Petition · past parliament
Strengthen Laws against Negligent Private Surgeons & Healthcare Providers
Closed
33 signatures
What the petition asks
Private healthcare patients are commonly led to believe that the care they are paying for will meet the highest standards.
In cases where patients receive wrongful or negligent treatment private healthcare patients have less access to adequate redress and compensation than NHS patients.
In cases where patients receive wrongful or negligent treatment private healthcare patients have less access to adequate redress and compensation than NHS patients.
At present legislation is so insufficient that one private healthcare company actually stated in a legal defence document that they were ‘under no obligation to provide competent surgeons to perform surgery at the hospital’ and had ‘no duty to protect patients from harm, and risk of injury’.
We ask Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt to close the legal loophole which allows for private healthcare patients to be left without protection or redress when things go wrong.
We ask Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt to close the legal loophole which allows for private healthcare patients to be left without protection or redress when things go wrong.
Timeline
| 12 Aug 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 12 Feb 2017 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
33
Status
Closed
Opened
12 Aug 2016
Closed
12 Feb 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.