Introduce routine tongue-tie screening for all newborn babies in Scotland.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

the Scottish Government to introduce routine tongue-tie (ankyloglossia) screening for all newborn babies in NHS Scotland. Babies with a clinically significant tongue-tie that is affecting feeding should receive prompt assessment and treatment, including frenotomy where appropriate.

Tongue-tie can affect newborn babies by causing breastfeeding and bottle-feeding difficulties, poor weight gain, prolonged feeds, pain during breastfeeding and unnecessary distress for families. Access to NHS assessment and treatment varies across Scotland, creating a postcode lottery. We call on the Scottish Government to introduce routine newborn tongue-tie assessments and ensure timely NHS treatment, including frenotomy where clinically appropriate.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Your petition is about something that the Scottish Government and Scottish Parliament is responsible for. That means that the UK Government and Parliament can't look into it.

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Timeline

25 Jul 2026	Petition opened for signatures
14 Aug 2026	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Aug 2026

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