Dr Rita Pal prepared a
petition for the abolition and replacement of the
General Medical Council. The petition closed with many signatures, and the
Government has since moved to regulate the GMC's powers.
Dr Sushant Varma has prepared a separate petition to ask the
Commission for Racial Equality to investigate the General Medical Council
on
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/419211143?ltl=1167769621 .
Index of petitions on the 10 Downing Street website sorted into the pages on
this website
- We the undersigned petition
the Prime Minister to Provide a system of Integrated Health within the NHS.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to fund research into hepatitis b vaccine damage
and support people who are damaged.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to ensure all hospitals have single sex wards
only.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Educate the public that conveyance to accident
and emergency by emergency ambulance will not get them seen quicker than those
that self-present.
- We the undersigned petition
the Prime Minister to force British pharmaceutical companies to make HIV drugs
in doses suitable for children as well as adults; and to echo such a campaign
in Brussels and throughout the world.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to be allowed to make an appointment to see our GP
more than 24 hrs in advance.
- We the undersigned petition
the Prime Minister to make the general public more aware of this invisible
illness fibromyalgia.
-
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to
request greater research either of the NHS or any other private organisation
into the cause and treatment of
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC). This disease causes irreversible liver
damage and liver failure. Patients are likely to have approximately 8-10 years
from diagnosis before liver transplant is required, and there is only one
treatment currently available that slows down the progress of this disease. It
is an autoimmune disease unrelated to lifestyle. No cause is yet known for the
onset of PBC, only suspicion about the factors involved. PBC is a debilitating
disease with fatigue and depression being some of the early symptoms before
diagnosis. Low energy is probable, together with significant associated pain
in the muscles and joints from PBC and other associated autoimmune conditions.
In many cases patients have at least 1 or more of these conditions together
with PBC and the quality of life is greatly reduced.
-
Petition to: Instigate a fully independent appraisal of the state of the NHS.
(updated 7 May 2007)
- Petition to: Give
the right to parents to be able to give IV drugs at home and give them
training to do so, where the child is on long term medication.
(updated 7 May 2007)
- Petition to: make people
more aware in the uk of PCOS, and the way women really have to live. My
petition is for women with PCOS [Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome] to
have the right to be heard, as PCOS sufferer, I understand and know exactly
what these women go through daily, PCOS affects more than the reproductive
system, it leaves many women, including myself, infertile, with weight issues,
confidence issues, it affects emotional health, physical appearance, and
brings with it a host of other illnesses. women should not have to live in
silence.
(updated 1 June 2007)
- Petition to: make the
British Medical Association carry out the necessary tests to establish whether
the DORE Treatment programme is a legitimate cure for dyslexia/dyspraxia/ADHD.
(updated 9 June 2007)
- Petition to: Ensure that
Normal Ranges be replaced by Healthy Reference Ranges in Medicine. A term
often used in medicine in relation to blood tests is 'normal' however the
general public are mostly unaware that this is a statistical reference. It
does not of itself necessarily mean healthy. Few of the general public are
aware that these 'normal' ranges are derived from blood samples taken
anonymously from hospital Pathology lab, often from people who are either very
elderly or very ill. The fact that these so called 'normal' ranges are derived
in this way results in a range that is quite often far too wide to detect any
medical condition before it becomes chronically disabling and or life
threatening. Currently it is possible to be diagnosed with a medical condition
by one hospital Pathology lab, whilst another one will report that your blood
tests came back 'Normal' ....no treatment necessary. The medical community
should abolish 'normal' ranges and set about establishing healthy ranges. and
ensure that because of individual variability these ranges are used as
Reference ONLY.
(updated 13 June 2007)
- Petition to: ensure
doctors and medical staff alike are truthfully made aware of this life
debilitating illness as in FIBROMYALGIA. And to lead the way for a cure or at
the most a light at the end of such a painful dark tunnel!.
(updated 11 July 2007)
- Petition to: allocate
funds to help FIBROMYALGIA with research, finding a cure and raising
awareness.
(updated 24 July 2007)
- Petition to: Ensure the
elderly and the people with Disabilities get free hospital transport.
(updated 23 August 2007)
- Petition to: make it
compulsory for either 1): pharmacists to put SPECIFIC instructions on bottles
of medicines; or 2): prescribers to give patients written instructions on how
to take their medicine.
(updated 18 September 2007)
- Petition to: Allow
retired British expatriates the right to use the National Health Service.
(updated 29 September 2007)
- Petition to: ensure
the investment in the harvesting and storage of umbilical cord blood in the
UK. In November 2006, just days after her 3rd birthday our daughter was
diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia. Within two weeks doctors
discovered that the Leukaemia had a rare chromosomal defect known as
"Philadelphia" We were told that her only chance of survival was to have a
bone marrow transplant. After a worldwide search no bone marrow match was
found. However, the reason our daughter is still alive today is due to the
lifesaving treatment she received, a stem cell transplant. The stem cell's
were taken from the umbilical cord blood, which was stored in a US public cord
bank after being donated by the parents of a little boy born in America just 5
months before her diagnosis. This was the ONLY suitable match for our little
girl in the world. Last year only 1,200 unit's were collected and stored in
the UK cord bank for public use and unless stored privately, all other
available cord blood was burned as bio hazard waste. Childhood cancer is on
the increase with a 50% rise over the last ten years. The stem cells from
umbilical cord blood can save children's lives. The storage of umbilical cord
blood need's investment to protect our future generation's.
(updated 13 October 2007)
Continuing abuse in
21st Century
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We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Ban a GP's right to deregister patients without
just cause. Remove the ability of GPs to remove patients without just
cause. Often following a complaint GPs will remove a patient, the is no right
of appeal, this cannot be a just system, they are paid from the public purse!
-
We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to introduce legal protection for overweight
people who are being discriminated against. Obesity is a horrible ordeal..
