Submitted by Jo'Ann Lock on Wednesday 28th February 2024
Published on Wednesday 13th March 2024
Current status: Open
Open until: Friday 13th September 2024
Current Signatures: 90
(count is updated approximately hourly)
Relevant Departments
Provide funding to increase availability of gastric pacemaker on the NHS
The gastric pacemaker is a surgical implant which tells the stomach to empty at a certain frequency. This helps those with gastroparesis to be able to digest food and keep it there. Gastroparesis is a condition that causes the stomach to be paralysed.
The gastric pacemaker is not always provided through the NHS and we believe it should be. The surgery costs approximately £16,000, which is a lot of money for a procedure that I think constitutes basic medical care. Thousands of people live with this condition. Without this surgery many will be on a feeding tube for the rest of their lives, which means they can never eat again, as without that tube they can’t survive.
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