Parliament Workbench

Petition · PE01609

NHS Scotland Treatments

Closed Submitted 30 Mar 2016 Health
Signatures
0
4 online signatures with a country
Comments
2
Considered
2 meetings
in the Official Report

What it asks

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to refuse treatment to patients of NHS Scotland for illnesses and conditions that are solely or mainly self inflicted through their refusal to follow scientifically proven medical advice, especially when that refusal has been continued for a considerable period, and for the financial savings to be allocated to other areas of NHS Scotland to aid those suffering through no fault of their own.

What the petitioner did first

I have contacted my MSP. She has considered my petition but cannot support it. She has advised that I can continue with it by direct approach to the Public Petitions Committee.

Where it was considered

Official Report
  1. 15 Sep 2016
    Public Petitions Committee
    New Petitions
    1 mention
  2. 24 Nov 2016
    Public Petitions Committee
    Continued Petitions
    1 mention

Signatures by country

4 online signatures
  1. United Kingdom3 75%
  2. Scotland1 25%

Comments

2 comments, oldest first
  1. Richard Morris 7 Jun 2016
    , this idea seems to be quite rational, it also might not be as compassionate towards the mentally ill as the medical profession may wish to be.For example, some people die or get a mental illness as a result of medical intervention, and being mis diagnosed, mis-prescribed, over-medicated with harmful drugs, or as a result of other medical mistakes ( the so-called "iatrogenic illness") People may go to hospital for a minor surgery, which is botched and then requite heavy pain killers, and develop a dependency on pain killing drugs or substitute such as alcohol. Should people who are thus addicted to alcohol be refused a liver transplant?
    Also, some people self-medicate for mental illnesses such as schizophrenia with nicotine from cigarettes. Both nicotine and alcohol are carninogens that contribute to much disease and early death. Should smokers and drinkers all be refused medical treatment, or should they just help to pay for it from higher taxes on their drugs of choice?
  2. LYDIA REID 8 Jun 2016
    OK so this petition should stop all folk who get treatment for a sexually transmitted disease

    Drinkers
    - who are given a recommended limit and do not stick to it
    Smokers Well we all know about cigarettes
    Women who fall pregnant
    - we have birth control
    Birth control
    - we know we can avoid all sorts by not having sex
    Children who over eat
    People who get injuries by playing sport
    - that is by choice

    I could if I wanted be even more silly

    About as silly as this petition