Yet they suffer in silence as society accepts, even encourages, this
discrimination. The lean are not superior persons because their weight appears
"under control." They received a biology which has kept their bodies within a
range of weight our society regards as "normal.". We need to finally accept
that the obese (as well as the lean) are powerlessness in voluntarily
controlling their own weight. They are truly powerless because we do not know
the exact details, the "secrets," of how our biology controls our weight. The
obese are victims of their own biology. How can they, in all honesty, be more
"guilty" than the lung cancer victim who smokes heavily, the heart attack
victim who chronically consumes a high fat diet or others who acquire sexually
transmitted diseases? How can our society dare to deny the obese a share in
this victimhood? All of these other victims may likewise possess genes which
promote a specifically compulsive lifestyle which our exceptionally bountiful,
permissive environment promotes. Our Society must understand that the obese
deserve the same compassion and understanding as do other disease victims.
- Petition
to: stop discriminating against the overweight.
(updated 9 October 2007)
- Petition to: Why do
we have to pay and still have no real say - NHS Trusts and PCTs? Make
NHS Trust/PCTs accountable to their local residents in terms of service
delivery and best practice. If members of staff (or the general public) make
suggestions of best practice that are beneficial to the residents of their
local NHS Trust and PCT, staff should not lose their pin number or be
subject to a disciplinary for putting these suggestions forward. The
suggestions should be robustly and proactively applied (particularly if they
make common sense). Any consultations led by the NHS and PCT should have the
transparency and integrity to fulfil the remit of any of these consultations
and not be done purely as a tick box exercise! Especially in the areas or
hygiene/cleanliness, budgeting, staffing, allocation of life saving drugs,
all race equality issues (applying local race equality schemes), malpractice
and abuses towards vulnerable patients. After all we do pay for a service
that we are not getting value for money for and the wrong people are being
victimised for trying to improve things in the NHS.
(updated 14 June 2007)
Care in the Community Sources
Complaints
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to provide that persons
injured, distressed or subjected to unnecessary pain or suffering during care
by the National Health Service may be awarded
fair compensation without
having to prove negligence on the part of the NHS; to define eligibility
for compensation; to establish a Medical Injury Compensation Board and to make
other provision for assessment of eligibility and payment of fair
compensation.
(updated 7 May 2007)
- Petition to: Call for a
National Investigation into The NHS TRUSTS' COMPLAINTS PROCESS. As many
people have found out the NHS COMPLAINTS SYSTEM is designed to protect members
of staff rather than offer apologies or Justice to justifiably aggrieved
patients. In consequence of the BIASED scandalous way in which COMPLAINTS ARE
handled for a lot of people there is no ACCOUNTABILITY. I humbly submit this
petition on behalf of those whose Humans Rights have been Neglected, Violated
and Abused. In line with Article 13 -The Right to an effective remedy
(ECHR)
(updated 6 July 2007)
Patient and Public Involvement in Health Sources
Standards Sources
- Petition to: Abolish ORCON
as the sole assessment of Ambulance Service efficiency. In April 2007
changed the ORCON standard to 8 minutes from when the phone rings in control.
This is the ORCON standard and is the only tool used to measure ambulance
efficiency. It means that if the ambulance arrives within 8 minutes and the
patient is dead, we have succeeded. But arrive in 8 minutes 1 second, and
resuscitate the patient we have failed in the eyes of ORCON as we didn't make
it in 8 minutes. The service is deemed to be inefficient. This is a silly and
totally unrealistic idea. It is a discriminatory standard as it means
ambulance trusts have to place their resources near to the big towns and
cities as they will have a higher volume of calls than rural areas. If you are
taken seriously ill in a rural area you will have to wait longer for an
ambulance to reach you. ORCON (Operational Research CONsultancy) was developed
in 1974 as a standard for monitoring ambulance service performance) because
ambulance services were now part of the NHS and no longer under county council
control. They carried no more than bandages and oxygen. Today we carry
defibrillators, thrombolytics, our skill base is higher than it has ever been,
but are still measured by standards set thirty years ago.
(updated 5 June 2007)
- Petition to: Cut the times
to get an MRI Scan.
(updated 29 September 2007)
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Introduce Legislation
that makes it mandatory for Doctors to supply a carbon "Carmel"
copy of every prescription for
the patient to keep and for the Pharmaceutical Industry to clearly label all
medicines with the medical name of the medicine not the brand name and the
dosage per tablet or 5 ml if liquid etc. My Mother died at 11:15 am on the
2nd September 2007 three days after being prescribed Steroids by her GP but
given Beta- Blockers by the Pharmacist. It is my wish and that of my Family
that we honour my mother and undertake to prevent such tragic events happening
again. 1) Whenever a prescription is handed to a patient it is accompanied by
a carbon copy typed or neatly hand written. I propose it is called the
"Carmel" copy in honour of my late and dearly loved Mother. 2) The
Pharmaceutical Industry ensure that every package (Box/Container/Bottle) has a
labelled area in an agreed background colour that ALWAYS identifies the
medication and the dose i.e. Amoxicillin 250 mg. (Cigarette Manufacturers have
to do it!!!) This labelled area should then match exactly the patient’s copy
of the prescription as handed to them by their own GP and enable them to prove
they have been given the correct medication by their pharmacist. 3) A Public
Education Campaign should be undertaken to accompany the introduction of the
carbon (Carmel) copy prescription.
(updated 3 October 2007)
Contracts Targets and Perverse Incentives Sources
Children's Services sources
Public Health sources
Diagnostic and Treatment Centres Sources
Health Screening Programmes sources
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to ensure every pregnant woman in the UK is
offered a reliable test for the Group B Strep bacteria.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to begin regular testing for prostate cancer in
men between the ages of 40 and 70.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to introduce regular health screening for men over
the age of 50 to detect early stages of prostate cancer.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Screen every British soldier and ex British
soldier for P.T.S.D.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Screen women, and men if need be, at the age of
40 onwards as opposed to 50. Screen women (and men, if need be) for
breast cancer at the age of 40 onwards, as opposed to the present age of 50!
This will save thousands of lives each year, as the age for women being
diagnosed with breast cancer appears to be rising dramatically over the past
ten years.
- Petition to:
SCREENING WOMEN YEARLY FOR OVARIAN CANCER - A SIMPLE BLOOD TEST 'CA - 125'.
(updated 1 June 2007)
- Petition to: automatically
test ex-members of the armed forces for post traumatic stress disorder / PTSD
like the US.
