Petition · past parliament
Stop discharging covid19 positive elderly patients into care homes!
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Government policy currently dictates that elderly hospital patients who have covid 19 must be discharged from hospital into care homes, massively increasing the spread of the virus amongst this most vulnerable group. This must stop! Care home residents are dying in their thousands...
About 0.6% of the population live in care homes, but they account for 50% of covid 19 deaths. As the deaths slow, in care homes they are accelerating.
Current policy is based on freeing up hospital beds for younger people. But thousands of beds are available in hospitals and nightingale hospitals. Meanwhile, the policy means that the virus is being 'seeded' into many care homes, costing the lives of 1000s of vulnerable elders.
Policy must allow them to stay in hospital and prevent these deaths.
Current policy is based on freeing up hospital beds for younger people. But thousands of beds are available in hospitals and nightingale hospitals. Meanwhile, the policy means that the virus is being 'seeded' into many care homes, costing the lives of 1000s of vulnerable elders.
Policy must allow them to stay in hospital and prevent these deaths.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 6 May 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 May 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
19 May 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.