Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Launch a compensation scheme for frontline key workers living with Long Covid

Closed 1,241 signatures

What the petition asks

During the Covid-19 Pandemic, the UK’s keyworkers were on the front line. Latest figures now show that there are 2.3 million people living with Long Covid in the UK, and many of those are the keyworkers that continued working whilst the rest of the UK shielded, were locked down or furloughed.
Despite the dangers, where some of these amazing people actually lost their lives, today there is not enough support for those suffering from Long Covid.

The Coronavirus All-Party Parliamentary group have released a report and one of their key recommendations was to open a compensation scheme for frontline key workers living with Long Covid: https://www.appgcoronavirus.uk/home/long-covid-report-march-2022

Yet months on and the UK Government shows no signs of doing anything to help these people.

Timeline

18 Oct 2022 Petition opened for signatures
18 Apr 2023 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 1,241
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 18 Oct 2022
Closed 18 Apr 2023

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