(updated 1 June 2007)
- Petition to: screen
women for ovarian cancer once a year.
(updated 21 June 2007)
- Petition to: Make the
blood test for obstetric cholestasis routine in pregnancy.
(updated 26 June 2007)
- Petition to:
instruct the Secretary of State for Health to order a research programme into
mammograms (and other cancer screening) which detect PRE-cancerous cells.
Cervical smears already detect pre-cancerous cells which means that women
found to have such cells in their cervix can have them removed, in a fairly
un-traumatic operation, before they become cancerous (I've experienced this
twice). As a woman I am, of course, mainly concerned with female cancers; I
understand that mammograms can only detect that cancer has already developed
leaving women possibly having to endure such gruelling treatments as
chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. Some women (including me!) might be so
unable, on a level of being able to cope with physical pain or (as I
understand) extreme discomfort, to contemplate such treatment that they would
either not attend a scheduled mammogram or decide, if the worst came to the
worst, that they didn't have the courage (as I'm CERTAIN I wouldn't) to go
through with this treatment; in which case, presumably, they'd DIE. If
mammograms, and other cancer screening, could detect PRE-cancerous cells, like
cervical smears, all this suffering would be unnecessary (and might even save
the NHS. money).
(updated 19 July 2007)
- Petition to: ensure that
every pregnant women get continually tested for cervical incompetence until
25 weeks of pregnancy.
(updated 24 July 2007)
- Petition to: Stop this
Silent Killer -Educate the world and offer screening to all children to
prevent SADS and CRY. In 2004 a Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) Screening
Bill was introduced which was backed by 100 MP's. This was to enable people
with recognised symptoms to be given the clinical assessment and treatment.
All well and good, but the Country needs to be educated about this silent
killer, so they can recognise the signs, and I firmly believe it is our duty
to enable ALL our children to be tested regardless whether they are considered
at risk or not. My Son was a seemingly very healthy young Man of 34 - full of
life - until this silent killer took all this away from him. He had no signs
or symptoms but we still lost him. These tests are not expensive and compared
to the price it costs if they are not tested - coppers compared to a life.
Eight apparently fit and healthy young people are lost each week to this
silent killer, eight families are left devastated and broken. We need to act
now and stop this happening. SADS Sudden Adult Death Syndrome - CRY Cardiac
Risk in the Young.
(updated 7 August 2007)
- Petition to: arrange
for urgent steps to increase public awareness of prostate cancer; ensuring men
understand the signs and symptoms and where they can turn for help or advice
if they are worried.
(updated 16 September 2007)
- Petition to: ensure
that ALL men in the UK undergo a simple PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) blood
test to screen for the early signs of prostate cancer, at the age of 45,
recurring once every 3-5 years.
(updated 29 September 2007)
- Petition to: to set up an
NHS protocol for the endoscopic surveillance of the stomach, duodenum and
colon of people with hereditary bowel cancer.
(updated 21 October
2007)
- Petition to: implement
the National Screening Programme for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and so prevent
most of the 7000 deaths which occur annually when the Aneurysm ruptures.
(updated 5 November
2007)
- Petition to: widen the
planned HPV vaccination programme to include both sexes.
(updated 17 November
2007)
- Petition to: provide
NHS funding for Cystic Fibrosis carrier testing.
(updated 24 November
2007)
- Petition to: Lower the
age from 25yrs to 20yrs for invitations for Cervical Smear Tests for Women in
the Uk.
(updated 22 December
2007)
Staffing
- We the undersigned petition
the Prime Minister to ensure the survival of independent midwifery in the UK
and thereby offer real choice to pregnant women.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to urgently, and substantially, increase the
number of Junior Physiotherapist jobs in the NHS.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to guarantee that all midwives qualifying from
universities in England are offered at least one year's paid employment in
England's NHS.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to make Psychotherapy an independent chartered
profession in its own right and kept distinct from psychology, medicine or any
other allied profession.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to introduce mandatory uniforms for doctors in NHS
hospitals.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to actively enforce the ban against NHS staff from
wearing their uniforms in public places.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Stop the NHS physiotherapy jobs crisis.
- We the undersigned petition
the Prime Minister to Limit the data included in the Electronic Staff Record
Project of the NHS.
- We the undersigned petition
the Prime Minister to make the childcare allowance available for ALL NHS
trainees. I would like to propose that all trainees entitled to the
basic NHS bursary are also entitled to AT LEAST 50% of their childcare costs
for dependent children.
- Petition to: Immediately
remove restrictions on all NHS trusts, preventing them from recruiting to over
stretched wards.
- Petition to: commit to
bringing about an improvement in the nurse/patient ratio in hospital wards
that care for Cancer patients.
(updated 7 May 2007)
- Petition to: Ensure that
all UK Ambulance staff are trained to Paramedic standard.
(updated 7 May 2007)
- Petition to: employ full
time matrons in NHS wards.
(updated 9 May 2007)
- Petition to: RETHINK
AND CONSULT THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE INTRODUCTION OF EMERGENCY CARE
ASSISTANTS-AMBULANCES SHOULD BE STAFFED BY QUALIFIED, FULLY TRAINED EMT
PARAMEDICS, (It's your loved one's we'll be going to).
(updated 9 June 2007)
- Petition to: We the
undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Give newly qualified radiographers
jobs! - the NHS is understaffed, particularly in diagnostics - we want to
work! give us the opportunity.
(updated 2 July 2007)
-
Petition to:
create a career pathway for currently qualified audiologists. There is no
career ladder accessible for the current workforce of associate practitioner
staff, including ALL Hearing Aid Dispensers. There is now in place a very
clear academic pathway for all new students from HE certificate to foundation
degree and beyond. There is no process for already employed and qualified,
associate practitioners to progress to practitioner level through a 'nugget'
of post qualification learning. Individuals in this particular area of the
career spectrum are becoming disenfranchised and have a poor understanding of
any future career pathways which will open up to them if new learning is put
in place. It is our view that we have simply been left on the 'back burner'
Clearly there needs to be an equitable solution facilitated, for all audiology
staff at this level. A continuing professional development approach that has
academic worth attached needs to be developed urgently.
