Rejected petition Allow all asthmatics to receive a 12 week shielding letter

For all asthmatics to receive a letter advising them to stay home for 12 weeks so they can stay safe

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I have asthma myself and have been unsure of what I should be doing as every health care professional has a different opinion, I have been informed by my GP that because I have not been hospitalised in the past year I do not fall under the high risk category, and that he does not allocate letters to people, but the asthma website has different information. I have heard many story’s just like mine, were doctors aren't taking responsibility for their patience and telling them to either call 111 or look at the asthma in web site

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The list of those considered to be extremely vulnerable is a clinical decision for the NHS, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You can find some information about asthma and shielding here: https://www.asthma.org.uk/advice/triggers/coronavirus-covid-19/shielding-advice-high-risk/

You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:

www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://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: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://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: https://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: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 1 April 2020
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