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 29 agencies and public bodies.

Website

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

Ministers

• The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP
  Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
• Edward Argar MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Health)
• Helen Whately MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Care)
• Jo Churchill MP
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Prevention, Public Health and Primary Care)
• Nadine Dorries MP
  Minister of State (Minister for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health)
• Lord Bethell of Romford
  Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Innovation)

Petitions linked to this department

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• Universal Social Work bursary
  Opened on Friday 16th October 2020
  23 signatures so far

• Remove private companies from the Covid-19 NHS Test and Trace system
  Opened on Thursday 15th October 2020
  52 signatures so far

• Fund research into metabolism testing for brain tumour patients
  Opened on Thursday 15th October 2020
  730 signatures so far

• Publish how many people have died solely from Covid-19
  Opened on Thursday 15th October 2020
  18 signatures so far

• Address the dire situation for ARFID and other atypical eating disorders needs.
  Opened on Thursday 15th October 2020
  431 signatures so far

• Stop assets being considered in financial assessments for social care
  Opened on Wednesday 14th October 2020
  9 signatures so far

• Review and reform Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
  Opened on Tuesday 13th October 2020
  1,068 signatures so far

• Fund research and NHS treatment for R-CPD
  Opened on Tuesday 13th October 2020
  110 signatures so far

• Ensure vaccination for Covid 19 is available free of charge to all who want it
  Opened on Tuesday 13th October 2020
  9 signatures so far

• Automatically alert educational institutions if pupil test positive for Covid-19
  Opened on Tuesday 13th October 2020
  203 signatures so far

• Access to specialist mental health support for bereaved parents after baby loss.
  Opened on Tuesday 13th October 2020
  936 signatures so far

• Give schools a supply of Covid testkits
  Opened on Tuesday 13th October 2020
  100 signatures so far

• Fund fertility awareness courses on the NHS as a method of birth control
  Opened on Monday 12th October 2020
  50 signatures so far

• Make all prescriptions for mental health medication free
  Opened on Monday 12th October 2020
  24 signatures so far

• Allow nonbinary people in England and Wales to order coronavirus tests
  Opened on Monday 12th October 2020
  484 signatures so far

• Review how children under 5 years old are tested for Covid-19
  Opened on Monday 12th October 2020
  18 signatures so far

• Open Covid-19 test sites nationwide specifically for children/parents/teachers
  Opened on Friday 9th October 2020
  25 signatures so far

• Revise the regulatory framework for PPE so that it is relevant to healthcare
  Opened on Friday 9th October 2020
  43 signatures so far

• Make Covid-19 tests available regularly for shielding families
  Opened on Thursday 8th October 2020
  149 signatures so far

• Provide funding to make bevacizumab and biosimilars available on NHS
  Opened on Thursday 8th October 2020
  612 signatures so far

• Make masks mandatory for primary school students and teachers.
  Opened on Thursday 8th October 2020
  18 signatures so far

• Inform pregnant women of the risk of Placenta Accreta after a caesarean section
  Opened on Thursday 8th October 2020
  51 signatures so far

• Extend eligibility for MedEx certificates to people with hyperthyroidism
  Opened on Thursday 8th October 2020
  582 signatures so far

• Stop the plan to spend £100bn of taxpayers' money on Operation Moonshot
  Opened on Thursday 8th October 2020
  32 signatures so far

• Allow the earning of loyalty points towards stage one baby formula, pumps etc.
  Opened on Thursday 8th October 2020
  6 signatures so far

• Work with the NHS to fund and provide a unified and improved wheelchair service
  Opened on Thursday 8th October 2020
  190 signatures so far

• Fund a nationwide suicide prevention billboard campaign
  Opened on Wednesday 7th October 2020
  50 signatures so far

• Review all local neurological care for children
  Opened on Wednesday 7th October 2020
  1,920 signatures so far

• Start a second lockdown including closing schools to prevent spread of COVID
  Opened on Wednesday 7th October 2020
  67 signatures so far

• Nullify non-disclosure agreements/gagging orders for NHS staff for covid-19
  Opened on Wednesday 7th October 2020
  2,020 signatures so far

• Priority testing for students if their bubble has confirmed Covid Case
  Opened on Wednesday 7th October 2020
  42 signatures so far

