Petition · past parliament
Install contactless card readers at hospitals so people can donate to the NHS.
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
Provide and install contactless card readers, to provide people with an easy way of donating to the NHS. Putting the card readers in visible places at Doctors' Surgeries, Hospitals and anywhere else that would help NHS.
To install a system so people who have just been helped by the NHS are easily enabled to make a donation if they wish.
Thereby providing an additional opportunity to provide much needed resources to help the NHS for all benefits and to show ongoing appreciation and gratitude to the NHS and its staff.
Thereby providing an additional opportunity to provide much needed resources to help the NHS for all benefits and to show ongoing appreciation and gratitude to the NHS and its staff.
Why it was rejected
It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.
Making any arrangements to accept donations at hospitals would be a matter for the NHS and individuals hospitals, not the Government or House of Commons.
We have published a number of petitions calling for the Government to protect or increase funding for the NHS, which you might like to sign:
Ensure continued Universal health cover by legally committing to a minimum spend: Ensure continued Universal health cover by legally committing to a minimum spend
Create a National Health Insurance Tax for the NHS: Create a National Health Insurance Tax for the NHS
Raise the rate of income tax and corporation tax to fund the NHS: Raise the rate of income tax and corporation tax to fund the NHS.
Revoke the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and renationalise the NHS: Revoke the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and renationalise the NHS
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
We have published a number of petitions calling for the Government to protect or increase funding for the NHS, which you might like to sign:
Ensure continued Universal health cover by legally committing to a minimum spend: Ensure continued Universal health cover by legally committing to a minimum spend
Create a National Health Insurance Tax for the NHS: Create a National Health Insurance Tax for the NHS
Raise the rate of income tax and corporation tax to fund the NHS: Raise the rate of income tax and corporation tax to fund the NHS.
Revoke the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and renationalise the NHS: Revoke the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and renationalise the NHS
You can find out more about coronavirus and how you can protect yourself and others here:
www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/
The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support
You can read NHS tips to help if you are worried about coronavirus here: https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/coronavirus-covid-19-anxiety-tips
You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/
You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.
Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/
Timeline
| 7 Apr 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 9 Jun 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
9 Jun 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.