Petition · Department of Health and Social Care
Review how GPs and A&Es identify paediatric infections
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48 signatures
What the petition asks
Review whether all GP practices have the necessary paediatric equipment to monitor blood pressure, heart rate and oxygen levels, and whether A&Es routinely use blood tests to screen children for sepsis. I think that ensuring this will save a lot of unnecessary hospital trips.
I feel a lot of the time children are seen by doctors either at the surgery or hospital A&E and told it is viral and there is not a need for medical treatment and some of the time it an infection is missed that requires medical treatment. I therefore think a review should be conducted to investigate this further.
Timeline
| 30 Apr 2026 | Petition opened for signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
48
Status
Open for signatures
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
30 Apr 2026
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.