable to the coronavirus is being used to prioritise supermarket & medication deliveries but excludes many extremely ill people. GPs records state who is permanently housebound & they are now being denied food deliveries. COVID-19 is a major risk, so is starvation.
Covid-19 demands on deliveries mean those who physically can't get their own food & medication will die or need avoidable hospital admissions. NICE's COVID-19 pathway recognizes them as seriously ill & unlikely to survive so it denies them critical care yet they aren't on the extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 list.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19
Terminally ill & permanently housebound people must be added to the COVID-19 extremely vulnerable list.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19
Terminally ill & permanently housebound people must be added to the COVID-19 extremely vulnerable list.
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
Decisions about how is at higher risk from coronavirus is a clinical decision for the NHS, not the Government or House of Commons.
We have published a petition calling on the Government to extend Coronavirus support for the vulnerable to those not currently supported, which you might like to sign: Extend Coronavirus support for the vulnerable to those not currently supported
We have also published a petition calling on the Government to issue care packages to the elderly and vulnerable, which you might like to sign: UK Government: issue care packages to the elderly and vulnerable
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 have published a petition calling on the Government to extend Coronavirus support for the vulnerable to those not currently supported, which you might like to sign: Extend Coronavirus support for the vulnerable to those not currently supported
We have also published a petition calling on the Government to issue care packages to the elderly and vulnerable, which you might like to sign: UK Government: issue care packages to the elderly and vulnerable
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/
Timeline
| 3 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 29 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
14
Status
Rejected
Rejected
29 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.