Grant family carers ‘key worker’ status.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

We would like the government to give family carers designated key worker status so that they can easily access and visit their loved ones to provide essential support and care in a residential care setting or care home in the same way that paid carers employed by the care providers can.

Family carers provide essential practical and emotional support to their loved ones in residential care and care homes which promotes their well being and prevents social isolation. COVID-19 advice from government has largely resulted in blanket policies of no visits or very limited controlled, timed visits being adopted by care providers instead of an individual risk based approach. This stops all relatives from providing life giving and health enhancing personal support causing much distress.

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 calling for a similar action: Relax Government guidance on care home visits during Covid-19

Individual care homes are responsible for setting for their own visitor policies, so the Government adding family carers to the list of critical workers would not automatically mean that they were able to visit family members in care settings.

Timeline

5 Oct 2020	Petition opened for signatures
12 Oct 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 12 Oct 2020

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