Petition · past parliament
Prioritise all emergency / key workers for Covid 19 vaccinations.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Allow emergency / key workers to be prioritised for vaccinations to allow them to carry out their duties in protecting the public and helping to create a safer UK.
Allow any surplus vaccinations that are not used to be redeployed through available unallocated / unattended bookings.
Allow any surplus vaccinations that are not used to be redeployed through available unallocated / unattended bookings.
"Key worker" status has been referred to throughout the pandemic, it demonstrates the importance of the roles that are considered crucial to keeping the country running safely, namely; NHS staff, social care workers, schools and nurseries, police officer, prisons and probations, legal professionals, religious staff, journalists, government staff, delivery workers, supermarket staff, armed forces and MOD, firefighters, transport workers, gas and electric, financial....
Consider key workers now!
Consider key workers now!
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:
Prioritise COVID-19 vaccines for first responders (police, fire, ambulance): Prioritise COVID-19 vaccines for first responders (police, fire, ambulance)
All key workers to be higher up the list for coronavirus vaccine: All key workers to be higher up the list for coronavirus vaccine
Prioritise COVID-19 vaccines for first responders (police, fire, ambulance): Prioritise COVID-19 vaccines for first responders (police, fire, ambulance)
All key workers to be higher up the list for coronavirus vaccine: All key workers to be higher up the list for coronavirus vaccine
Timeline
| 19 Jan 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 25 Jan 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
25 Jan 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.