Petition · Department of Health and Social Care
Increase funding for rare cancer research & treatment
Closed
1,218 signatures
What the petition asks
I was diagnosed with a rare cancer in 2022, since then I have met other patients in the same situation.
With no body of evidence to support the development of treatments via NICE the NHS may not fund treatment that has been proven to work for other cancers so we may have to crowd fund, apply to charity, wait for clinical trials or beg to access life saving intervention.
Alongside this we feel staff knowledge is scarce and poor creating high anxiety and sparse access to any help. This must stop.
Alongside this we feel staff knowledge is scarce and poor creating high anxiety and sparse access to any help. This must stop.
Timeline
| 5 Sep 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 5 Mar 2026 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,218
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
5 Sep 2025
Closed
5 Mar 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 1 Aug 2026.