Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is more than £54 million in deficit and already in delay paying suppliers. Instead of getting emergency funding, the Trust is proposing to slash night, weekend and bank holiday pay for thousands of staff – a cut of up to 30% for many take-home wages. This will force experienced nurses, midwives, porters, HCAs and doctors to leave for better-paid jobs elsewhere – just as winter pressures hit our hospitals hardest. Patients at QMC and City Hospital will wait longer and face greater risk. We, the undersigned, demand that: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust REJECTS any cuts to unsocial hours enhancements and instead secures emergency funding from NHS England that protects both staff pay and patient safety. No more sticking plaster cuts on the frontline staff who held the NHS together through Covid and other challenges. The frontline staff did not cause the financial deficit in the NUH, and are vital for the patient's safety and care, more solutions exist.

Our aims: • An immediate pause on any sale or disposal process by NHS Property Services. • An agreement in principle that, should disposal proceed, the site be transferred at a nominal cost of £1 to the people of Moretonhampstead, acknowledging its historic purpose, community value, and original donation to the town.  • Sustained support from the Integrated Care Board (ICB), our MP ,and NHS property services (NHSPS) to develop a health and community hub on the site which would include; district nurses, a care agency, GP overflow and local wellbeing services. Moretonhampstead Community Hospital was built in 1900–1901 under the patronage of the Hambleden family for the people of Moretonhampstead and the surrounding area. Although it no longer has inpatient beds, it remains an important community asset, well suited to hosting local healthcare, district nursing, a care agency, and wider community initiatives. It has been extensively and continuously used since it's inception.  NHS Property Services is now preparing to sell the building on the open market or to a charitable community bid. This follows more than a decade of effort by the local GP practice, Wellmoor, and other groups to secure a future for the site. The Parish Council has also supported attempts to keep the building in public use. To date, our MP has offered intermittent but inconsistent support and has not secured any sustained stability for the building, while Devon ICB and NHSPS have shown no willingness to invest in it, either financially or philosophically. The last remaining vestige of NHS provision in the hospital was the district nursing team, co-ordinating local housebound care and using the building for ad-hoc clinics, catheter changes, patient reviews, and complex leg dressings. We were informed earlier this year that the district nurses were required to leave because the roof was leaking and the building was unsafe. Once vacated, we understand Devon ICB was able to declare the site surplus to requirements and instruct NHS Property Services to begin disposal. Following the eviction of the nurses to a local industrial complex, I have since been informed by NHSPS that the roof has been repaired which seems at odds to the original narrative.  NHS Property Services has not allowed local organisations full access to undertake an independent survey, preventing the community from developing an informed proposal for its reuse. The GP practice supports a community-led plan or retention in the NHS, but cannot afford to purchase the hospital and cannot relocate. It must remain at the existing health centre, which also requires investment for renovation and improvement. It already maximises the existing space and frequently has to turn providers away who would otherwise operate locally if adjacent space in the hospital building was available. There have been unfulfilled assurances from Devon ICB about preserving some parking on the hospital site to enable an expansion of the health centre. This makes either retaining the hospital within the NHS or transferring it into community ownership even more important—allowing the building to host local healthcare, district nursing, a care agency, and community wellbeing projects, while GP services remain based at the health centre. Local residents, the GP practice, and community groups could take responsibility for the hospital if given the necessary time, access, and support. This would protect the building for NHS and community purposes and prevent its loss to private development. Watching the building drift toward a quiet sale is regrettably unsurprising. Rural primary care and rural communities have long been treated as peripheral—too small to prioritise, too remote to understand, too insignificant to influence larger strategies. Efficiency has eroded locality, often at the expense of what worked, because it is too subtle or complex to measure quickly and itemise on a spreadsheet.  The government’s 10-year plan for the NHS barely acknowledges rural general practice. Our population faces real difficulty travelling to Exeter or Okehampton for alternative services. The population demographic is heavily skewed to the more elderly with increasingly complex health needs, with spasmodic and limited public transport accessing care is a problem. The system continues to pursue larger hubs, larger networks, and administrative geographies that do not fit. Yet all practical evidence points the other way: small communities function well. We support one another, we adapt, and we deliver forms of care no distant “neighbourhood model” can replicate. The hospital has stood for more than a century, shaped by the same landscape that shaped the town. Conan Doyle wrote of Dartmoor that “The longer one stays here the more the spirit of the moor sinks into one’s soul.” It has sunk into this building too—into its granite walls, into its purpose, and the generations it has served. Bureaucracy may miss what is obvious to those who live here: this building is not surplus; it is an anchor. If it is lost, it will be because the system has forgotten what community healthcare looks like.

Faye Cunningham died at 27 after years of mislabelling, ignored symptoms, abnormal results, and missed safeguarding. Her death was preventable. Faye’s Law would stop these failures, protect vulnerable patients, and ensure no one is dismissed, judged, or left untreated again. Disclaimer These statements reflect the experience and understanding of Faye’s family, based on available medical records and evidence. They highlight systemic issues, not individual blame, and call for policy change in the public interest.

Cleft is for life – and so are the complex dental issues that often come with it. Yet people born with a cleft lip and/or palate are disproportionately unable to access the dental care they need. In some cases, they are even explicitly denied treatment because of their cleft.  Being born with a cleft significantly increases the likelihood of dental problems. Children with a cleft are around one-third more likely to have missing teeth, decay or fillings, and adults are around one-quarter more likely compared to the general population.  Despite this, CLAPA’s survey shows:  • People with a cleft are twice as likely to have issues accessing dental care.  • 42% have experienced inadequate care due to lack of training.  • 38% cannot afford treatment linked to their cleft. • Over 7% have been explicitly denied treatment because of their cleft.  This is unacceptable.

