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Make frontline NHS health workers top priority for Covid-19 vaccination

Submitted by Joanna Robertson on Thursday 3rd December 2020

Published on Thursday 10th December 2020

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 10th June 2021

Signatures: 1,501

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care homes ~ carehomes ~ CLOSED ~ Covid ~ Covid-19 ~ Health workers ~ hospitality ~ level ~ Levelling ~ levels ~ NHS ~ NHS workers ~ Re ~ Second wave ~ Staff ~ The NHS ~ Vaccinate ~ Vaccinated ~ vaccinations ~ vaccine ~ Vaccines ~ virus ~ Winter

Petition Action

Make frontline NHS health workers top priority for Covid-19 vaccination

Petition Details

Residents in a care home for older adults and their carers have higher priority for Covid-19 vaccination than frontline health workers. This should be swapped. For the NHS to survive the winter, NHS frontline staff must be vaccinated first. If not, there may be no-one left to staff the hospitals.

Additional Information

During the first wave of Covid-19, many departments in hospitals were closed, re-deploying the staff from these departments to alleviate the stress and staff shortages on the wards. During the second wave of Covid-19, many non-emergency departments are now open, so there are no spare staff. This means many wards are short of staff, which is exacerbated by staff having to self-isolate because of the virus. The frontline NHS workers must be immunised for hospitals to maintain safe levels through the winter.


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