More financial support for long covid sufferers

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Long covid sufferers get no financial support, we dont get 80 percent of wages, we get no financial help at all and its us that is suffering!. More needs to be done for people like me who has been extremely unwell since february

Review this and help us out financially, long covid sufferers should get 80 percent of there wages as its us who are poorly at home

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the UK Government or House of Commons to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about lack of support for people who have long-term ill effects following illness from Covid-19, but it's not clear what you want the Government to do about this.

People who are employed and unable to work due to illness are likely to be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay. People who are not employed but unable to work may be entitled to support under Universal Credit or other benefits.

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Fund full sick pay for employees that are off work due to COVID: Fund full sick pay for employees that are off work due to COVID

We could accept a petition calling for additional support to be provided to people who have been affected by Covid-19, but it would need to be clear what support you want to be provided, and who to.

Timeline

9 Nov 2020	Petition opened for signatures
16 Nov 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 16 Nov 2020

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