Keep 5-year ILR for Health and Care visa holders to protect the NHS
- 3,106 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 3,888 - 10 added in the past 24hrs)
Healthcare professionals have been on the frontline during national crises & ensuring the continued functioning of vital services. We think extending ILR timeline undermines their contributions. Instead keep the ILR requirement and reduce the workforce shortage and avoid uncertainty on their future.
Make mental health support standard for parents of seriously ill children
- 3,502 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 3,692 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
Parents of seriously ill children should be offered proactive mental health support from diagnosis, through treatment, and in grief. Unlike perinatal parents, they get no dedicated help. We want this support made a standard part of every child’s care.
Ban technology that enables pharmacies to auto renominate EPS patients in bulk
- 3,064 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 3,685 - 5 added in the past 24hrs)
We want the government to explicitly ban NHS system suppliers, by law, from providing any technology that may enable pharmacies to switch patient EPS nominations without informed and current consent, or in bulk using automation, and make it illegal for pharmacies to engage in this practice.
Government to fund vorasidenib for NHS patients
- 3,049 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 3,150 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We call on the Government to fund vorasidenib for NHS patients with IDH-mutant low-grade glioma, notwithstanding the NICE decision on whether to so or not.
Require care workers to have advanced level of English language proficiency
- 3,034 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 3,122 - 3 added in the past 24hrs)
We call for higher standards in English language for care workers. We think there should be a minimum of 1 year's training, working alongside a fully experienced carer, including an English test with no multiple choice questions. The elderly need to be able to understand what is being said to them.
Launch an independent review of NHS wheelchair services
- 2,967 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 2,983 - 3 added in the past 24hrs)
I’m calling on the Government to launch a full, independent review of NHS wheelchair services. We feel too many disabled people may be be let down by delays, poor assessments, unsuitable equipment, and a lack of accountability. We need urgent reform to ensure dignity and fair care.
Hold an inquiry into Healthcare Professionals dying by suicide.
- 412 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 2,537 - 49 added in the past 24hrs)
To help us understand potential reasons for healthcare professionals dying by suicide. To make recommendations to governing bodies and workplaces on how to reduce suicides and improve staff mental wellbeing, and ensure adequate funding is in place to carry out the recommendations adequately.
Increase funding for NHS cancer care to make patients access treatments quicker
- 2,095 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 2,161 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
The government should provide more funding to ensure faster cancer diagnosis and treatment by reducing waiting times for biopsies, scans and chemotherapy. Guarantee patients timely access to life-saving care through increased investment, staffing and resources, so delays do not cost lives.
Regulate outbound medical tourism: mandatory accreditation, insurance, aftercare
- 1,637 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,978 - 5 added in the past 24hrs)
Government should create an accreditation body for overseas medical providers advertising to UK patients, require them to offer complication insurance and UK-based aftercare, allow only accredited providers to advertise in the UK, and set up a national database to track clinical outcomes.
Require Protection for Cultural Identity of Gypsy & Traveller Children in Care
- 287 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,442 - 20 added in the past 24hrs)
Require local authorities to prioritise placement of Gypsy and Traveller children with Gypsy and Traveller foster carers where safe and appropriate, and by provide better cultural awareness training for social workers.