(updated 4 July 2007)
-
Petition to: Make available update in nursing practise training available for
those who are still registered but not able to re register again due to not
meeting requirements for practice hours.
(updated 24 July 2007)
-
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to provide
increased funding for the recruitment, training and employment of an
additional 10,000 cognitive
behaviour therapists to enable people with mental health difficulties to
have increased access to talking therapies, in line with the Government's
manifesto commitment.
(updated 30 July 2007)
-
Petition to: have Doctors/Dentists/NHS surgeries/practices open "unsocial"
hours.
(updated 30 July 2007)
-
Petition to: ensure that members of the Health Visiting profession continue to
see older people.
(updated 31 August 2007)
-
Petition to: put an end to the commissioner/ provider split in NHS primary
care.
(updated 31 August 2007)
-
Petition to: consider greater use of counselling in GP surgeries and
hospitals.
(updated 31 August 2007)
-
Petition
to: Recover any severance payments to NHS staff who may have left their posts
as a result of perceived incompetence.
(updated 21 October
2007)
-
Petition
to: Protect the profession of the Mental health Nurse.
(updated 5 November
2007)
-
Petition to: change the type of contract ALL midwives are on to TEAM!
(updated 5 November
2007)
-
Petition
to: Prevent Primary Care Trust managers receiving bonuses after poor
performance.
(updated 5 November
2007)
-
Petition to: Scrap the plans for experienced nurses to have the authority to
decide if patients should be resuscitated.
(updated 5 November
2007)
-
Petition
to: Pevent failed NHS managers profiting from large severance payments.
(updated 2 December
2007)
Whistleblowing - Sources
International recruitment
Resources
Treatment approval or not
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to get the Health Service and medical profession
to accept the WHO classification of ME/CFS as an organic neurological disorder
and not as a psychosocial syndrome.
-
We the undersigned petition the
Prime Minister to ban the use of mercury in amalgam dental fillings and vaccines.
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to
reconsider his Government's
proposal to halt payments for home delivery of prescription continence
products to urology patients including those with multiple sclerosis, spinal
injury, spina bifida and bladder cancer.
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to give his personal
assurance to British Kidney Cancer Patients that the newly licensed and
approved drugs; Sutent
(sunitinib) & Nexavar (sorafenib) will be made available to Kidney Cancer
patients throughout the United Kingdom on prescription and fully funded by
"our" NHS. Kidney Cancer is notoriously difficult to treat, the standard
cancer treatments of chemotherapy/ radiation therapy are not effective against
Kidney Cancer (Renal cell Carcinoma). Leading cancer consultants agree that
Sutent & Nexavar represent the first real advance in treatment for a hitherto
almost untreatable cancer.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Not to deny people in the early and late stages
of Alzheimer’s disease access to drug treatments.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to make Tarceva (Erlotinib) available on the NHS
by prescription throughout England, as it is in Scotland. Many
people in England and Wales, like my lovely wife Jill, have been prescribed
Tarceva (Erlotinib), to relieve the symptoms of Lung Cancer and stop it
spreading. Jill has responded well and at present shows no signs or symptoms
of Lung Cancer. She is however, suffering from Spinal Cord Injury which has
disabled her, allegedly caused by radiation therapy for the Lung Cancer. Many
other people have serious reactions to Chemo Therapy and Radio Therapy making
Tarceva a necessary alternative treatment option. In Scotland, Tarceva can be
prescribed and funded on the NHS, but in England and Wales it is not available
this way. Unfortunately, Tarceva is too expensive for most people to fund
personally long term, costing over £1,600 per month. So ordinary people are
getting into severe financial debt to provide this life extending drug for
their loved ones, or they have to resign themselves to the fact that a drug is
available to help, but is too expensive to obtain.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to vaccinate every lady in the uk. with Gardasil
to protect them from HPV. Gardasil is to be given to girls and women
between the ages of nine and 26. The vaccine protects against certain strains
of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) which is implicated in the development of
cervical cancer. We are campaigning so that every lady in the uk. is
vaccinated so they can also have the same protection against HPV.
Note (26 March 2007) a
Guardian report that the campaign is funded by the manufacturer.
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to provide adequate
resources through the NHS and Social Services departments to allow for full
and appropriate specialist
rehabilitation services to be made available on demand for people who are
affected by acquired profound hearing loss (APHL).
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to help improve the awareness and funding towards
diagnosis and treatment for Lyme disease.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Finance Medical Research in the UK for the
condition Fibromyalgia Syndrome.
- We the undersigned petition
the Prime Minister to Research into the cause and prevention of Endometriosis.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Improve clinical diagnosis, medication and
provide clinics for fibromyalgia patients.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Change the current testing and results methods
for testosterone treatment after testicular cancer.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Help fund research into Pancreatic Cancer.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to with immediate effect, implement a nationally
recognised protocol and standard for the routine screening/antenatal diagnosis
and treatment of vasa praevia.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Reverse the decision of NICE on Erbitux for
people with advanced Bowel Cancer because of cost.
- We the undersigned petition
the Prime Minister to Recognise the illness Gulf war syndrome.
- We the undersigned petition
the Prime Minister to Make insulin pumps available to all diabetics.
- We the undersigned petition
the Prime Minister to fund research into the anti-cancer properties of DCA (Dichloroacetate).
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Give more support to physically and mentally
ill people, including more options for therapy rather than drugs. Also make
the benefits system more straightforward and less discriminative.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Drop their plans to withdraw the drug Co-proxamol.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Allow Ambulance crews to refuse transport where
there is no medical need for the person to be transported by Ambulance.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to carry out a thorough investigation into the
drug trials regarding Paroxetine/Seroxat/Paxil.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Urgently move to withdraw the SSRI Seroxat from
the list of licensed medications for depression.
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to instruct the
National Institute for
Clinical Excellence to give ABSOLUTE PRIORITY to funding drugs which save,
prolong, or improve quality of life for people suffering from conditions such
as cancer, Alzheimer's, and similarly appalling conditions.
