Petition · past parliament

Stop repeatedly assessing people whose medical conditions will never improve.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

If someone is assessed to establish whether or not they are entitled to disability benefits and they have a condition that has no medical likelihood of improvement, then to reassess them is a waste of time and money from the DWP's point of view and an unnecessary cause of distress to the individual.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

16 May 2016 Petition opened for signatures
17 May 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 17 May 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.