Rejected petition Reclassify endometriosis & adenomyosis as chronic health conditions

Chronic disease classification, clinical approach toward non-reactionary care, immunology, gut health testing, providing non-hormonal/surgical investigations. Increased access to use of cancer-adjacent treatments, GnRH antagonists, selective progesterone receptor modulators on prescription etc

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To ensure earlier and accurate diagnosis, reduce the chances of dismissal, broader treatment access, reduced surgical demand, improved fertility and quality of life.
Proper classification would support earlier detection, continuous management plans, multidisciplinary care, better insurance coverage, and greater prioritization in research funding, reduce delays, and ease the heavy economic burden on patients, the NHS, the workforce and society at large.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

The Government's guidance on disability under the Equality Act 2010 states that you’re disabled if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities:
https://www.gov.uk/definition-of-disability-under-equality-act-2010

There is not a list of conditions that meet this definition, but it is therefore already the case that under the Equality Act, anyone with a physical or a mental condition which has a substantial and long-term impact on your ability to do normal day to day activities is protected under the disability protected characteristic. This could cover people who have endometriosis or adenomyosis, where this has a a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on their ability to do normal daily activities.

We could accept a petition calling on the Government to fund additional research into endometriosis and adenomyosis, to improve understanding of these conditions and identify new treatments.

You may wish to sign the following:

Introduce Statutory Menstrual Leave for People with Endometriosis & Adenomyosis
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/732342

Fund a National Endometriosis Registry and Audit to Help Improve NHS Care
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736164

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

Date submitted 11 December 2025
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