Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Enable the NHS to set its own legally binding budget and priorities

Closed 11 signatures

What the petition asks

I want legislation to be passed enabling the NHS to set its priorities and budget for each year and for it to be a legal requirement on the government of the day to fully fund and enact the priorities so set.
We have all discovered the potentially lethal consequences of regular underfunding of the NHS. The only way to ensure this does not happen again in the future is to remove the funding and prioritising of the NHS from the hands of politicians.

Timeline

28 May 2020 Petition opened for signatures
28 Nov 2020 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 28 May 2020
Closed 28 Nov 2020

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