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Mental health service dogs for parity of treatment for mental health.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Dogs act as assistants for people with physical disabilities. They are protected by the Equality Act (2010) to access all public spaces. I believe the law should cover mental health assistance dogs under the obligation to provide parity of esteem from the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Equality Act (updated 20 April 2010)
Health and Social Care Act (2012)
Conservative Party Manifesto 2017: Promises to improve the provision of mental health.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

22 Nov 2017 Petition opened for signatures
28 Nov 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 28 Nov 2017

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