Petition · past parliament
Immediately boost NHS funding by around £5bn a year from adding 1p to Income Tax
Closed
690 signatures
What the petition asks
When my own 3-year-old broke his leg, the hospital said he needed a wheelchair but they could no longer afford them. Our 8-year-old son had to join a two year waiting list for an autism assessment. For the sake of all children in the UK, the NHS urgently needs more funding.
It’s a policy that has previously been put forward by the Liberal Democrats, and was backed by a group of senior health professionals at the time including Sir David Nicholson, who led NHS England for almost a decade, and the previous heads of the Royal College of General Practitioners and also the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Timeline
| 6 Nov 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 6 May 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
690
Status
Closed
Opened
6 Nov 2017
Closed
6 May 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.