Petition · past parliament
Requisition and nationalise all private hospitals and specialist clinics
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Immediately requisition and nationalise private hospitals and specialist clinics so they support the efforts against coronavirus and also cannot make money from this crisis. Get the private frontline health staff back in the NHS where they are urgently most needed.
The NHS is rapidly becoming overwhelmed, there is a growing shortage of staff and equipment. It is immoral for private hospitals and clinics to make profits from the coronavirus at the time when the death toll is rapidly rising and the country's economy is wrecked. Healthcare professionals in the private sector were often trained by the NHS, we need them back there now. This is not a time for a two-tier healthcare system.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 19 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 3 Apr 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
3 Apr 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.