Petitions/Automatic fast track benefits for anyone diagnosed with a terminal illness.
StatusClosed
Opened29 Nov 2024
Closes29 May 2025
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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I call on the government to automatically fast track anyone diagnosed with a terminal illness, not just those in their final year of life, so they can get essential financial support. We think this would give people financial stability at the end of life & remove the financial stress & worry.

We think this would allow people to spend the time they have with loved ones & not jumping through red tape & failing to make ends meet. In 2022 I helped the then government change the rules on fast track benefit applications replacing the 6 month definition of a terminal diagnosis with a new 12 month definition. We think this penalises those that live longer so having to wait for a long time for claims to be processed. TERMINAL MEANS TERMINAL

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Katie White
1Katie White MP
Leeds North West
13
Paula Barker
2Paula Barker MP
Liverpool Wavertree
12
Susan Murray
3Susan Murray MP
Mid Dunbartonshire
12
Dave Doogan
4Dave Doogan MP
Angus and Perthshire Glens
11
Brendan O'Hara
5Brendan O'Hara MP
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
11
Katie Lam
6Katie Lam MP
Weald of Kent
10
Jamie Stone
7Jamie Stone MP
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
10
John Cooper
8John Cooper MP
Dumfries and Galloway
10
Joani Reid
9Joani Reid MP
East Kilbride and Strathaven
10
Patricia Ferguson
10Patricia Ferguson MP
Glasgow West
10