Rejected petition All asthmatics to revive a 12 week shielding letter

Allow all asthmatics to get either a text or letter advised him them to stay home for 12 weeks

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I myself have asthma and have heard from a lot of others in the same boat as me, that have not received a letter asking them to shield them selfs for 12 weeks even though the asthma uk web site is telling us to. A Doctor have told me that it doesn’t matter what inhalers you are on, it only matters if you have been hospitalised within the past year, but the asthma uk web site has different information

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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