• Introduce Drug Consumption Rooms to prevent drug-related deaths in the UK
  Opened on Tuesday 6th October 2020
  43 signatures so far

• Donate any surplus or unsuitable NHS masks to the public
  Opened on Tuesday 6th October 2020
  23 signatures so far

• Ensure access to treatment and screening for all cancer patients during Covid-19
  Opened on Tuesday 6th October 2020
  13,021 signatures so far

• Make DNA paternity testing mandatory prior to registration on birth certificate
  Opened on Monday 5th October 2020
  11 signatures so far

• More Funding to staff for a 24/7 running A&E service at Weston General Hospital
  Opened on Monday 5th October 2020
  7 signatures so far

• Relax Government guidance on care home visits during Covid-19
  Opened on Monday 5th October 2020
  154 signatures so far

• Establish Care Charter to guarantee acceptable standards for Health & Homecare.
  Opened on Monday 5th October 2020
  25 signatures so far

• Fund more research into medical benefits of cannabis
  Opened on Friday 2nd October 2020
  44 signatures so far

• Fund Autistic Support Services for Adults in every city
  Opened on Friday 2nd October 2020
  43 signatures so far

• Fund free or discounted menstrual products
  Opened on Friday 2nd October 2020
  21 signatures so far

• Save lives, protect the vulnerable: work with the EU on a COVID19 vaccine
  Opened on Friday 2nd October 2020
  24 signatures so far

• Fund more research for childhood cancers.
  Opened on Thursday 1st October 2020
  47 signatures so far

• Fund a home flu vaccination scheme for autistic children and adults
  Opened on Thursday 1st October 2020
  11 signatures so far

• Allow registration of births for all babies after a miscarriage.
  Opened on Thursday 1st October 2020
  355 signatures so far

• Publish false positive and negative Covid-19 test data for Pillar 2
  Opened on Thursday 1st October 2020
  6,601 signatures so far

• Free eye and dental care for people who suffer with epilepsy
  Opened on Thursday 1st October 2020
  16 signatures so far

• More mental health funding and support for Northern Ireland
  Opened on Thursday 1st October 2020
  141 signatures so far

• Provide funding and improve procedures for survivors with PTSD/CPTSD
  Opened on Thursday 1st October 2020
  767 signatures so far

• Make consent to school administered vaccinations opt out rather than opt in
  Opened on Thursday 1st October 2020
  46 signatures so far

• Fund research into centchroman as a potential contraceptive
  Opened on Wednesday 30th September 2020
  24 signatures so far

• Fund & provide services to allow the vulnerable to shield & re-open the economy
  Opened on Wednesday 30th September 2020
  938 signatures so far

• Extend support bubbles to include those living on their own with dependents.
  Opened on Wednesday 30th September 2020
  709 signatures so far

• Reopen UK Table Dancing Clubs for Autumn 2020
  Opened on Wednesday 30th September 2020
  815 signatures so far

• Fund an increase in GP surgeries to ensure access
  Opened on Tuesday 29th September 2020
  27 signatures so far

• Provide free 'flu jabs to workers who are not working from home this winter.
  Opened on Tuesday 29th September 2020
  33 signatures so far

• Legal right to 2 week review of patients with suspected heart failure (HF)
  Opened on Monday 28th September 2020
  9 signatures so far

• Require pre-inquest investigation into all unexplained NHS mental health deaths
  Opened on Monday 28th September 2020
  358 signatures so far

• Bring in the £72,000 cap on care costs
  Opened on Monday 28th September 2020
  111 signatures so far

• A law to make spitting at sporting events illegal to stop the spread of diseases
  Opened on Friday 25th September 2020
  14 signatures so far

• Create a public awareness campaign to support people with eating disorders
  Opened on Friday 25th September 2020
  12 signatures so far

• Prepare for COVID-19 Human Challenge Trials by Building a Challenge Study Center
  Opened on Friday 25th September 2020
  1,024 signatures so far

• Fund more research and awareness for polycystic ovary syndrome
  Opened on Friday 25th September 2020
  15 signatures so far

• Set up an independent review into electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) practice.
  Opened on Thursday 24th September 2020
  495 signatures so far

