Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Make frontline NHS health workers top priority for Covid-19 vaccination
Closed
1,502 signatures
What the petition asks
Residents in a care home for older adults and their carers have higher priority for Covid-19 vaccination than frontline health workers. This should be swapped. For the NHS to survive the winter, NHS frontline staff must be vaccinated first. If not, there may be no-one left to staff the hospitals.
During the first wave of Covid-19, many departments in hospitals were closed, re-deploying the staff from these departments to alleviate the stress and staff shortages on the wards. During the second wave of Covid-19, many non-emergency departments are now open, so there are no spare staff. This means many wards are short of staff, which is exacerbated by staff having to self-isolate because of the virus. The frontline NHS workers must be immunised for hospitals to maintain safe levels through the winter.
Timeline
| 10 Dec 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 10 Jun 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,502
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
10 Dec 2020
Closed
10 Jun 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.