Submitted on Sunday 10th August 2025
Rejected on Thursday 28th August 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Relevant Departments
National Insurance Number Verification for over 16 Accessing Free NHS Healthcare
Government and the National Health Service (NHS) implement a mandatory verification of National Insurance (NI) numbers for all individuals over the age of 16 before they are provided with free healthcare services. To ensure that NHS resources are primarily utilized by those who are entitled to them.
To safeguard the NHS, which is funded by UK taxpayers, a mandatory check of National Insurance numbers for non-emergency healthcare is proposed. This ensures resources are used fairly and responsibly by those entitled to them. While upholding the universal right to emergency care, this simple verification process would help maintain the integrity and financial sustainability of the NHS for the benefit of all contributors.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/731478
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