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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• Amend the Health and Care Bill to protect the NHS.
  Open from Monday 6th September 2021 to Sunday 6th March 2022
  46,716 signatures

• Require parental consent for all medical treatment for children aged under 16
  Open from Monday 6th September 2021 to Sunday 6th March 2022
  8,648 signatures

• Ensure pregnant women are offered their second vaccination after 3 weeks
  Open from Wednesday 1st September 2021 to Tuesday 1st March 2022
  13 signatures

• Fund improved mental health aftercare for veterans
  Open from Wednesday 1st September 2021 to Tuesday 1st March 2022
  496 signatures

• All dental nurses in England to receive Covid bonus
  Open from Wednesday 1st September 2021 to Tuesday 1st March 2022
  1,939 signatures

• Make piercing children’s ears under the age of 5 illegal
  Open from Thursday 26th August 2021 to Saturday 26th February 2022
  642 signatures

• Continue providing Lateral Flow / Self Test Kits free by post and at pharmacies
  Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
  4,439 signatures

• Exempt vegans from requirements for care workers to be vaccinated for Covid-19
  Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
  51 signatures

• Provide more funds and resources to Mental Health services & charities
  Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
  77 signatures

• Protect the Title Veterinary Nurse
  Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
  63 signatures

• Increase funding for eating disorder treatment and specialist hospitals
  Open from Tuesday 24th August 2021 to Thursday 24th February 2022
  141 signatures

• Extend travel exemptions to EU residents who've had Covid and one vaccine dose
  Open from Monday 23rd August 2021 to Wednesday 23rd February 2022
  35 signatures

• Review access to IVF for people with a high BMI
  Open from Monday 23rd August 2021 to Wednesday 23rd February 2022
  2,293 signatures

• Allow Registered Paramedics, Midwives and Nurses to use Green Beacons
  Open from Friday 20th August 2021 to Sunday 20th February 2022
  46 signatures

• Limit the Covid-19 booster programme to alleviate global vaccine inequality
  Open from Friday 20th August 2021 to Sunday 20th February 2022
  66 signatures

• Do not allow ingredients used only in cosmetics to be used on animals
  Open from Thursday 19th August 2021 to Saturday 19th February 2022
  58 signatures

• Protect free NHS prescriptions for over 60s
  Open from Wednesday 18th August 2021 to Friday 18th February 2022
  46,495 signatures

• Fund extra support for those who wish to breast feed & those with feeding trauma
  Open from Wednesday 18th August 2021 to Friday 18th February 2022
  54 signatures

• Remove the smoking ban in psychiatric wards as it increases amount of incidents
  Open from Wednesday 18th August 2021 to Friday 18th February 2022
  24 signatures

• Provide additional funding to improve diagnosis of Endometriosis
  Open from Tuesday 17th August 2021 to Thursday 17th February 2022
  1,503 signatures

• Fund counselling for all people who are going through pregnancy loss
  Open from Tuesday 17th August 2021 to Thursday 17th February 2022
  529 signatures

• Ban pink mouth sponges in England as they are in Wales
  Open from Tuesday 17th August 2021 to Thursday 17th February 2022
  40 signatures

• Recognise all vaccinations using WHO approved vaccines for international travel
  Open from Monday 16th August 2021 to Wednesday 16th February 2022
  5,681 signatures

• Fund more frequent baby scans for pregnant women
  Open from Monday 16th August 2021 to Wednesday 16th February 2022
  274 signatures

• Fund a campaign to raise awareness about bile duct cancer
  Open from Monday 16th August 2021 to Wednesday 16th February 2022
  4,252 signatures

• Abolish Managed Quarantine for all economic migrants
  Open from Monday 16th August 2021 to Wednesday 16th February 2022
  11 signatures

• Make vaccination freely available at airports to UK arrivals
  Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
  13 signatures

• Make lateral flow test results a mandatory requirement for entry to venues
  Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
  53 signatures

• Recall Parliament to debate vaccination of children before this is rolled out
  Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
  28,803 signatures

