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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• Increase funding for ARFID treatment
  Opened on Friday 21st March 2025
  252 signatures so far

• Support Men’s Mental Health: End the Stigma, Expand Support, and Save Lives
  Opened on Friday 21st March 2025
  12 signatures so far

• Funding for Gastric Pacemaker Treatment for Gastroparesis Patients
  Opened on Friday 21st March 2025
  120 signatures so far

• Launch a Government Alcohol Awareness Campaign to Educate the Public
  Opened on Wednesday 19th March 2025
  30 signatures so far

• Make it a criminal offence for under 18s to vape or smoke
  Opened on Tuesday 18th March 2025
  19 signatures so far

• Fund training & trauma assessments post discharge from mental health units
  Opened on Monday 17th March 2025
  62 signatures so far

• Review medical care for those with temporomandibular disorders
  Opened on Monday 17th March 2025
  13 signatures so far

• Fund cannabis prescriptions for fibromyalgia and other pain conditions
  Opened on Friday 14th March 2025
  51 signatures so far

• Review how to close the gender health gap and improve women's healthcare
  Opened on Friday 14th March 2025
  89 signatures so far

• Implement a ‘Statutory Dependents Pay’ for being off with your sick child
  Opened on Friday 14th March 2025
  159 signatures so far

• Fund improvements for young people with SEND who visit GP surgeries
  Opened on Friday 14th March 2025
  89 signatures so far

• Fully implement all recommendations of the 2009 Laming Report immediately
  Opened on Friday 14th March 2025
  27 signatures so far

• Legal requirement to test and record blood group at birth for medical records
  Opened on Thursday 13th March 2025
  20 signatures so far

• Make AED’s (Automated External Defibrillator) mandatory in public town centres
  Opened on Thursday 13th March 2025
  24 signatures so far

• Fund school dentists for every school
  Opened on Thursday 13th March 2025
  40 signatures so far

• Regulate & License the Non-Surgical Cosmetic Sector
  Opened on Wednesday 12th March 2025
  82 signatures so far

• End the UK’s membership of the World Health Organisation
  Opened on Wednesday 12th March 2025
  81 signatures so far

• Provide funding for a review of the efficacy of Pineal Gland Surgery
  Opened on Tuesday 11th March 2025
  628 signatures so far

• Broaden eligibility for de facto adoptions from non-Hague countries
  Opened on Monday 10th March 2025
  20 signatures so far

• Increase funding for people with Parkinson’s and implement the "Parky Charter"
  Opened on Monday 10th March 2025
  16,615 signatures so far

• Levy vaccine manufacturers to fund Vaccine Damage Payments and remove indemnity
  Opened on Monday 10th March 2025
  25 signatures so far

• Do not restrict vape flavours
  Opened on Friday 7th March 2025
  5,116 signatures so far

• Extend the 2007 workplace smoking ban and 2015 car smoking ban to include vapes
  Opened on Wednesday 5th March 2025
  51 signatures so far

• New offence for giving injectable aesthetics without qualifications & insurance
  Opened on Wednesday 5th March 2025
  26 signatures so far

• Ban chewing tobacco to prevent cancer and litter
  Opened on Wednesday 5th March 2025
  187 signatures so far

• Review the affordability of care homes
  Opened on Tuesday 4th March 2025
  41 signatures so far

• Fund access to Holistic Needs Assessment for all NHS cancer patients & follow-up
  Opened on Monday 3rd March 2025
  444 signatures so far

• Provide funding for all pregnant women to have an ultrasound for CHD
  Opened on Monday 3rd March 2025
  746 signatures so far

• Ban all tobacco cigarettes completely.
  Opened on Monday 3rd March 2025
  18 signatures so far

• Fund free wheelchairs for people who need them
  Opened on Friday 28th February 2025
  87 signatures so far

• Review and increase the amount of support care leavers get post-18
  Opened on Thursday 27th February 2025
  31 signatures so far

• Ban private providers from providing home and social care
  Opened on Thursday 27th February 2025
  59 signatures so far

• Review care for sickle cell patients within the NHS
  Opened on Tuesday 25th February 2025
  2,865 signatures so far

• Ban Applied Behaviour Analysis Therapy designed to reduce Autistic Stimming
  Opened on Tuesday 25th February 2025
  150 signatures so far

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

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

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

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

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

• Archie’s Army Law - Rights for parents with a child in critical care by injury
  Opened on Monday 17th February 2025
  1,196 signatures so far

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Lift restrictions on prescribing puberty blockers to trans children.
  Opened on Wednesday 5th February 2025
  10,476 signatures so far

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Postural Tachycardia Syndrome: fund training and facilities
  Opened on Thursday 30th January 2025
  12,666 signatures so far

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

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

• Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services
  Opened on Tuesday 28th January 2025
  5,966 signatures so far

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

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

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

• Fund improved care and support for individuals with FASD.
  Opened on Tuesday 21st January 2025
  2,255 signatures so far

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

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

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

• Provide funding to support Breast & Cervical Cancer Screening for Disabled Women
  Opened on Monday 20th January 2025
  2,284 signatures so far

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

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

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

• Increase funding for transgender healthcare to reduce waiting times & train GPs
  Opened on Tuesday 14th January 2025
  1,074 signatures so far

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

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

• Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards
  Opened on Thursday 9th January 2025
  14,594 signatures so far

• We are petitioning for a National Referendum on Assisted Dying
  Opened on Thursday 9th January 2025
  10,654 signatures so far

• Review the prescribing and sale of topical corticosteroids
  Opened on Wednesday 8th January 2025
  1,012 signatures so far

• Introduce legislation restricting nonsurgical aesthetics to medical doctors only
  Opened on Tuesday 7th January 2025
  2,080 signatures so far

• Review regulation around hysterectomies in private hospitals
  Opened on Tuesday 7th January 2025
  1,047 signatures so far

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Fund post-surgery bras/breast protheses voucher scheme for all women post cancer
  Opened on Friday 3rd January 2025
  2,465 signatures so far

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

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

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

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

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

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

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