NHS dentistry is at breaking point. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care and ‘dental deserts’ are leaving so many without access to critical treatment, all while costs keep going up. Hundreds of desperate people in Bristol - including pensioners and pregnant women - recently queued for hours just for a chance to see an NHS dentist because they had no other way of accessing basic oral health checks. That’s not good enough. A decade of cuts has left a £1.5 billion funding gap, with current funding only enough for half the population to get an NHS dentist. While the Government has committed to reform, it must be backed up by real investment. With NHS dentistry, you get what you pay for. It is essential healthcare. Fix it now!

10 years ago it was revealed that many diesel cars were being fitted with illegal technology that means they emit levels of toxic gases (NOx) exceeding testing and legal limits. These emissions poison everyone, especially our children, and millions of these cars remain on our roads today. NOx inflames lungs, exacerbates asthma and globally causes 20% of all childhood asthma cases. Governments in Germany and the USA have taken action and made the car manufacturers pay billions to clean up the air they polluted, and have sent people responsible to prison. But in the UK, car manufacturers have never been held to account.  The excess NOx emissions from diesel vehicles have been responsible for a staggering 30,000 cases of asthma in children and a £96 billion cost to the economy between 2009 and 2024 in the UK. Most of these cars are still being driven on our roads, polluting neighbourhoods and lungs, and it is time to take action.

Suicide is the leading killer of young people in the UK. Every day an estimated 300-450 young people aged 16-35 in the UK attempt suicide, with rates now at their highest in 30 years. (Office of National Statistics, 2025). 7% of young people have attempted suicide by the age of 17 (Young Minds, 2023).  Too many lives are lost because the ‘systems of support’ only focus on crisis and leave those who have attempted in a cycle. Behind every number is a life. The system is failing: waiting for crisis, offering only short-term fixes, and leaving the most marginalised to fall through the cracks. That’s why, revolutionary suicide prevention charity, Body & Soul are aiming to break this cycle. We’re calling on the Government to fund a long term evidence-based approach rooted in care, expertise and lived experience, and save many young lives by doing so.  Sign the petition now to call for a proven, equitable long term approach to suicide prevention that reaches those most at risk.

Camden Council’s proposed heating retrofit for the iconic Grade II* listed Alexandra Road Estate risks locking residents into permanently high bills, colder homes, damp and mould and greater inequality. The current planning approved proposal contains: • No insulation to walls or roofs • No renewable energy, despite proven savings of 20–50% from solar PV • No ventilation, leaving homes vulnerable to damp and mould • No thermal modelling, even though this is required under Awaab’s Law If Camden proceed with these works roof insulation and solar panels will not be possible to be installed in the future. Camden tenants will face permanently high heating bills, while private homeowners elsewhere enjoy subsidies and efficient upgrades. The resident-led proposal, backed by leading engineers and sustainability experts, offers a cheaper, healthier, and futureproof solution: • Roof and wall insulation • Solar PV on all roofs • Mechanical heat recovery ventilation (where possible) • Full thermal modelling including cold bridging assessment and overheating ✅ I support this proposal and ask Camden Council to work with residents to deliver it. This is not just about Alexandra Road. It’s about how we retrofit all council homes ensuring affordability, sustainability, and fairness. #AwaabsLaw #Health #Equality #ClimateChange #Retrofit #HousingRights

This petition is being brought forward by the Liverpool Hospice Action Group, following the deeply concerning news that Marie Curie has permanently closed all inpatient beds at its Woolton hospice — a vital service relied upon by countless families in Liverpool and the surrounding region. Hospice beds are quietly vanishing across the country, leaving dying people without the specialist, dedicated care they need at the most vulnerable time of their lives. Despite millions of pounds being raised by the public for hospice care annually, major charities are still being forced to scale back or shut down vital frontline services. Governments need to investigate the use of public and charitable funds by end-of-life care organisations and examine the sustainability of the current funding model. We want to ensure equitable access to inpatient care for all, regardless of postcode or socioeconomic background, and safeguard patient choice in end-of-life care. This issue is about dignity, choice, and fairness. Dying people deserve better than silence and service cuts. The government must act now, before more lives are affected by this hidden crisis in end-of-life care.

Heart disease (and all kinds of heart-related health issues) are exponentially increasing. This is why we need ways to help. Not only that, but if taxis are able to be flagged down and defibrillate someone, this will take a huge amount of pressure off the NHS and prevent the loss of thousands of lives a year. The AEDs are not only for people who have heart problems, people can go into cardiac arrest for any number of reasons, such as drug overdose, and as ODs are also rising exponentially across the UK, I believe having AEDs in taxis could save thousands of lives.

People need appointments near where they live not several miles away!

The Prevention, Action and Treatment initiative is a groundbreaking programme, giving our children, including the poorest people in our community, access to an NHS dentist, providing daily supervised brushing, twice yearly fluoride varnishing and treatment of dental issues to the children and the families of our children who otherwise would not the means or access to a dentist. Thirty two thousand children from 143 schools in our area currently benefit, increasing their life prospects, self confidence and general health while reducing tooth decay, illness and time off school ill.  Our school is the only school to have withdrawn from the dental programme and our children deserve more.