Submitted on Friday 16th October 2020
Rejected on Friday 23rd October 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Change the definition of a COVID-19 hospital admission
I would like the definition of a COVID-19 hospital admission to be changed to only reflect patients who are admitted to hospital directly due to COVID symptoms. Currently, those who are admitted to hospital for another complaint but subsequently test positive count towards the COVID admissions.
Because the COVID-19 hospital admissions statistic is currently not reflective of how many people are in hospital due to virus symptoms. Those who are COVID positive but asymptomatic of COVID symptoms but in hospital do not put the NHS under strain. These statistics are the basis for local lockdown measures of which put people’s livelihoods at risk of being lost. It also leads to inaccuracies about the nature of the virus of which future research may draw upon.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. Definitions of hospital admissions are an operational matter for the NHS.
You could start a petition calling for the Government to publish separate figures for the number of new admissions with Covid-19 and the number of cases diagnosed after admission, if that's what you'd like to see happen.
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