This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Replace all spirometers that falsely correct for race/ethnicity from the NHS
Due to prior forged and false evidence about BAME individuals having lower forced vital lung capacity (FVC), data-altering spirometers were created in the 1800s that still exist today and are in use. We ask that all of these are removed from the NHS and teaching and are replaced with updated models.
More details
In 1864, a study was conducted that totalled to a 613 page report in an effort to try to prove that black people’s lung capacity was lower than that of white people’s in order to justify slavery, arguing that black people needed forced labour to stretch their lungs and to "vitalise their tainted blood". This is vastly untrue, but because of this false belief, BAME individuals today are more likely to receive inadequate treatment for asthma. The worst consequence of this is death.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. This is a clinical decision for the NHS.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.