- We the undersigned petition
the Prime Minister to Allow the drug Lucentis be available within the NHS for
Wet Macula Degeneration, and stop older people going blind.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Ensure TIA (mini-stroke) patients get a brain
scan ASAP.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Give more funding into research for the
asbestos related cancer Mesothelioma.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to create a mandatory requirement whereby Elderly
people are not ignored by General Practice in relation to suspected cancers.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Allow hospitals to give morbidly obese patients
the help they need.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Ensure patients have the same access to
treatments, wherever they live in the UK.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to provide NHS support for laser eye surgery for
people who suffer severe myopia or hyperopia.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Provide the same level of antenatal care to all
women regardless of where they live in the UK.
- We the undersigned petition
the Prime Minister to overturn the NICE ruling on velcade. "Recently
NICE decide to curtail
velcade on the national health as it was too expensive. This drug is used
only when patients have relapsed 4 times but only at discretion of NICE.
Velcade should be freely available to all patients who need it"
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Stop NHS both locally and nationally refusing
to provide drugs to those who need them.
-
We the undersigned petition
the Prime Minister to enable all younger women (i.e. under age 50) who suspect
the symptoms of breast cancer to be referred by their GPs for specialist
examination.. Breast screening is only available on the NHS to women
over age 50, unless referred by their GP. Women under age 50 do get breast
cancer and the figure is rising. I was refused referral because I was under
age 50 (actually 46 first time), even when showing symptoms, anxiety and
requests. And suffered, with advanced breast cancer and the trauma of GP
refusal to refer.
[My own
experience in 1990 was of a consultant not doing proper tests at age 48
even when the GP saw symptoms - Sheila Porter-Williams]
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to STOP putting a minimum wait for NHS operations
(4-12 months).
- Petition to: instruct
the Department for Health to rescind guidelines which state that women under
25 should not be given cervical smears.
- Petition to: Reverse
the decision to halt production of inhalers for asthmatics. Recently the
government decided to halt the production of inhalers due to the CFCs they
give off. Priorities should be geared towards saving lives. Not being seen as
"eco-friendly". Therefore the production of such inhalers should continue
until an effective alternative can be found.
- Petition to: Allow GP & NHS patient referrals for muscularskeletal
and soft-tissue disorders to qualified, insured professional
remedial massage
therapists who meet professional training standards, continuing
professional development, codes of conduct and practice.
- Petition to:
instruct all Local Health Authorities to provide free ante-natal classes at
least for all women expecting their first baby.
- Petition to: Make
vasectomy reversals available on the NHS.
- Petition to: Make Exubera
available to all diabetics and increase funding for more research.
(updated 7 May 2007)
- Petition to: Give all
pregnant women the opportunity to receive an anomaly scan at 20 weeks'
gestation and stop the current 'Postcode lottery'.
(updated 7 May 2007)
- Petition to: Reinstate
comprehensive antenatal care of women throughout their pregnancy.
(updated 7 May 2007)
- Petition to: Make
Plagiocephaly & Brachycephaly public aware and paid for on the NHS.
(updated 7 May 2007)
- Petition to: increase
the funding of and support given by the Health Services to services for those
with eating disorders regardless of postcode or specific diagnosis.
(updated 7 May 2007)
- Petition to: Allow all Cancer
patients to Free Prescriptions.
(updated 7 May 2007)
- Petition to: Provide
sight saving treatment needed by our older citizens on the NHS. The
primary care trust are taking advantage of our older citizens, taking what
money they have left for there retirement to pay for treatment for age related
condition wet macular disease. (updated
12 May 2007)
- Petition to: Bring back
the BCG injection. It was claimed that our children were safe from TB and
the BCG injection was stopped but Immigrant Children continue to get it in
secondary schools. This has now been proven to be lies due to the fact that TB
outbreaks are happening in Schools. (updated
22 May 2007)
- Petition to: ensure
that those suffering from Coeliac Disease are able to continue obtaining
gluten-free food on prescription.. (updated
24 May 2007)
- Petition
to: make it easier for obese people to have life changing/saving surgery such
as gastric bypass or banding. People who have spent
years and a lot of time and money and still are unable to lose the weight and
are above 40% overweight have to spend months going through all the diets and
exercise and psychologists etc etc to prove again that they are unable without
help to lose the excess weight. Let these people retain their dignity
and make there less boxes to tick if you are more than 40% overweight and want
to take the risk of dying because they are that desperate, have the operation
and save all that money they use up going through hoops to get it. (updated
25 May 2007)
- Petition to: Stop the
postcode lottery of life saving drugs.
(updated 1 June 2007)
- Petition to: demand all
PCTs (primary care trusts) to prescribe Rituximab as a maintenance therapy.
My husband,42, a tax paying, law abiding citizen & working father of three has
just been refused this course of therapy by Warwickshire PCT. WHY? Having gone
through five years of treatments yet worked full time throughout there are no
other options available to him - do you expect me to let him die without a
fight? [Comment by Geoffrey Porter-Williams: Rituximab (also known as
Mabthera) was prescribed to me as a maintenance treatment for slow developing
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma for a year from 2004 to 2005, funded by Rugby PCT.
As Warwickshire PCT now incorporates Rugby, presumably I would be affected by
the policy - a perverse side effect of a national reorganisation, as there is
no national policy to refuse the maintenance treatment, and NICE generally
approves the use of Rituximab. For me the quarterly maintenance
treatment did not prevent the recurrence of lymphoma, but for those who might
benefit it should be prescribed.]
(updated 5 June 2007)
- Petition to: fund Exjade
for sickle cell sufferers on chronic blood transfusion. Exjade has been
trialled by children as young as 5 in the UK. The drug has been successful in
removing excess iron from their bodies, now there is bickering amongst PCT's
as to who should foot the bill for the children to stay on the drug. Leaving
many others who were not part of the trial without a hope.
