Petition · past parliament

Make Tongue-Tie checks part of the health checks for new-borns

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

My son was one the of the 4-11% of babies affected by tongue tie. Upon speaking to many new parents I found that I was not alone in my experience yet they are not checking babies as part of the health checks. I ask that it is at least considers including this as part of the new-born health checks
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/tongue-tie/

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

14 Mar 2018 Petition opened for signatures
19 Mar 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17
Status Rejected
Rejected 19 Mar 2018

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