Petition · Department of Health and Social Care

Fund spiking testing in A&E and in walk-in sexual health clinics

Closed 223 signatures

What the petition asks

Fund greater access to testing for spiking victims, to allow the scale of the spiking cases to be quantified, truly analysed and tackled. We think this should be available in hospitals and sexual health clinics to help understand, deter and tackle spiking.
Some victims don't know to call the police for forensic testing, so it’s unreported/ uncatalogued. With an estimated 90% of cases being unreported, the scale of spiking is unknown. How do you tackle a problem if you don’t understand even how big it is? We believe that without change, more people will, avoidably, be put into vulnerable, life-altering and potentially life-threatening situations.

Timeline

8 Aug 2025 Petition opened for signatures
8 Feb 2026 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 223
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 8 Aug 2025
Closed 8 Feb 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 8 Aug 2026.