Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Require all NHS bodies to be managed by medical staff

Closed 40 signatures

What the petition asks

We want all NHS bodies to be managed by medical staff, and believe the Government should make this a legal requirement.
Particularly in light of recent tragic events, we believe there are too many cases where the concerns of medical staff have not been acted on appropriately by non-medical management staff.

The NHS should be run responsibly, but is a public service and should not be run like a business. We believe that having NHS bodies managed by medical staff will help prevent poor decision making, including concerns about patient health and safety not being acted on.

Timeline

14 Sep 2023 Petition opened for signatures
14 Mar 2024 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 40
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 14 Sep 2023
Closed 14 Mar 2024

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