Petition · past parliament
Make clinically vulnerable people a very high priority for the Covid vaccine.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
The flu vaccine is already given based on clinical need and age. The Covid vaccine should be prioritised along similar lines. Currently, in the priority list for a Covid vaccine, healthy people over 65 will be prioritised over people who have been shielding. This is not fair and should change.
The vaccine can easily be prioritised using the shielding letters list as a basis for prioritisation. Where there are contra-indications for having the vaccine, they should be considered but this should not exclude the clinically vulnerable as a whole from being prioritised.
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 the same action: Prioritise the extremely clinically vulnerable for COVID-19 vaccine
Timeline
| 15 Nov 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 9 Dec 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
9 Dec 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.