Introduce a law to protect patient advocates in NHS treatment
Create a legal duty for NHS trusts to respect written patient advocacy consent and ban coercive consent overrides. We believe this could help protect vulnerable patients from being isolated, silenced, or denied treatment options.
Signatures
58
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 58/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 58/100,000
- 19 DEC 2025Petition closedFinal total: 58 signatures
- 19 JUN 2025Petition opened for signatures
Background
We believe this could help ensure patients aren’t isolated or misled when they need support the most.