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Require a National Insurance number to access any NHS treatment

Submitted by Jonathan Shaw on Wednesday 26th November 2025

Published on Tuesday 20th January 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Monday 20th July 2026

Current Signatures: 213
(count is updated approximately hourly)

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

Access ~ Citizens ~ Coming to the UK ~ Cost ~ Demand ~ design ~ Guardian ~ health care ~ Healthcare ~ insurance ~ Medic ~ National Insurance ~ National Insurance Number ~ NHS ~ NHS treatment ~ Parent ~ Pressure ~ system ~ The NHS ~ UK citizens ~ World Class

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 213 signatures in total, with signatories from 127 constituencies. That makes it the 665th most popular open petition, and the 15,689th most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 28% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 8% (low).

Signatures by Constituency

Signatures by Region

Signatures by Country

Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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