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Petition · past parliament

make it a legal requirement for knowledgable doctors to do ESA & PIP assessments

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

assessments for esa and pip need qualified medical knowledge of the conditions and how they can affect claimants. a 4 week training course is no replacement for proper medical knowledge of conditions and their affect on individuals on a daily basis.

Why it was rejected

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

We think that this petition is very similar:

PIP should be administered and decided by the NHS, not the DWP/contracting firms

Timeline

2 Feb 2018 Petition opened for signatures
9 Feb 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Feb 2018

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