Submitted on Friday 3rd April 2020
Rejected on Friday 29th May 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Add terminally ill &permanently housebound to extremely vulnerable COVID-19 list
The list of those extremely vulnerable to the coronavirus is being used to prioritise supermarket & medication deliveries but excludes many extremely ill people. GPs records state who is permanently housebound & they are now being denied food deliveries. COVID-19 is a major risk, so is starvation.
Covid-19 demands on deliveries mean those who physically can't get their own food & medication will die or need avoidable hospital admissions. NICE's COVID-19 pathway recognizes them as seriously ill & unlikely to survive so it denies them critical care yet they aren't on the extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 list.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19
Terminally ill & permanently housebound people must be added to the COVID-19 extremely vulnerable list.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about how is at higher risk from coronavirus is a clinical decision for the NHS, not the Government or House of Commons.
We have published a petition calling on the Government to extend Coronavirus support for the vulnerable to those not currently supported, which you might like to sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/312888
We have also published a petition calling on the Government to issue care packages to the elderly and vulnerable, which you might like to sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/302190
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
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