Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Keep Covid Tests Free for Everyone

Closed 1,743 signatures

What the petition asks

Keep COVID-19 tests free and readily available for everyone.

We believe there is no public health justification for ending the availability of free covid tests during the pandemic.
UK residents and visitors have a right to know if they are infected with covid19 and likely to pass on a potentially deadly virus to others. This ability should not be dependant on ability to pay for tests.

We demand that free covid tests continue to be made readily available at least until the covid-19 pandemic is declared over.

Timeline

28 Feb 2022 Petition opened for signatures
28 Aug 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 1,743
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 28 Feb 2022
Closed 28 Aug 2022

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