Department of Health and Social Care

We support ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer. DHSC is a ministerial department, supported by 23 agencies and public bodies.

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP
  Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
• Will Quince MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Health and Secondary Care)
• Helen Whately MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Social Care)
• Neil O'Brien MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Primary Care and Public Health)
• Maria Caulfield MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy)
• Lord Markham CBE
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the Lords)

Petitions linked to this department

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• Government to create a national ID card for disabled people and carers.
  Opened on Friday 21st February 2025
  17 signatures so far

• Increase funding for IVF & fertility treatments to increase access.
  Opened on Thursday 20th February 2025
  28 signatures so far

• Fund the RSV injection for people over 79, especially the vulnerable.
  Opened on Thursday 20th February 2025
  15 signatures so far

• Provide funding for at least 1 NHS ADHD specialist clinic in each county
  Opened on Wednesday 19th February 2025
  34 signatures so far

• Fund an information campaign for GPs on the 2 prostate cancer referral routes
  Opened on Monday 17th February 2025
  88 signatures so far

• Archie’s Army Law - Rights for parents with a child in critical care by injury
  Opened on Monday 17th February 2025
  928 signatures so far

• Review NHS Compensation for cases of negligence
  Opened on Friday 14th February 2025
  64 signatures so far

• Reduce minimum retirement age for ambulance staff to 55
  Opened on Friday 14th February 2025
  851 signatures so far

• Deny free NHS healthcare to anyone found to smoke or vape.
  Opened on Thursday 13th February 2025
  17 signatures so far

• Increase funding for medical research on women's anatomy
  Opened on Thursday 13th February 2025
  43 signatures so far

• Fund free prescriptions and eye tests for carers
  Opened on Thursday 13th February 2025
  24 signatures so far

• Allow chemists to dispense prescriptions without Pharmacist on site
  Opened on Thursday 13th February 2025
  32 signatures so far

• Do not allow any private companies to be involved in delivering NHS care
  Opened on Thursday 13th February 2025
  23 signatures so far

• Provide funding to separate Gynaecology/women’s health from Maternity services
  Opened on Wednesday 12th February 2025
  187 signatures so far

• Fund increased access to menstrual products to address period poverty
  Opened on Wednesday 12th February 2025
  115 signatures so far

• Ensure that student nurses are paid for their placement hours
  Opened on Tuesday 11th February 2025
  77 signatures so far

• Fund screening for cytomegalovirus (CMV) in pregnancy and further research.
  Opened on Monday 10th February 2025
  87 signatures so far

• Change the law to allow short-term Blue Badges
  Opened on Friday 7th February 2025
  73 signatures so far

• We want the Government to grant birth parents the right to have adoptions review
  Opened on Thursday 6th February 2025
  33 signatures so far

• Lift restrictions on prescribing puberty blockers to trans children.
  Opened on Wednesday 5th February 2025
  9,081 signatures so far

• Deduct private health care charges from NI contributions.
  Opened on Wednesday 5th February 2025
  22 signatures so far

• Conduct a review into the long-term effect of section 28
  Opened on Wednesday 5th February 2025
  299 signatures so far

• Cap private dental charges
  Opened on Tuesday 4th February 2025
  59 signatures so far

• Review the issuing of hormone prescriptions for transgender individuals by GPs
  Opened on Tuesday 4th February 2025
  51 signatures so far

• Provide extra emergency funding into adult social care
  Opened on Monday 3rd February 2025
  62 signatures so far

• Review access to hysterectomies for women with PMDD & chronic conditions
  Opened on Monday 3rd February 2025
  42 signatures so far

• Spend more money on research into the effects of vaping.
  Opened on Thursday 30th January 2025
  97 signatures so far

• Require care providers to reimburse care workers for use of personal vehicles
  Opened on Thursday 30th January 2025
  65 signatures so far

• Allow self-certification of illness for up to 28 days, rather than 7 days.
  Opened on Thursday 30th January 2025
  56 signatures so far

• Increase funding for mental health services for the LGBT+Q community
  Opened on Thursday 30th January 2025
  57 signatures so far

• Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: fund training and facilities
  Opened on Thursday 30th January 2025
  6,197 signatures so far

