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To: Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Don’t turn away NHS patients without IDs
Stop GPs from breaking NHS regulations and turning away people without IDs or proof of address. Ensure that these GPs remove any misleading information from websites and surgeries.
Why is this important?
Some GPs are turning away patients who can’t produce ID or proof of address. It means vulnerable people can’t see the doctor when they need to.
This is against the rules. The NHS is clear - you don’t need to produce ID to see a doctor. But the rules aren’t being enforced. We need Health Secretary Matt Hancock to make sure they are. And together, hundreds of thousands of us can convince him.
There are many reasons you might not have ID on you. You might be homeless, or fleeing an abusive partner, you might have moved here recently and not have a permanent address yet. It doesn’t matter - turning people away from seeing the doctor is wrong. Not only that - it could end up costing our NHS more down the track when people get sicker and show up at A&E.
Please sign the petition today. Together we can convince Matt Hancock to crack down on GPs who are turning people away.
