Petition · past parliament
Provide Covid Guidelines -> Care Homes with younger adults Learning Difficulties
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
To define separate guidelines around COVID for younger adults with learning difficulties in Care Homes taking into consideration that their needs are very different to the elderly and to recognise that they have rights to a normal life - stop treating them like prisoners.
Young people who live in Care Homes with Complex Needs have been forgotten about when setting up guidelines for COVID. They need to be recognised as a cohort in their who have very different needs to elderly people.
e.g. they are physically more able
no mental capacity to understand why
need to see their families
allowed into the community
are part of society
not to be deprived of their human rights
bring them out of no mans land and give them value
e.g. they are physically more able
no mental capacity to understand why
need to see their families
allowed into the community
are part of society
not to be deprived of their human rights
bring them out of no mans land and give them value
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We understand that you are concerned about existing guidance for care homes during the Covid-19 outbreak, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. It's clear you want different guidance to apply to younger people with learning difficulties in care homes, but it's not clear how you want this guidance to differ from existing guidance.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
The Government has published Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for care staff supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, which might be of interest: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-supporting-adults-with-learning-disabilities-and-autistic-adults/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-care-staff-supporting-adults-with-learning-disabilities-and-autistic-adults
We understand that you are concerned about existing guidance for care homes during the Covid-19 outbreak, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. It's clear you want different guidance to apply to younger people with learning difficulties in care homes, but it's not clear how you want this guidance to differ from existing guidance.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
The Government has published Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance for care staff supporting adults with learning disabilities and autistic adults, which might be of interest: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-supporting-adults-with-learning-disabilities-and-autistic-adults/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-care-staff-supporting-adults-with-learning-disabilities-and-autistic-adults
Timeline
| 6 May 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 13 May 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
13 May 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.