Petition · past parliament
For the NHS to provide better testing, and offer an alternative in medication.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
At the moment, all GP's only offer is to run just TSH. I am requesting for an additional T4 and T3 to be run as standard, and according to NICE guidelines. We patients are also only offered Levothyroxine, which there should be an alternative.
I attach releavant information direct from NICE guidelines regarding how treatment and testing should be offered.
https://cks.nice.org.uk/hypothyroidism
https://cks.nice.org.uk/hypothyroidism
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
T3 can still be prescribed to people if this initiated by a consultant endocrinologist in the NHS. We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
You could start a new petition asking the NHS to change their guidance, to make T3 more widely available or to carry out a review into the availability of T3, if that's something you'd like to see happen.
T3 can still be prescribed to people if this initiated by a consultant endocrinologist in the NHS. We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
You could start a new petition asking the NHS to change their guidance, to make T3 more widely available or to carry out a review into the availability of T3, if that's something you'd like to see happen.
Timeline
| 16 Aug 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Aug 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
21 Aug 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.