(updated 14 June 2007)
- Petition to: Require
PCTs to base the decision of what treatment is given, on clinical efficacy and
patients’ needs as opposed to which is the established treatment. The GMC
requires doctors to provide effective treatments based on the best available
evidence. The PCTs are often deciding whether a specific treatment should be
available on the NHS, based on established practices rather than which is the
most effective treatment. An example is sickle cell anaemia. Sufferers have a
life-threatening level of excess iron in their blood. There are two treatments
available via the NHS. The preferred method is an injection of desferoxamine
to the torso over 8 hours, administered overnight via a pump, to be given 3 to
7 times per week. This method is cumbersome, and the fact that the patient is
attached to the pump overnight results in them frequently experiencing broken
sleep. There is an alternative established treatment. If a patient does not
respond to desferoxamine, deferipone is prescribed orally, but is only given
if desferoxamine is considered unsuitable. I believe the decision of the PCTs
is in direct conflict with GMC policy. This is not an isolated case. I believe
that it is a change of perspective, a change of mindset that is needed to
rejuvenate the NHS, so that it is supportive of us, the patients. [We
support the sentiment, but believe PCTs should not be involved in decisions on
clinical treatments at all. NICE recommendations should be persuasive
for doctors, who should be able to justify disregarding them].
(updated 14 June 2007)
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to give
more funding to the NHS for
cancer drugs and treatments. Patients should not be left to die ever
because of a lack of funding and they should have free access to the best
cures available. Doctors should be encouraged to make decisions on the best
care and treatment for the patient and decisions should never be based on
money.
(updated 19 June 2007)
- Petition to: Allow Tysabri
to be available on the NHS.
I have suffered from Multiple Sclerosis since the age of 16, I am
now 23. Up until now all the medications I have been supplied with have done
wonders but over the last year my condition has somewhat deteriorated. I have
been told about a new medication called Tysabri which compared to the normal
30% this has a 66% success rate, medical trials were conducted to see the cost
effectiveness of Tysabri, the effectiveness of the drug was not taken into
consideration. Although it has been proven that the drug is a miracle drug it
has also been said that it is not cost effective. At present only people who
live in certain boroughs are offered treatment, a kind of postcode lottery, so
I am putting this petition together to forward on to NICE, The National
Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, to help fight the case for me
and many other Multiple Sclerosis sufferers. (updated 19 June 2007)
- Petition to:
authorise use of all available drugs to combat age related macular
degeneration. (updated
21 June 2007)
- Petition to: Review the
priorities and operational structure of NICE - The National Institute for
Clinical Excellence. Over the past 18 months NICE have advised the NHS not
to pay for drugs to treat Breast Cancer, Alzheimer's Disease and Wet AMD
(Blindness), on the grounds of cost. At the same time they have recommended
the provision of drugs to help smokers to quit. This is unacceptable and the
Prime Minister should call for an immediate review of the priorities and
structure of NICE and, if necessary, abolish the system and replace it with a
new one. (updated 21 June 2007)
-
Petition to: Join the fight against
Cancer by making this research possible.
“Cheap safe drug kills most cancers” Was the
New Scientist article in January this year! It appeared that a cure for
this horrendous disease was finally in our grasp. This drug kills Cancer in a
totally different way. Potentially, giving a whole new family of Cancer Drugs.
There is one small problem; (DCA) is an old drug. It has already been patented
and the patents have expired. Pharmaceutical companies cannot make any money
out of it. If one of them conducts or funds the research everyone in the world
can use the results; it will also compete with their patented £50,000 pa per
patient drugs. Self-medication is becoming a problem. As highlighted on the
New Scientist web site. Self-medication accidents may destroy DCA’s
credibility. We request that the PM authorises and funds a medically
supervised self-medication experiment. Where, patents have access to
pharmaceutical grade DCA, & medical advice; & medical practitioners are
legitimately allowed to supervise, monitor and intervene. Cancer patents are
self-medicating, with Internet drugs. Give them the opportunity to use good
quality DCA under medical supervision. We may also learn something useful! (updated 22 June 2007)
[It would be simpler for the government to commission a proper
clinical trial. See also
Cancer
Research article]
- Petition to: Stop the
funding policy for the use of Rituximab during cancer treatment and the
penalty imposed if patients are refused and want to supply the drug
themselves. Some Hospital trusts have a policy that funding has to be
applied for if a cancer doctor prescribes Rituximab as part of a patients
treatment. This drug can be refused to the patient. If the patient actually
then wants to supply the drug they are penalised by having to pay for ALL the
chemo also and go to another facility to have it all administered. The fact
that a doctor prescribes the drug should warrant the use of it on the patient,
funding should not be an obstacle. The practice of not allowing the patient to
supply it and still get the rest of their chemo on the NHS is a disgrace and
totally goes against the NHS principle "medical care for all". (updated 22 June 2007).
[The second part of this is double-edged. Co-payment is a
threat to the principles of the NHS, which is why it has never been permitted.
As NICE has approved Rituximab as a one-off treatment - see
5 June for maintenance
treatment - there should be no question of doctors needing approval for
prescribing it.]
- Petition to: Ensure
that Medicines approved for use in Scotland are automatically approved for use
in England. (updated 22 June 2007).
- Petition to: Instruct NICE
to allow full use of drugs to treat Age-related macular degeneration.
(updated 25 June 2007)
-
Petition to: Extend the remit of NICE
to commission clinical trials of promising new uses for off-patent drugs and
provide sufficient resources for the purpose.
Other petitions have mentioned specific drugs (DCA - dichloroacetate) where
promising new uses of off-patent drugs are not trialled because there is no
incentive for manufacturers (who normally fund clinical trials). As such
trials would be of public benefit they should be publicly funded. In England
and Wales the appropriate body is the National Institute for Health and
Clinical Excellence (NICE). It would be worthwhile for such trials to be
internationally funded (e.g. through the European Union), but this would be a
longer-term aspiration.
(updated 26 June 2007)
- Petition to: Step in
and demand that individuals with Alzheimer's receive the medication they need
in the early stages of the disease, which NICE have shamefully decided are too
expensive.
(updated 30 June 2007)
- Petition to: Give all
Strep B carriers Treatment in Labour and after Birth. I am a strep B
Carrier and would usually have been given antibiotics in labour and given to
the baby after birth to prevent infection. I am now told that i wont be given
this unless its found to be active in pregnancy. Strep B comes and goes in
pregnancy so you would need to keep being tested to check if it was active
when you went into labour, this is not funded by the government, so we would
have to buy home tests off the internet. I feel that as it is very common and
can lead to death in newborn babies, it should be tested for on NHS and every
lady who knows she has it should be given antibiotics in labour and for baby
afterwards as a precautionary measure, as the infection can come and go in
pregnancy and its not viable to keep testing until labour begins. I don't
think that babies' lives should be put at risk for the sake of giving
antibiotics.
