Rejected petition Extend the COVID Business Rate Holiday to closed Medical and Healthcare Services

Medical businesses which are defined as "(e.g. vets, dentists, doctors, osteopaths, chiropractors.)” are explicitly excluded without justification from the COVID Business Rate Holiday.

We want the Government to include closed medical businesses in the Business Rate Holiday.

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Many of the excluded medical services do not provide urgent care and are not part of the COVID response. Nor do they receive any form of government or NHS funding.

They have been forced to close during the lockdown to protect their staff and patients.

Like retail businesses they operate on thin margins. It is unfair that they are not included. Many will not survive this period due to high costs and loss of income. Thus depriving the community of valuable services, jobs and tax revenue.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307959

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 find 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/

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Date submitted 16 April 2020
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