Closed Petition closed 3rd January 2023

Provide funding for surgical correction of Pectus Excavatum - Final Signatures: 1,141

I would like the Government to provide funding for surgical correction of Pectus Excavatum on the NHS, following the decision by NHS England not to include it in its commissioning policy.

Found: Because my 10-year old son was born with Pectus Excavatum and has suffered for years with symptoms that

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Select Committee

Formal Minutes 2019-21: List of closed petitions

Formal Minutes Nov. 18 2021

Committee: Petitions Committee

Found: Formal Minutes 2019-21: List of closed petitions Formal Minutes

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Westminster Hall
Pectus Deformity Treatment: NHS Funding - Tue 24 Nov 2020
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: None [Relevant document: e-petition 329161, entitled Provide funding for surgical correction of Pectus Excavatum - Speech Link
2: Simon Clarke (CON - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) I beg to move,That this House has considered NHS funding for treatment of pectus deformity.It is a pleasure - Speech Link
3: Edward Argar (CON - Charnwood) of the House the issue of funding for the treatment of pectus deformity and the impact that that has - Speech Link

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Closed Petition closed 4th March 2021

Provide funding for surgical correction of Pectus Excavatum - Final Signatures: 16,917

I would like the government to provide funding for surgical correction of Pectus Excavatum on the NHS, following the decision by NHS England not to include it in its commissioning policy.

The Government responsed to this petition on 22nd January 2021 (View Full Response)
The current position of NHS England, with whom commissioning decisions sit, is not to provide funding for surgical correction of Pectus Excavatum, though individual funding requests can still be made.

Found: In 2019 NHS England published a clinical commissioning policy for surgery for pectus deformity in all

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