Rejected petition Ensure the Health Secretary has a clinical background

This petition is to develop ministers with actual clinical insight into health services.

The credibility of ministers making decisions about the NHS would be enhanced further if the Health Secretary had a clinical background e.g. Nurse, Physio, OT, Doctor etc

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/121620

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Date submitted 23 May 2016
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