Petition · past parliament
Introduce free mental health medication for young adults under the age of 25
Rejected
13 signatures
What the petition asks
Money is tight when you are a young adult especially when you are having to pay for medication to make you function ‘normal’ in society, this extremely hard to manage when you are on such a low income already. Making this medication free on the NHS would free up stress and money worries
50% Of mental health problems are established by age 14 and 75% by age 24. This is a massive percentage to say we are the future generation. By making mental health medication become free on the NHS would relieve a massive pressure on young adults and would relieve some of enormous money worries most young adults see day to day with cars, housing, insurance, food and needed medication etc.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
You may wish to sign this petition instead: Free Prescriptions for diagnosed Mental Health Conditions
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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
| 16 Jul 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 23 Jul 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
13
Status
Rejected
Rejected
23 Jul 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.