Submitted on Thursday 4th August 2022
Rejected on Monday 8th August 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Recognise Endometriosis as a disability in the UK
Endo is not seen as a disability in the uk and it can be so difficult for women with endo to work with the debilitating symptoms of the disease which include chronic pelvic pain, pain during sex, heavy and irregular periods, painful bowel movements, and many more. Endo can effect the whole body.
This would greatly benefit the 1in10 women in the uk who suffer from endo. There is already such a battle to get a diagnosis of endo in the uk, the system fights against them. It would help that once diagnosed they could be recognised as having a disability, each woman has different needs but those with chronic symptoms struggling to get treatment need endo to be recognised as a disability so that they have support to fall back on when working becomes impossible due to this awful disease.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Government's guidance on disability under the Equality Act 2010 states that you’re disabled if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities:
www.gov.uk/definition-of-disability-under-equality-act-2010
It is therefore already the case that under the Equality Act, anyone with a physical or a mental condition which has a substantial and long-term impact on your ability to do normal day to day activities is protected under the disability protected characteristic. This could cover people who have endometriosis, where this has a a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on their ability to do normal daily activities. So it's not clear what else you would like to happen.
We have published the following related petitions, which you might like to sign:
Fund more research into diagnosis and treatment of women’s health conditions: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/610170
Fund training on helping women with endometriosis for NHS staff: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/615854
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