• Require all public places to have toilets accessible with a medical card
  Opened on Thursday 30th January 2025
  210 signatures so far

• Fund the NHS to create a national database for NHS medical records
  Opened on Tuesday 28th January 2025
  559 signatures so far

• Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services
  Opened on Tuesday 28th January 2025
  392 signatures so far

• Fund services for women 16-26 who may have suffered sexual abuse trauma
  Opened on Monday 27th January 2025
  42 signatures so far

• Make not having a fire/smoke alarm in a home illegal
  Opened on Monday 27th January 2025
  27 signatures so far

• Fund free regular prescriptions for mental health patients
  Opened on Wednesday 22nd January 2025
  98 signatures so far

• Fund improved care and support for individuals with FASD.
  Opened on Tuesday 21st January 2025
  2,151 signatures so far

• Require all healthcare environments to be wheelchair accessible
  Opened on Tuesday 21st January 2025
  127 signatures so far

• Set out a detailed plan to improve palliative care
  Opened on Tuesday 21st January 2025
  34 signatures so far

• Launch an inquiry into excess deaths in 2020-2023
  Opened on Monday 20th January 2025
  36 signatures so far

• Provide funding to support Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening for Disabled Women
  Opened on Monday 20th January 2025
  1,527 signatures so far

• Regulate all mental health Therapists
  Opened on Monday 20th January 2025
  151 signatures so far

• Require CCTV in all care settings.
  Opened on Friday 17th January 2025
  74 signatures so far

• Government to review NHS agenda for change.
  Opened on Friday 17th January 2025
  50 signatures so far

• Increase funding for transgender healthcare to reduce waiting times & train GPs
  Opened on Tuesday 14th January 2025
  881 signatures so far

• Fund access to GLP-1 medications through the NHS for women with PCOS
  Opened on Tuesday 14th January 2025
  28 signatures so far

• Make it illegal to smoke in a home if there are children living in it
  Opened on Monday 13th January 2025
  50 signatures so far

• Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards
  Opened on Thursday 9th January 2025
  13,940 signatures so far

• Review the prescribing and sale of topical corticosteroids
  Opened on Wednesday 8th January 2025
  856 signatures so far

• Introduce legislation restricting nonsurgical aesthetics to medical doctors only
  Opened on Tuesday 7th January 2025
  1,862 signatures so far

• Review regulation around hysterectomies in private hospitals
  Opened on Tuesday 7th January 2025
  1,033 signatures so far

• Fund a national checkup scheme at menopause in England
  Opened on Tuesday 7th January 2025
  39 signatures so far

• Fund free period hygiene products via the NHS for all who need it
  Opened on Tuesday 7th January 2025
  70 signatures so far

• Increase funding and reduce waiting times for mental health services
  Opened on Tuesday 7th January 2025
  67 signatures so far

• Increase Research Funding and Improve Treatment for Interstitial Cystitis (IC)
  Opened on Tuesday 7th January 2025
  377 signatures so far

• Free hospital parking for all NHS staff in England
  Opened on Monday 6th January 2025
  298 signatures so far

• Make it illegal to smoke on hospital grounds
  Opened on Friday 3rd January 2025
  92 signatures so far

• Fund post-surgery bras/breast protheses voucher scheme for all women post cancer
  Opened on Friday 3rd January 2025
  2,316 signatures so far

• Ban smoking and vaping in public spaces
  Opened on Friday 3rd January 2025
  77 signatures so far

• Review the allocation of mental health resources
  Opened on Tuesday 24th December 2024
  79 signatures so far

• Develop, publish, and implement a new National Dementia Strategy
  Opened on Tuesday 24th December 2024
  692 signatures so far

• Improve mental health services for neurodiverse young people
  Opened on Tuesday 24th December 2024
  436 signatures so far

• Ensure the NIHR dedicates at least 3% of annual funding to menopause research
  Opened on Monday 23rd December 2024
  431 signatures so far

• Independent Third-Party to handle and store NHS Health Records
  Opened on Friday 20th December 2024
  43 signatures so far

• Fund a new COPD strategy, including psychological interventions
  Opened on Friday 20th December 2024
  34 signatures so far

