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Allow varicose veins treatment on the NHS

Submitted on Monday 3rd September 2012

Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Allow varicose veins treatment on the NHS

Additional Information

Varicose veins is a serious condition which can cause extreme discomfort, pain and even disability within its suffers. The government has recently removed varicose veins from being treated on the NHS considering it a cosmetic condition. However, breast enlargement surgery is still available for free if it is causing emotional distress. This is hugely hypocritical as young suffers of varicose veins are also subject to emotional problems due to the visual implications of the condition.

This petition is to call for a reform into this rulling to allow consideration for free treatment of varicose veins on the NHS. Please show your support for this cause and for the suffers of this condition by signing this petition. Thank you


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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.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

Please see: varicose veins surgical treatment available through NHS

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