(updated 4 July 2007)
- Petition to:
standardise the criteria for NHS breast reduction nationally, recognising that
such surgery would lead to a major improvement in the health and wellbeing of
many thousands of British women.
(updated 14 July 2007)
- Petition to: allow more
attempts at IVF on the NHS instead of people getting into loads of debt!.
(updated 7 August 2007)
- We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to
review the recent appraisals
of osteoporosis treatments published by NICE, which recommend the use of
just one mandatory treatment – alendronate. In doing so, NICE has failed to
provide alternative mandatory treatment options for up to 1 in 4 people who
are unable to take or do not respond to alendronate. Without alternative
mandatory treatments, we believe that local health services will be reluctant
to fund prescriptions for treatments other than alendronate, resulting in
hundreds of thousands of people being denied treatment and being put at risk
of breaking bones unnecessarily.
(updated 11 August 2007)
- Petition to: Allow funding
for the drug Velcade to be given to John McNamara, 10 Clark Beck Close Pannal,
Harrogate H931RS. Allow the drug Velcade to be given to John McNamara who
is a patient in St James's Hospital Leeds. John was told he would be given the
drug on Friday 10th August. On arriving at St James's Hospital he was told the
North Yorkshire Primary Care Trust had refused funding even though patients on
the same ward were to receive the drug as they lived in West Yorkshire and
were to be given funding for the drug . We feel this is both morally and
emotionally reprehensible and we hope the Prime Minister will make a positive
decision in this case thereby possibly extending the life of this young man
who probably has only months to live.
(updated 14 August 2007)
- Petition to: ensure N
Yorks PCT allows access to Velcade for relapsed Myeloma sufferers.
(updated 14 August 2007)
- Petition to: Provide
cognitive behavioural therapy within two weeks of a diagnosis of depression.
(updated 17 August 2007)
- Petition to: make the
treatment for Cockayne Syndrome available on the N.H.S.
(updated 23 August 2007)
- Petition to: stop the
post code lottery of cancer treatment within the NHS, that denies people from
life saving drugs that are available in other areas of the country, as
highlighted by the case of an incredible lady named Jane Tomlinson.
(updated 9 October 2007)
- Petition to: Establish a
Cancer 'Czar' to conduct an urgent review of the state of cancer care in the
UK, and end the post code lottery of drug availability.
(updated 9 October 2007)
- Petition to: remove free
tattoo removal from the NHS.
(updated 13 October 2007)
- Petition to: Strictly
limit how a GP or other healthcare professional can prescribe benzodiazepine
class drugs.
(updated 29 October
2007)
- Petition to: give equal access
to fertility treatment throughout the UK. At present certain types of
fertility treatments are only available in localised areas within the UK.
Fertility treatment, like all other services provided by the NHS, should be
available equally to all UK residents. IVM (In Vitro Maturation) is currently
only available in Oxford, however could help thousands of childless couples in
other parts of the UK. It is also safer for women with polycystic ovarian
syndrome and more cost effective than IVF. There has been recent coverage in
the press about the twins born following this treatment, however, although
this does bring hope to people like myself who would benefit from this
treatment there is no further information about when or where we can expect
this treatment to be widely available.
(updated 5 November
2007)
- Petition to: to make
Tarceva (Erlotinib) available on the NHS.
(updated 17 November
2007)
- Petition to:
prioritise therapies which alleviate or cure various conditions; and only fund
Viagra, etc., if funds stretch to that.
(updated 17 November
2007)
- Petition to: be aware of
the implications regarding the consultations for stoma and incontinence
appliances and services. The proposed cuts would greatly affect the products
and services we receive and have a large affect on the quality of our lives.
(updated 24 November
2007)
- Petition to:
Uniformity of maternity services offered to all pregnant women regardless of
area that they live in. We believe that the same maternity services should
be offered to all pregnant women throughout the uk. Currently the number of
scans offered/given depends on where you are in the country. We believe both
the 12 and 20 week scans should be offered to all pregnant women. The
uniformity of services should run all the way through to the birth choices
that each woman is also offered, and continue through to the equal after care
of mum and baby by midwives/health visitors.
(updated 2 December
2007)
- Petition to: Make available
to the NHS in England & Wales drugs that are available in Scotland ie:
Aricept, Reminyl, Exelon, Macugen, Alimta, Tarceva, Erbitux.
(updated 15 December
2007)
Construction projects
Charges
Private sector
involvement - Sources
- Petition to: be aware of
the implications of the consultations for stoma care, as this would greatly
affect the services we receive and have a large impact on the quality of our
lives. If government pays lower prices for stoma products, some will
be withdrawn; companies won’t sell at a loss, leaving a reduced choice. The
more expensive & modern products, which are good at solving problems & make
life easier, will disappear. This will lead to a reduction in quality of life.
Although some bags may be more expensive, they last longer, cause fewer
troubles regarding leakage & skin problems. This must be more cost effective
in the long run. If the companies receive less money, 60% of our stoma care
nurses will disappear as companies, not the NHS, sponsor them. Stoma care
nurses are our lifeline. They support us with any problems we may have. It is
a very specialised field & GP’s & Consultants often don’t have that kind of
knowledge. If fees are reduced to the delivery companies it will not be
economically viable for them to deliver to our homes, cut our bags or give us
free wipes & disposal bags. We would have to rely on pharmacies. With the
amount we have to use, supplies are bulky to obtain & a delay in ordering
could be a disaster. It is bad enough that we have to have stomas, please
don’t take away our quality of life - the services & products making our lives
bearable.
- Petition to: STOP THE
PRIVATISATION OF ANY PART OF THE NHS. NO MORE CUTS TO JOBS AND SERVICES.
