Rejected petition NHS to recognise Lipedema disease and provide surgical support for patients.

To recognise that lipedema is an illness and liposuction helps with pain management.

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By providing funding and provision within the NHS and recognising it's a disease.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

The NHS already provides information about lipedema - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lipoedema/

Decisions on treatments, including surgery, are a clinical decision and not something for the UK Government or Parliament to direct. You could start a new petition calling for the Government to increase funding for research into treatment and cures for lipedema, if that's something you'd like to see happen.

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

Date submitted 15 September 2021
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