Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Fund the creation of cottage hospitals to free up acute NHS beds.

Closed 37 signatures

What the petition asks

Acute beds in our hospitals are filled with patients fit for discharge but not well enough to be at home as they need convalescent time or a care package. Funding for cottage hospitals should help alleviate the Ambulance crisis, where they are queuing for whole shifts outside A & E.
So that the NHS works. For the last 30 years successive governments have made cut backs in real terms including shutting all our cottage hospitals.

Timeline

9 Nov 2021 Petition opened for signatures
9 May 2022 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 37
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 9 Nov 2021
Closed 9 May 2022

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