Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Make it a legal requirement that all medical professionals must report incidents

Closed 1,161 signatures

What the petition asks

All medical professionals should be legally required to report any unintended or unexpected incident, including mistakes, which could have, or did, lead to harm for one or more patients. No matter how detrimental they may be.
There is no law requiring that incidents that lead to the harm of patients must be reported by the medical professionals involved. This must change.

Timeline

17 May 2021 Petition opened for signatures
17 Nov 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 1,161
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 17 May 2021
Closed 17 Nov 2021

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