Allow dogs to visit consenting long staying patients in hospitals.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

Research in America and Italy has demonstrated the uplifting effects experienced by both patients and staff when dogs are allowed to wander around hospital corridors and wards.

Dogs probably will not directly help a human to recover from illness, but dogs make humans happy. And feeling happy does make humans more likely to recover from illness.
The petitioner has been unable to find evidence of any diseases which are carried by dogs being transmitted to humans

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Rules on visiting patients are a clinical and operational matter for individual hospitals and the NHS, not the UK Government or Parliament.

It is already the case that therapy dogs are allowed in hospitals under certain circumstances.

You could start a petition calling for the Government to fund a programme of therapy dogs for use in hospitals in England, if that is something you'd like to see happen.

You might also like to sign this petition which calls for a related action: Legally recognise Emotional Support Animals (ESAs)

Timeline

5 Jun 2021	Petition opened for signatures
10 Jun 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18

Status Rejected

Rejected 10 Jun 2021

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