Petition · past parliament

Get doctors back in the surgery

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Dentist, Opticians, Nurse practitioner's and Audiologists all have face to face consultations.Why are doctors not doing them , they may as well work in a call centre
My wife ended up in A&E due to only having a telephone consultation with her GP . She has COPD and A&E weren't happy .
Dentist, Opticians, Nurse practitioner's and Audiologists all have face to face consultations. Why are doctors not , they may as well work in a call centre

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 calling for the same/a similar action:

Create a legal right for patients to receive timely face-to-face GP appointments
Create a legal right for patients to receive timely face-to-face GP appointments

Timeline

19 Aug 2021 Petition opened for signatures
23 Aug 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 23 Aug 2021

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