Petition · past parliament

Dementia should be funded equally as a Primary Health Care need for all.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Dementia is NOT currently classified as an illness requiring continuing health care, yet the end result is death by slow torture. Sufferers slowly deteriorate before your eyes, no longer eating or drinking and needing expensive nursing care yet they don't qualify for any help from the NHS.
Dementia care should be treat equally as a Primary Health Care need, as with other health care. Vascular dementia is a physical illness where the brain shrinks due to the lack of oxygen. This Government doesn't see that as an illness requiring continuing health care, yet the end result is death by slow torture. Sufferers slowly deteriorate before your eyes. Dementia is a mental and physical illness and should be funded equally as a Primary Health Care need. Sufferers deserve the care they need.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

10 Jul 2018 Petition opened for signatures
16 Jul 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 16 Jul 2018

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