100,000 signatures!!

I'm astounded to announce in the early hours of 15th Jan 2019 the Change.org petition that calls for the Dept of Health and Social Care to make Cervical Cancer Screenings Accessible for Disabled Women, reached an incredible 100,000 signatures!!

Words cannot express how thankful I am to each and every one of you that signed, shared and supported disabled women like me who are either having to jump through hoop, after hoop for potentially life-saving cancer screenings or most shockingly, get these routine tests down played by our Dr's simply because it's too much hard work from our already overstretched healthcare system - to access, chase and implement patient hoists in NHS healthcare centres. Unbeknown to much of society, disabled women have been fighting for access to their own cervical screenings, which they have a right to have. I alone, have been going back and forth with my GP for 5 years and I know women who've fought for decades. There's no statistic to read off the sheer magnitude of the situation surrounding this, because nobody blew the whistle to prompt a thorough investigation as to why disabled women are being discriminated against under our NHS. Yet all you have to do is ask just a handful of disabled women and you'll see just how badly we are forgotten. During the campaign, which has only been live since December - amongst all the stories women are bravely coming forward - were some disabled women that had abnormal cells noted in their screenings, prior to acquiring their disability but then couldn't follow it up due to accessibility issues at their healthcare practice. This leads to question just how many disabled women have actually *died* of cervical cancer that could of stood a better chance, if only they'd of had the same opportunity for early detection as every other woman in the UK.

Are we lesser? Do our lives not matter as much as that of an able woman?

100,000 of you took a stand. 100,000 of you agree this to be a possible breach of the equality act 2010. Please know your simple click of a button could change and save the lives of so many. On behalf of all disabled women fighting this fight, Thank You!