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.
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Ministers
Urgently initiate a public inquiry into maternity services across the country
Opened on Monday 18th March 2024
25 signatures so far
Provide funding for IVF for all women with Turner syndrome
Opened on Monday 18th March 2024
67 signatures so far
Require schools to offer mental health support to those engaged in bullying
Opened on Monday 18th March 2024
8 signatures so far
Fund routine genetic testing in pregnancy
Opened on Monday 18th March 2024
951 signatures so far
Review the role and regulation of Physician Associates in NHS care
Opened on Friday 15th March 2024
174 signatures so far
Ban the sale of paracetamol to children
Opened on Thursday 14th March 2024
134 signatures so far
Introduce new legal requirements for vets prior to euthanasia of dogs & cats
Opened on Thursday 14th March 2024
521 signatures so far
Free prescriptions for chronic kidney disease patients
Opened on Wednesday 13th March 2024
13 signatures so far
Create legal minimums for rental property furnishing categories.
Opened on Wednesday 13th March 2024
14 signatures so far
Require the NHS to offer more face-to-face GP appointments
Opened on Wednesday 13th March 2024
55 signatures so far
Provide funding to increase availability of gastric pacemaker on the NHS
Opened on Wednesday 13th March 2024
44 signatures so far
Fund more treatment, support and research for those who suffer from agoraphobia
Opened on Tuesday 12th March 2024
11 signatures so far
Provide more funding for in-training counselling psychologists working in NHS
Opened on Tuesday 12th March 2024
1,341 signatures so far
Empower and Recognize Unpaid Carers in Healthcare Decision-Making
Opened on Monday 11th March 2024
67 signatures so far
Launch a Public Inquiry into excess deaths
Opened on Monday 11th March 2024
26 signatures so far
Prohibit latex gloves
Opened on Thursday 7th March 2024
42 signatures so far
Require all care homes to have a defibrillator
Opened on Thursday 7th March 2024
21 signatures so far
Require epinephrine autoinjectors on all flights into and out of the UK
Opened on Wednesday 6th March 2024
630 signatures so far
Prevent people who aren’t qualified beauticians from doing aesthetic procedures
Opened on Wednesday 6th March 2024
18 signatures so far
Fund a screening program for men to detect Prostate Cancer
Opened on Wednesday 6th March 2024
65 signatures so far
Remove Section 1 (D) of the Abortion Law 1967
Opened on Wednesday 6th March 2024
11 signatures so far
Remove VAT on Defibrillators, and related accessories and consumables
Opened on Tuesday 5th March 2024
31 signatures so far
Review prescribing of topical corticosteroids
Opened on Tuesday 5th March 2024
1,667 signatures so far
Increase investment in Speech and Language Therapy.
Opened on Tuesday 5th March 2024
8,921 signatures so far
Make ill-treatment or neglect of an adult family member a specific offence
Opened on Monday 4th March 2024
32 signatures so far
Authorise Polygraph and fMRI test results in sexual assault court evidence
Opened on Friday 1st March 2024
22 signatures so far
Children in care to have counsellor automatically assigned
Opened on Friday 1st March 2024
28 signatures so far
Review mental health training for NHS workers
Opened on Thursday 29th February 2024
337 signatures so far
Conduct a review into stigma in mental health care
Opened on Tuesday 27th February 2024
17 signatures so far
Government should provide more funding for menopause research
Opened on Tuesday 27th February 2024
296 signatures so far
Inquiry into workplace culture and investigations within maternity services
Opened on Monday 26th February 2024
74 signatures so far
Allocate Sufficient Funding for the Eradication of Life Ending Chronic UTIs
Opened on Thursday 22nd February 2024
31 signatures so far
Increase funding for research into eating disorders
Opened on Tuesday 20th February 2024
109 signatures so far
Require random drug testing for all NHS doctors and nurses
Opened on Tuesday 20th February 2024
34 signatures so far
Fund free parking for NHS staff whilst on shift
Opened on Monday 19th February 2024
92 signatures so far
Review plan for care costs so people don’t have to sell their homes
Opened on Monday 19th February 2024
47 signatures so far
Increase funding for men's mental health
Opened on Monday 19th February 2024
31 signatures so far
Require medical training and regulation of everyone offering ear wax removal
Opened on Friday 16th February 2024
556 signatures so far
Ensure that benefit assessors are trained in autism
Opened on Friday 16th February 2024
164 signatures so far
Fund free prescriptions and more benefits for those with chronic health problems
Opened on Friday 16th February 2024
22 signatures so far
Require hospitals to permit partners to stay overnight with new birth givers
Opened on Friday 16th February 2024
2,388 signatures so far
New rules for manufacturers of medical device implants
Opened on Friday 16th February 2024
378 signatures so far
Fund free formula for babies and free sanitary products
Opened on Wednesday 14th February 2024
35 signatures so far
Don’t ban flavoured e-liquids for e-cigarettes
Opened on Wednesday 14th February 2024
46,926 signatures so far
Fund a defibrillator in all healthcare settings and care homes
Opened on Tuesday 13th February 2024
51 signatures so far
Ban all vapes and e-cigarettes
Opened on Friday 9th February 2024
35 signatures so far
Introduce safe haven baby boxes in the UK
Opened on Thursday 8th February 2024
36 signatures so far
Make it illegal to smoke on hospital grounds
Opened on Thursday 8th February 2024
21 signatures so far
Terminate parental rights from parents found to have abused children
Opened on Tuesday 6th February 2024
44 signatures so far
Fund reconstruction surgery and psychosexual therapy for FGM survivors
Opened on Monday 5th February 2024
1,172 signatures so far
Provide funding to make hypnotherapy more widely available on the NHS
Opened on Friday 2nd February 2024
69 signatures so far
Provide more funding to support postgraduate physician associate students
