Rejected petition Stop victimising people who urgently need operations and allow operations now.

Open hospital doors to those who are desperate for operations.

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People who need urgent surgery are in horrendous pain, in danger of becoming addicted to painkillers, living very limited lives and many have mental health issues because this seems to be going on indefinitely.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Decisions about the provision of medical treatment during the current outbreak is a matter for NHS England and individual NHS trusts, and not the Government or Parliament.

Since you started your petition, the NHS has set out plans to safely bring back routine operations: https://www.england.nhs.uk/2020/05/nhs-roadmap/

We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:

Ensure speedy access to diagnostics and treatment for non-covid patients: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/549642

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 8 October 2020
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