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Charge people who attend A&E when their visit has been necessary due to alcohol

Submitted on Thursday 24th December 2015

Rejected on Tuesday 29th December 2015

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Charge people who attend A&E when their visit has been necessary due to alcohol

Petition Details

Recent news articles say 75% of those that attend A&E do so because of alcohol-related injuries or illness putting excessive financial pressure on the NHS and the service does not have the staffing capacity to cope. A standard £100 charge with a fine of £250 for those who have had x-rays/admission

Additional Information

Recent news coverage in TV and radio on Tuesday 22nd Decenber 2015


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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