Make Covid tests a prescription items.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

The stopping of free covid tests will leave families on low incomes having to choose between eating, or testing before visiting vulnerable friends and family members.

Loneliness kills. Let’s try and prevent it.

Families on low incomes often get prescription free or pay a fixed sum each month for a pre paid prescription. By making tests available on prescription we can save thousands from having to choose between health of a loved one or food.

The cost to the NHS of hospitalising vulnerable people exposed because their loved had to chose between loneliness food or the risk of covid will be far greater than the cost of tests for those who keep the vulnerable and lonely out of hospital.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Once lateral flow tests can no longer be requested for free, it will be up to the NHS and individual clinicians how to make NHS testing available to patients.

We could accept a petition calling on the Government to continue to make covid-19 tests freely available, if that's something you'd like to happen.

Timeline

23 Feb 2022	Petition opened for signatures
28 Feb 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 28 Feb 2022

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