Petition · past parliament
Open the care homes for visitation
Rejected
12 signatures
What the petition asks
Doors need to open to dementia patients
Why it was rejected
The UK Government or Parliament was already taking the action it asked for.
The Government published new guidance at the start of December covering arrangements for visiting care homes in England. This guidance notes that visiting should be supported and enabled wherever it is possible to do so safely, including indoor visits in all local restriction tiers where the visitor has been tested and returned a negative result.
See: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visiting-care-homes-during-coronavirus/update-on-policies-for-visiting-arrangements-in-care-homes
If there are changes you would like to see to this guidance, you could start a new petition calling for those changes.
See: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visiting-care-homes-during-coronavirus/update-on-policies-for-visiting-arrangements-in-care-homes
If there are changes you would like to see to this guidance, you could start a new petition calling for those changes.
Timeline
| 8 Nov 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 9 Dec 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
12
Status
Rejected
Rejected
9 Dec 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.