Petitions/Introduce a law to protect patient advocates in NHS treatment
StatusClosed
Opened19 Jun 2025
Closes19 Dec 2025
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones

Create a legal duty for NHS trusts to respect written patient advocacy consent and ban coercive consent overrides. We believe this could help protect vulnerable patients from being isolated, silenced, or denied treatment options.

We believe this could help ensure patients aren’t isolated or misled when they need support the most.

10,000
100,000

Constituency engagement ranking

Rosie Duffield
1Rosie Duffield MP
Canterbury
2
Vacant
2Vacant MP
Holborn and St Pancras
2
Andy MacNae
3Andy MacNae MP
Rossendale and Darwen
2
Dr Beccy Cooper
4Dr Beccy Cooper MP
Worthing West
2
Dan Jarvis
5Dan Jarvis MP
Barnsley North
1
Preet Kaur Gill
6Preet Kaur Gill MP
Birmingham Edgbaston
1
Richard Tice
7Richard Tice MP
Boston and Skegness
1
Sir Ashley Fox
8Sir Ashley Fox MP
Bridgwater
1
Sir Christopher Chope
9Sir Christopher Chope MP
Christchurch
1
Taiwo Owatemi
10Taiwo Owatemi MP
Coventry North West
1