Submitted on Tuesday 3rd June 2025
Rejected on Friday 4th July 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Create laws to regulate and ensure safe medical tourism for UK patients.
Introduce laws to regulate medical tourism by establishing the UK Medical Tourism Accreditation Association (UKMTAA), mandating insurance, requiring UK-based aftercare, regulating advertising, and creating a national database to protect patients and reduce NHS burden.
Over 430,000 UK patients sought treatment abroad in 2023, often with no legal protection, insurance, or structured aftercare. Many return with complications—85% treated by the NHS—costing millions annually. At least 25 have died since 2019. A legal framework is urgently needed to ensure safety, accountability, and reduce NHS burden. A detailed white paper on this issue has been published and is available on the Longevita website.
https://www.longevita.co.uk/guides/regulating-medical-tourism/
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Dear Kagan,
Thank you for your petition.
Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what specific changes you'd like to make, including how you would like current advertising rules to change, and whether the petition wants all providers to be required to sign up to the Association, or whether it would be voluntary.
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