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Raise the age when children take control of their own health care and treatments

Submitted by Sara Hayes on Wednesday 11th March 2026

Published on Friday 10th April 2026

Current status: Open

Open until: Saturday 10th October 2026

Current Signatures: 40
(count is updated approximately hourly)

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

aged ~ Capacity ~ Children ~ Entitled ~ GCSE ~ Healthcare ~ Medic ~ Parent ~ Personality ~ Pressure ~ Raise ~ Young people

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 40 signatures in total, with signatories from 34 constituencies. That makes it the 1,740th most popular open petition, and the 32,382nd most popular of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 14% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of -1% (very low).

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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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