Petitions/Fund more NF1 specialists and regular monitoring and support for NF1 patients
StatusOngoing
Opened24 Feb 2026
Closes
Government response
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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Provide funding for more Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) specialists. Currently only two locations provide care. Monitoring is limited to yearly checks. My husband was diagnosed in 2018, had no follow-up, his NF1 tumour became cancerous (MPNST). He sadly passed on Christmas Eve 2025.

I believe that the processes involved in my husband's monitoring of NF1 were lacking and accessibility to sufficient services would have benefited both him and further patients with the condition. More frequent monitoring would mean we could better track an ongoing condition and react quicker to any changes in anyone affected, meaning better survival rates especially in the cases of aggressive occurrences such as MPNST. More readily available specialists would further this possibility.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Mike Tapp
1Mike Tapp MP
Dover and Deal
24
Helena Dollimore
2Helena Dollimore MP
Hastings and Rye
5
Sojan Joseph
3Sojan Joseph MP
Ashford
2
Patrick Spencer
4Patrick Spencer MP
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
1
Sir Christopher Chope
5Sir Christopher Chope MP
Christchurch
1
Mims Davies
6Mims Davies MP
East Grinstead and Uckfield
1
Danny Kruger
7Danny Kruger MP
East Wiltshire
1
Mike Wood
8Mike Wood MP
Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
1
Greg Smith
9Greg Smith MP
Mid Buckinghamshire
1
Lizzi Collinge
10Lizzi Collinge MP
Morecambe and Lunesdale
1