Submitted on Saturday 7th January 2023
Rejected on Wednesday 11th January 2023
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Sickle Cell Disease to be confirmed as a disability
I would like the government to class the condition Sickle Cell Disease as a disability and all those with Sickle cell disease to benefit from disability allowance, disability passes and other disability benefits within the community and their working environment
This will help thousand of people who struggle with Sickle Cell Disease and have no support in their community or working environment. Their peers and work colleagues are unaware of the affect of their condition and the government and medical teams have no support in providing these people with extra care as as a pose to familiar conditions such as diabetes and cancer.
This condition is as severe as other conditions and can have such a huge impact in their day to day life.
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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 Sick Cell Disease, where this has a a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on their ability to do normal daily activities.
We could accept a petition calling on the Government to fund increased support for people with Sickle Cell Disease, if that's something you'd like to happen.
We have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Include Sickle Cell Anemia in the List of Illnesses Eligible for a MedEx Card: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/622971
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