Submitted by Slawomir Jan Pietrak on Wednesday 26th November 2025
Published on Wednesday 7th January 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Tuesday 7th July 2026
Current Signatures: 39
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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Access ~ Awareness ~ delayed ~ health care ~ Healthcare ~ Medic ~ NHS ~ Request ~ Seek ~ Sooner ~ test results ~ testing ~ Threatened
Require immediate access to full medical records and test results for patients
We want the UK Government to require all NHS and private healthcare providers to give patients immediate, unrestricted access to their complete medical records and test results as soon as they are available.
We believe some patients may be unaware of potentially life-threatening findings from their tests due to unnecessary delays or requirement to formally request their records. This could lead to significant delays in diagnosis and treatment, directly affecting patient outcomes and survival rates. We think earlier awareness enables patients to seek second opinions, make informed decisions, and begin treatment sooner.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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