{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/775069.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":775069,"attributes":{"action":"Individuals with Learning disabilities and Cancer diagnosis","background":"I would like UK government to make it compulsory for those who have a learning disability to have someone with them eg carer/representative when they are given a cancer diagnosis; this is a highly vulnerable group in society, their rates of survival are low. They have shorter life expectancy.","additional_details":"It should be made law that those with learning disabilities have someone with them when being given a cancer diagnosis.\r\n\r\nThis could be a carer/representative/ professional. They need to be with them when they are given a cancer diagnosis due to this being a highly vulnerable group in society, their rates of survival being low, understanding issues, late diagnosis/misdiagnosis/diagnostic overshadowing.\r\n\r\nThey experience a shorter life expectancy and face significant health inequities.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":8,"created_at":"2026-06-25T14:18:13.851Z","updated_at":"2026-08-13T11:28:38.884Z","rejected_at":"2026-07-28T11:38:33.538Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-06-26T16:01:00.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"no-action","details":"It is already possible to bring someone along with you to medical appointments. We are therefore unclear about the action that this petition is seeking."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}