Vaccinate Health Care + Social Care workers first to protect the NHS · petition

What the petition asks

Coronavirus is a public health emergency and numerous health care staff have already died. Dead or ill staff, quite aside from the personal loss to them and their families, can’t work to help others. It is imperative to protect all patient-facing staff from Covid by vaccinating as soon as possible.

We want you to prioritise all health care and social care workers who are in front line roles, by offering then Covid vaccines first, for the good
of the whole NHS and social care workforce and the benefits this brings to the population that they look after.
Hospital Doctors and Nurses, porters, cleaners, District nurses, Paramedics, Care home staff, GPs, Palliative workers, Social workers, health visitors... they are the backbone of the NHS and health care.
Please vaccinate them first.

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 some of these petitions:

Make frontline NHS health workers top priority for Covid-19 vaccination: Make frontline NHS health workers top priority for Covid-19 vaccination

Prioritise carers of vulnerable people to receive a Covid vaccine when available: Prioritise carers of vulnerable people to receive a Covid vaccine when available

Frontline health and social care workers are already in the second group of people to be prioritised for Covid-19 vaccines, alongside those over 80 years of age, after residents in a care home for older adults and their carers: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/priority-groups-for-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-advice-from-the-jcvi-2-december-2020/priority-groups-for-coronavirus-covid-19-vaccination-advice-from-the-jcvi-2-december-2020

Timeline

5 Dec 2020	Petition opened for signatures
10 Dec 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee