Petition · Department of Health and Social Care

Require a mental health alert symbol on patient records

Open for signatures 420 signatures

What the petition asks

Mental health must be treated as medical urgency. I call for an addition to patient records: a red circle with a brain symbol to identify those at high mental health risk. This could help healthcare staff recognise danger quickly, respond faster, and prevent missed warning signs and tragic outcomes.
I start this petition in honour of my husband, whose death by suicide exposed failures in our mental health system. I believe warning signs were missed and support came too late. This petition calls on the government to introduce a clear alert on patient records — a red circle with a brain symbol — to identify high-risk patients, ensure faster response from healthcare staff, improve communication, and help prevent avoidable loss of life. No family should suffer this preventable loss.

Timeline

13 Apr 2026 Petition opened for signatures

Key facts

Signatures 420
Status Open for signatures
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 13 Apr 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.