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Revoke bedside charges for patients in NHS.
Closed
1,659 signatures
What the petition asks
For 69 years the NHS has been a shining example to the world of high quality universal and comprehensive healthcare, free at the point of use.
The introduction of charges to non-EEA citizens will eliminate the NHS as we know it.
Doctors' priority is to treat patients, not to act as border guards.
The introduction of charges to non-EEA citizens will eliminate the NHS as we know it.
Doctors' priority is to treat patients, not to act as border guards.
Our NHS is in grave danger, not because of health tourists, but because of a market system, private sector inefficiency and crippling PFI debts. Checking the identity of patients to recoup <0.5% of the budget from health tourists will be expensive and costly with minimal benefit. It will also encourage inequality of provision, poorer clinical outcomes, racial profiling and will undermine the professional duties healthcare professionals must abide by.
Doctors and nurses demand this is revoked.
Doctors and nurses demand this is revoked.
Timeline
| 11 Feb 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 2 May 2017 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,659
Status
Closed
Opened
11 Feb 2017
Closed
2 May 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.