Opened on Thursday 1st February 2024
119 signatures so far
Require hospitals to offer private rooms to vulnerable patients
Opened on Thursday 1st February 2024
23 signatures so far
Grant CMS more powers to recoup unpaid child maintenance
Opened on Thursday 1st February 2024
29 signatures so far
Increase funding to reduce the waiting times for Autism Diagnoses
Opened on Wednesday 31st January 2024
155 signatures so far
Require daily check-ins on children when social services are supervising family
Opened on Wednesday 31st January 2024
26 signatures so far
Compensate all infected blood victims and their families without delay
Opened on Wednesday 31st January 2024
2,249 signatures so far
Ban vaping in enclosed workplaces, public buildings and on public transport
Opened on Tuesday 30th January 2024
66 signatures so far
Review NHS mental health support for new fathers and birth partners
Opened on Tuesday 30th January 2024
163 signatures so far
Review the use of forceps for the delivery of babies
Opened on Wednesday 24th January 2024
25 signatures so far
Provide funding for STI screening at the beginning of a pregnancy
Opened on Wednesday 24th January 2024
2,775 signatures so far
Ban healthcare workers from going on strike
Opened on Tuesday 23rd January 2024
24 signatures so far
Scrap student fees for nursing, midwifery and paramedic students
Opened on Tuesday 23rd January 2024
39 signatures so far
Amend devolution settlement for Wales to remove powers over healthcare
Opened on Tuesday 23rd January 2024
13 signatures so far
Decriminalise abortion to protect rights of women and girls to access healthcare
Opened on Tuesday 23rd January 2024
66 signatures so far
Introduce mental health ambulances as an additional emergency service
Opened on Monday 22nd January 2024
26 signatures so far
Link Child Benefit to inflation and increase thresholds for high income charge
Opened on Monday 22nd January 2024
681 signatures so far
Review calculation for Child Maintenance Payments based on contact arrangements
Opened on Monday 22nd January 2024
17 signatures so far
Don't ban disposable vapes
Opened on Monday 22nd January 2024
97 signatures so far
Increase funding to improve access to NHS dental services in England
Opened on Monday 22nd January 2024
339 signatures so far
Review how the NHS responds to health concerns raised by family members
Opened on Friday 19th January 2024
26 signatures so far
Offer NHS doctors a 25% pay rise
Opened on Thursday 18th January 2024
38 signatures so far
Give NHS dentists Units of Dental Activity (UDAs) for missed appointments
Opened on Thursday 18th January 2024
19 signatures so far
Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settings
Opened on Wednesday 17th January 2024
2,159 signatures so far
Hold an independent inquiry into the management of the NHS since 2000
Opened on Wednesday 17th January 2024
85 signatures so far
Ban the Sale of Disposable Vapes
Opened on Tuesday 16th January 2024
46 signatures so far
Review the safety of Venoarterial Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VA ECMO)
Opened on Monday 15th January 2024
90 signatures so far
Increase the pay of all NHS staff by the same percentage
Opened on Friday 12th January 2024
37 signatures so far
Provide funding for barriers on bridges to prevent suicide
Opened on Friday 12th January 2024
254 signatures so far
Make reproductive status a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010
Opened on Thursday 11th January 2024
107 signatures so far
Fund thyroid testing for all pregnant women
Opened on Thursday 11th January 2024
15 signatures so far
Require separate NHS areas for people experiencing pregnancy complications/loss
Opened on Tuesday 9th January 2024
1,266 signatures so far
Give the Humanitarian Medal to all frontline ambulance staff for COVID response
Opened on Monday 8th January 2024
74 signatures so far
Offer COVID-19 boosters to all over 50s, asthmatics and long Covid sufferers
Opened on Monday 8th January 2024
835 signatures so far
Hold a public inquiry into money made by suppliers of PPE during Covid-19
Opened on Friday 5th January 2024
162 signatures so far
Make transplant patients eligible for free NHS prescriptions
Opened on Friday 5th January 2024
80 signatures so far
Exclude benefits from financial assessments for contributions to social care
Opened on Thursday 4th January 2024
69 signatures so far
Require nurses who are educated in menopause working in every healthcare setting
Opened on Thursday 4th January 2024
444 signatures so far
Give carers a right to paid leave to support attendance at medical appointments
Opened on Thursday 4th January 2024
269 signatures so far
Increase funding for treatment and research into endometriosis
Opened on Tuesday 2nd January 2024
6,517 signatures so far
Consider chronic UTIs in Women’s Health Strategy
Opened on Friday 29th December 2023
3,567 signatures so far
Fund increased care and support for people with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
Opened on Friday 29th December 2023
1,903 signatures so far
Require dose counters on SABA metered dose inhalers (MDIs)
Opened on Friday 22nd December 2023
82 signatures so far
Fund access to free dentistry through mobile dentists for people in care homes
Opened on Friday 22nd December 2023
51 signatures so far
NHS dental nurses to be entitled to an NHS pension
Opened on Friday 22nd December 2023
2,575 signatures so far
Ban smoking in towns and cities outside of designated areas
Opened on Thursday 21st December 2023
35 signatures so far
Allow ARRS funding to be used for practice nurses and GPs
Opened on Thursday 21st December 2023
11,018 signatures so far
Fund increased support for Avoidance Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
Opened on Wednesday 20th December 2023
163 signatures so far
Provide more funding for treatment of sickle cell disease
Opened on Tuesday 19th December 2023
39 signatures so far
Take forward the Mental Health Bill to reform the Mental Health Act 1983
Opened on Monday 18th December 2023
75 signatures so far
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