Petitions/Require GPs to send any patient with a lump for further testing
StatusOngoing
Opened31 Mar 2026
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I want the Government to put in place a law that if any lump in any part of the body is found, it will be looked at in a 2 week timeframe. This could be known as Melissa’s Law.

Any lump found should be referred as urgent as it could be life-changing. I want a Melissa’s Law because I myself have been through this and I’m now battling terminal cancer. Only ten years after I first noticed I had a lump was I sent for further examinations, which led to me eventually having it removed. So it took over 10 years for me to get a diagnosis and have it removed. I’m now battling terminal cancer because that lump was left for so long. If it was removed straight away it would not have come to this.

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Graham Stuart
1Graham Stuart MP
Beverley and Holderness
650
Karl Turner
2Karl Turner MP
Kingston upon Hull East
119
Emma Hardy
3Emma Hardy MP
Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice
58
Dame Diana Johnson
4Dame Diana Johnson MP
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
54
David Davis
5David Davis MP
Goole and Pocklington
13
Charlie Dewhirst
6Charlie Dewhirst MP
Bridlington and The Wolds
9
Kate Dearden
7Kate Dearden MP
Halifax
7
Alison Hume
8Alison Hume MP
Scarborough and Whitby
7
Yvette Cooper
9Yvette Cooper MP
Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley
6
Sir Nicholas Dakin
10Sir Nicholas Dakin MP
Scunthorpe
6