Petition · Department of Health and Social Care
Fund mental health training for registered nurses
Closed
58 signatures
What the petition asks
We call on the Government to provide funding to train registered nurses to be qualified to work with mental health patients within the hospitals.
I am a registered nurse on an acute medical unit, and the amount of mental health patients we have on a medical ward has risen to the dozen. When we request the mental health crisis team we are always met with “we are too busy”. I think this is unacceptable. I therefore call on the Government to provide funding to allow registered adult nurses to have mental health training and become mental health professionals in their own right alongside what we are already doing to our full potential will provide more stability to patients that need us! Please.
Timeline
| 19 Dec 2025 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Jun 2026 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
58
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
19 Dec 2025
Closed
19 Jun 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 18 Aug 2026.