Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Fine people not attending Covid vaccination appointments without good reason

Closed 30 signatures

What the petition asks

Make it law that if an appointment is made to have a Covid vaccination, and the appointment is not attended without a reasonable excuse, a fine is issued if not cancelled. This is to deter individuals from booking a vaccination if they don’t intend to have it, thus avoiding wasting doses.
There have been instances of people not turning up to vaccination appointments. As vaccines become unusable after a short period of time, this is a waste of valuable vaccination doses that could be given to other people, optimising the vaccination programme and saving more lives.

Timeline

6 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
6 Jul 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 30
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 6 Jan 2021
Closed 6 Jul 2021

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