Petition · past parliament

Hold a enquiry into the failure to protect care home residents during pandemic.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

To set up a public enquiry looking at the failures in protecting care home residents from infection due to the Covid 19 pandemic to examine the decision making of the government and other public health bodies, how care homes responded to the pandemic,
The aim of the public enquiry is to clearly identify what has happened, why and how, and to come to clear conclusions and recommendations so as to ensure that lessons are learnt in order to protect and safeguard care home residents and provide answers to families of care home residents especially to those families who have lost a loved one in a care home during the pandemic.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

7 Jul 2020 Petition opened for signatures
14 Sep 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 14 Sep 2020

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