(updated 1 June 2007)
- Petition to: remove
themselves from the contract with Mercury Healthcare and re-instate the
original system. The Government, without any consultation with Patients,
Doctors or other Healthcare Professionals, took it upon themselves to sign a 3
year contract with Mercury Healthcare, to provide a Diabetic Retinopathy
Screening Programme. This was done for purely Political and cost reasons, to
reduce waiting lists and costs. No thought was given during the entire process
as to Patient Welfare, or circumstances. I am led to believe by the
Professional I have discussed this with that up to 80% of the affected
Patients are not happy about these new arrangements. In many cases, a patient
now has to travel several times their previous journey distance (with
increased costs and inconvenience) to reach an "approved Centre". We request
that the Government consider the Patient first and interfere in matters they
are not qualified in.
(updated 17 July 2007)
- Petition to: Remove NHS
cleaning services from PFI initiatives and employ an NHS cleaning service.
(updated 21 October
2007)
- Petition to: ensure that
patients being transported by the N.H.S. only travel on transport staffed by
the Ambulance Service.
(updated 5 November
2007)
- Petition to: Cease
in making steps towards privatization of the NHS.
(updated 15 December
2007)
- Petition to: cease
the National Decontamination Project immediately in order to preserve the
existing high standards of service provided by accredited NHS Hospital Sterile
Services. The National Decontamination Project was started in 2003 with
the aim quoted by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency "to provide a
competitive and sustainable service provider network that delivers a step
change in the quality and economics of service and brings innovative solutions
to the provision of sterile services within the NHS". It is our opinion that
the project to date has failed to deliver its goals to the extent that not
only have there been few direct financial benifits but also patient care has
been compromised. Therefore we strongly believe the only solution is for the
immediate cessation of proposed new projects and the return of NHS hospital
based accredited sterile services at the earliest opportunity.
(updated 22 December
2007)
- Petition to: Inform the
public about compensation costs paid to private healthcare companies for NHS
care, whose services are procured then discontinued. Let people know where
their taxes are really going!
(updated 16 January 2008)
Violence in Hospital
International Health
Policy Sources
Compulsory euthanasia
Connecting for Health computer system
Infection caught in hospital
Systematic Mistakes
Dentistry sources
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Scrap the New NHS Dental Contract.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to reform the commercial practices of dentists and
dental care in the UK.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Restore the NHS dental practices to their
former services.
- We the undersigned
petition the Prime Minister to Repeal the National Guidelines regarding dental
extraction under general anaesthetic by an NHS dentist. These Guidelines
removed a previous service offered by NHS dentists, namely dental extraction
under general anaesthetic. Patients who require this method of extraction are
now faced with either a painful wait for an extraction at a dental hospital
(12 to 18 months), or an emergency referral to a private practice, costing
hundreds of pounds. Stop this 'back-door' privatisation of the NHS.
- Petition to: If one
is unable to obtain the services of an NHS dentist the Government should
reimburse the cost or reduce NI contributions accordingly.
- Petition to: Ensure that NHS dentists are available to all those who are
British Citizens, forcing
non-NHS dentists to have at least 15% of their client base used for NHS
dentistry - thus alleviating the current situation of many people having
no access to a dentist for regular check-ups and treatment.
- Petition to: Stop Dentists
Going Private.
- Petition to: Look
after Carers Teeth, to be treated by NHS or Private for free. As a
Carer, I find it difficult to find the right dentist, that can treat my teeth,
because NHS dentists are hard to find, the NHS dentists don't take on new
Patients, and they are too far from home to travel, or you need to stay close
to home, because your Cared One is housebound, and can't be left alone for
long. Carers need Care too, please don't let us all down, please sign.
- Petition to: Repeal the
2006 reforms and introduce a better system of NHS controls. The
Government's reforms of NHS dentistry have failed to achieve their stated
aims. The biggest shake-up of dentistry in 50 years was intended to remove
dentists from the "drill and fill" treadmill, improve patient access and lead
to a greater focus on preventative work. But one year after a controversial
new dental contract was introduced, the benefits have failed to materialise.
The BDA's research found that 85% of 394 dentists surveyed believe the new
contract has not improved patient access to NHS dentistry. Furthermore, 95% of
dentists questioned felt less confident about the future of NHS dentistry than
they did two years ago. Under the new contract introduced last April, dentists
are paid for carrying out a set number of units of dental activity (UDAs) over
the course of the year. But last month, a Department of Health memo suggested
patients may have to resort to emergency care or find an alternative practice
because their dentists have fulfilled their annual contracts too soon. I
personally, have been removed from the NHS lists as it was the only way of
getting a guaranteed appointment due to the lack of sufficient UDAs to fulfil
to demand.
- Petition to: face up to
the absolutely appalling situation that is still applicable to NHS dentistry
in England.
- Petition to: free corrective
teeth treatment and braces for all children.
(updated 7 May 2007)
- Petition to: Make full range
of dental services available to housebound disabled.
(updated 7 May 2007)
- Petition to: Ensure that
NHS dental treatments are selected to ensure maximum benefit to the patient
and not to minimise cost to the NHS. My partner has recently visited an
NHS dentist to have some work carried out following her recent pregnancy. This
work involved a root canal filling. We were told that on the NHS the dentist
could not use a 'rotary drill' and he would have to use hand files which would
have a lower chance of success. The primary reason for not using the rotary
drill was cited by the dentist as cost as the NHS will not cover the full cost
of the treatment. In addition to this, we are of the impression that there is
a lot of pressure to have teeth extracted instead of repaired as this is again
the cheapest option both to the dentist and the NHS. It is unacceptable in the
21st century to have a two tier health system with Dickensian procedures being
used in order to cut costs. It is also unacceptable that after contributing to
the long term prosperity of the UK by having a child, a new mother is denied
the best possible treatment to a condition that is a frequent after effect of
pregnancy/early motherhood.
(updated 6 July 2007)
- Petition to: Make
dentistry free to the taxpayer as with all other specialisms within the NHS,
and ensure that there are sufficient NHS dentists to provide this service.
(updated 31 July 2007)
- Petition to: Provide dental
clinics in all NHS hospitals.
(updated 16 September 2007)
- Petition to: Dissolve
the Dental Charges NHS Band System.
(updated 16 September 2007)
- Petition to: Return
NHS Dental Services to the
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