• Public inquiry into UK residents incorrectly being charged for NHS services
  Opened on Thursday 24th September 2020
  18 signatures so far

• Fund band 6 pay for newly-qualified nurses
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  7 signatures so far

• Fund self-defence training for NHS staff
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  19 signatures so far

• Conduct an urgent review for the long-term care of the elderly
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  86 signatures so far

• Provide free face masks for certain people whilst it is mandatory to wear them
  Opened on Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  11 signatures so far

• Fund research into Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd September 2020
  2,532 signatures so far

• Make Pregnancy NIPT Tests available on the NHS
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd September 2020
  16 signatures so far

• Make weekly COVID 19 tests for available for all Food retail workers
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd September 2020
  10 signatures so far

• Guarantee timely, locally accessible Covid-19 tests for all symptomatic children
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd September 2020
  382 signatures so far

• Law for GP surgeries to give the same annual leave & sick leave for all staff
  Opened on Tuesday 22nd September 2020
  26 signatures so far

• Provide baby changing facilities in all male public toilets
  Opened on Monday 21st September 2020
  476 signatures so far

• Provide eye tests and glasses for free on the NHS every 2 years.
  Opened on Monday 21st September 2020
  10 signatures so far

• Provide stab vests for all NHS and Private frontline and patient transport crews
  Opened on Monday 21st September 2020
  21 signatures so far

• Fund regular Vitamin D and Pth testing for Chronic Kidney Disease patients
  Opened on Monday 21st September 2020
  12 signatures so far

• Ensure speedy access to diagnostics and treatment for non-covid patients
  Opened on Monday 21st September 2020
  293 signatures so far

• Abolish NHS Prescription charges in England as in the rest of the UK.
  Opened on Monday 21st September 2020
  15 signatures so far

• Extend "rule of six" to ensure that hunting and shooting are banned
  Opened on Friday 18th September 2020
  8,932 signatures so far

• Make children under 5 exempt from the rule of six
  Opened on Friday 18th September 2020
  58 signatures so far

• Exempt children under 11 from counting towards the 'Rule of Six' in England
  Opened on Friday 18th September 2020
  520 signatures so far

• Allow Alcoholics Anonymous meetings to continue as an exception to 'Rule of Six'
  Opened on Friday 18th September 2020
  10 signatures so far

• Exempt children under 10 from the Rule of Six
  Opened on Friday 18th September 2020
  16 signatures so far

• Fund free feminine hygiene products for those aged under 25
  Opened on Friday 18th September 2020
  574 signatures so far

• Review and improve support for people with mental health conditions
  Opened on Friday 18th September 2020
  10 signatures so far

• Fund better mental health care for personality disorder in England.
  Opened on Friday 18th September 2020
  232 signatures so far

• Exclude children under 12 months from the social distancing rules in England
  Opened on Thursday 17th September 2020
  436 signatures so far

• Fund creation of a new central hospital for East Kent in the City of Canterbury
  Opened on Thursday 17th September 2020
  734 signatures so far

• Ban the use of BMI in NHS health checks & public service/military recruitment.
  Opened on Wednesday 16th September 2020
  90 signatures so far

• Repeal section 1(1)(d) of the Abortion Act 1967
  Opened on Wednesday 16th September 2020
  54 signatures so far

• Provide weekly Covid 19 tests for NHS staff and care workers
  Opened on Wednesday 16th September 2020
  19 signatures so far

• Make children exempt from coronavirus "rule of six"
  Opened on Tuesday 15th September 2020
  14,136 signatures so far

• Revoke the 6 person ban on gatherings
  Opened on Tuesday 15th September 2020
  92 signatures so far

• Close all drinking only pubs & bars until a Coronavirus vaccine is available.
  Opened on Friday 11th September 2020
  26 signatures so far

• Fund increased access to pain control for chronic patients
  Opened on Friday 11th September 2020
  41 signatures so far

• Create a regulatory body and framework for personal trainers
  Opened on Friday 11th September 2020
  25 signatures so far

• Fund routine early testing of pregnant women for Group B Strep
  Opened on Friday 11th September 2020
  251 signatures so far

• Fund better mental health support for children with ASD
  Opened on Thursday 10th September 2020
  882 signatures so far

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