Submitted on Tuesday 8th September 2020
Rejected on Monday 5th October 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Stop the banning of walk-ins to A&E's.
Stop the banning of walk-ins to A&E's.
Government proposes to remove the facility to ‘walk-in’ to A&E departments across the country. Around 65% of those who attend A&E are walk-ins, so this would be a major reduction in a well used NHS service and will lead to unnecessary deaths.
Other than arriving by ambulance, patients would have to book an appointment.
There had been no public consultation on this, despite this being a legal requirement for major changes to a NHS services.
The Government should reverse the decision to stop walk-ins to A&E's.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. The Government has announced that appointments will be necessary for non-emergency cases, so walk-ins are not banned from A&E in cases of emergency, and people will not be turned away in these cases. You can read more here:
hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2020-09-17/debates/92B2DEA8-5D74-42FA-923B-3A3C478494B7/Covid-19Update
You could start a new petition asking the Government not to requite any appointments at A&E, if that's what you'd like to see happen.
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