Rejected petition Count everyone receiving PIP benefit as vulnerable during Coronavirus pandemic
The government have identified who they see as being at risk of Covid19, these people are to get priority help from supermarkets ie vital food deliveries. Unfortunately the government didn’t include a large amount of vulnerable people such as disabled and sick who qualify for PIP.
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Automatically include everyone who receives PIP into the vulnerable group so they can access vital food & medical deliveries.
Many who receive PIP are too sick to go shopping & reply on online services to deliver food. There is a shortage of deliveries leaving these people vulnerable.
Currently many do not have the medical conditions that the government listed to count these people as vulnerable yet they are some of the most vulnerable people in society and they need help during this pandemic.
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 decision about who is included in the shielded patients list is a medical decision for the NHS, not the UK Government or Parliament.
You can find out more about the list and how it is maintained here: https://digital.nhs.uk/coronavirus/shielded-patient-list
People should speak to their GP or care team if they have not been told that they are on the shielded patient list and they think that they should be.
If you are not included in the shielded patients list, you can find out other ways to get essentials here: https://www.scope.org.uk/advice-and-support/food-and-essentials-during-coronavirus/
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 and watch the Committee put questions suggested by petitioners to Government Ministers and the Deputy Chief Medical Officer: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/news/145767/committee-question-deputy-chief-medical-officer-and-ministers-on-coronavirus-response/
Read letters asking further questions of Government Ministers: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/publications/3/correspondence/
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.