• Fund a new COPD strategy, including psychological interventions

• Fund Medicinal Reviews for Patients Prescribed Highly Addictive Drugs
  Opened on Friday 20th December 2024
  56 signatures so far

• Fund improvements to secondary care community mental health services
  Opened on Thursday 19th December 2024
  2,409 signatures so far

• Review the enforcement of legal standards in care homes to ensure it's effective
  Opened on Thursday 19th December 2024
  31 signatures so far

• Increase funding for Endometriosis care and support
  Opened on Wednesday 18th December 2024
  164 signatures so far

• Introduce Fines for Missed GP Appointments
  Opened on Wednesday 18th December 2024
  48 signatures so far

• Introduce New Safe Haven Law and baby boxes to Save Infants and Support Mothers
  Opened on Tuesday 17th December 2024
  69 signatures so far

• Review access to Hormone Replacement Therapy for Transgender Youth
  Opened on Friday 13th December 2024
  75 signatures so far

• An independent evaluation of the Cass review on child gender services
  Opened on Thursday 12th December 2024
  14,395 signatures so far

• Fund more counselling services specific to victims of sexual violence
  Opened on Tuesday 10th December 2024
  88 signatures so far

• Review NHS approach to shared care for ADHD medication.
  Opened on Monday 9th December 2024
  609 signatures so far

• Review how to turn the MHRA into a fully transparent, patient first regulator
  Opened on Friday 6th December 2024
  3,465 signatures so far

• Ban all charging for the use of public lavatories.
  Opened on Friday 6th December 2024
  158 signatures so far

• Fund nirsevimab for extremely premature babies’ protection prior to discharge
  Opened on Thursday 5th December 2024
  537 signatures so far

• Fund Covid booster vaccines for all, with priority for Long Covid sufferers
  Opened on Thursday 5th December 2024
  677 signatures so far

• Make disclosing someone else’s HIV status illegal
  Opened on Thursday 5th December 2024
  55 signatures so far

• Direct the UKHSA to monitor COVID infections that occur in particular settings.
  Opened on Tuesday 3rd December 2024
  1,400 signatures so far

• Hold a review into job opportunities for newly qualified nurses
  Opened on Friday 29th November 2024
  27 signatures so far

• Funding so the NHS can provide all services free, and pet care
  Opened on Thursday 28th November 2024
  68 signatures so far

• Fund routine Prostate Cancer screening
  Opened on Thursday 28th November 2024
  347 signatures so far

• Fund wigs for all people who have hair loss due to a medical condition
  Opened on Thursday 28th November 2024
  116 signatures so far

• Bring all social care into the public sector, under the NHS & stop means testing
  Opened on Monday 25th November 2024
  278 signatures so far

• Fund at home smear test kits for females when requested.
  Opened on Monday 25th November 2024
  117 signatures so far

• Make it Law for Registered Medical Staff in the NHS to Wear Body Cameras
  Opened on Thursday 21st November 2024
  79 signatures so far

• Fund routine breast screening invitations to women beyond the age of 71
  Opened on Wednesday 20th November 2024
  161 signatures so far

• Set the age requirement to buy tobacco to 21, do not gradually increase it.
  Opened on Monday 18th November 2024
  83 signatures so far

• Legalise Euthanasia for people with incurable mental and physical conditions.
  Opened on Monday 18th November 2024
  250 signatures so far

• Review the NHS emergency treatment system
  Opened on Thursday 14th November 2024
  120 signatures so far

• Allow for all students in full-time education to receive free prescriptions.
  Opened on Wednesday 13th November 2024
  273 signatures so far

• New legislation; ensure informed consent is always given to avoid patient harm.
  Opened on Monday 11th November 2024
  2,551 signatures so far

• Fund Breast Cancer Screening from Age 40 & Alternative Screening Options
  Opened on Monday 11th November 2024
  3,653 signatures so far

• Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settings
  Opened on Monday 11th November 2024
  4,625 signatures so far

• More funding to diagnose & support individuals with ADHD & provide training
  Opened on Friday 8th November 2024
  990 signatures so far

• Fund menopause support being added to the NHS Health Checks for women over 40
  Opened on Thursday 7th November 2024
  1,996 signatures so far

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