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Ensure all frontline hospital and care home staff receive Covid-19 vaccine

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Key workers including security guards, cleaners, porters, caterers and patient transport drivers put themselves at huge risk working through the first wave of Covid-19 and suffered disproportionately. Make sure they are included in the priority group for receiving a vaccine.
Working on hospital wards and ITU as a therapist during the pandemic, I am likely to be in the vaccine priority group. But key workers like caterers and security guards etc, who worked alongside me providing vital services and who are heavily exposed to patients and the public, are not guaranteed to get the vaccine because their jobs are often outsourced. Make sure the government protects these key workers and properly recognises their invaluable contribution.

Why it was rejected

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

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Prioritise keyworkers being vaccinated against COVID-19 first for free
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Timeline

15 Nov 2020 Petition opened for signatures
17 Dec 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 Dec 2020

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