• Scrap Covid-19 testing requirement for UK arrivals
  Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
  119 signatures

• Increase funding for NHS transgender services
  Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
  752 signatures

• Offer Covid-19 vaccines to 15 year olds at the same time as 16 and 17 year olds
  Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
  18 signatures

• Commission a review into the safety of contraceptive pills
  Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
  42 signatures

• Review NHS treatment of pregnant women experiencing reduced fetal movements
  Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
  10,418 signatures

• Review the safety of mesh rectopexy surgery
  Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
  828 signatures

• Review how emergency services handle location data from the public.
  Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
  376 signatures

• Require student nurses/midwives be paid the same as a HCA whilst on placement
  Open from Wednesday 4th August 2021 to Friday 4th February 2022
  29 signatures

• Accept vaccine certificates from multiple countries as proof of full vaccination
  Open from Wednesday 4th August 2021 to Friday 4th February 2022
  113 signatures

• Increase regulation of covid-19 testing by private companies.
  Open from Tuesday 3rd August 2021 to Thursday 3rd February 2022
  92 signatures

• Review and fund improved diagnosis and treatment of ADHD/ASD
  Open from Tuesday 3rd August 2021 to Thursday 3rd February 2022
  4,083 signatures

• Create a publicly owned manufacturer for off-patent, generic drugs in the UK
  Open from Tuesday 3rd August 2021 to Thursday 3rd February 2022
  10,984 signatures

• Remove quarantine cost for vaccinated key workers returning from visiting family
  Open from Monday 2nd August 2021 to Wednesday 2nd February 2022
  74 signatures

• Make patients with CVID, PIDS and CF to NHS eligible for Medex certificates
  Open from Monday 2nd August 2021 to Wednesday 2nd February 2022
  79 signatures

• Suspend the use of surgical hernia mesh and review impact on patients
  Open from Monday 2nd August 2021 to Wednesday 2nd February 2022
  541 signatures

• Review provision of care for people with special needs who are over 18
  Open from Monday 2nd August 2021 to Wednesday 2nd February 2022
  545 signatures

• Legalise the use of psilocybin mushroom species for medicinal purposes
  Open from Monday 2nd August 2021 to Wednesday 2nd February 2022
  103 signatures

• Fund improved aftercare services for people living with neurological diseases
  Open from Monday 2nd August 2021 to Wednesday 2nd February 2022
  31 signatures

• Reverse decision giving vaccine manufactures immunity from civil liability
  Open from Friday 30th July 2021 to Sunday 30th January 2022
  193 signatures

• Bans the distribution and use of combustable tobacco products in the UK by 2030
  Open from Friday 30th July 2021 to Sunday 30th January 2022
  26 signatures

• Fund checks for premature placenta calcification for pregnant women
  Open from Thursday 29th July 2021 to Saturday 29th January 2022
  29 signatures

• Early Years Practitioners to be included in exemption list for self-isolation
  Open from Thursday 29th July 2021 to Saturday 29th January 2022
  10 signatures

• Require all GP practice staff to be paid on the Agenda for Change scale
  Open from Thursday 29th July 2021 to Saturday 29th January 2022
  19 signatures

• Exempt childcare workers from self-isolation if contacted by NHS Test and Trace
  Open from Wednesday 28th July 2021 to Friday 28th January 2022
  37 signatures

• Financially support healthcare workers who are sacked for refusing vaccination
  Open from Tuesday 27th July 2021 to Thursday 27th January 2022
  127 signatures

• Give all NHS staff a minimum 15% backdated pay rise - including junior doctors.
  Open from Tuesday 27th July 2021 to Thursday 27th January 2022
  277 signatures

• Give a 10% pay increase to all NHS staff back dated to March 2020
  Open from Tuesday 27th July 2021 to Thursday 27th January 2022
  58 signatures

• Give women a legal right to have two birthing partners at births
  Open from Monday 26th July 2021 to Wednesday 26th January 2022
  666 signatures

• Ban smoking in all public places used by children
  Open from Monday 26th July 2021 to Wednesday 26th January 2022
  365 signatures

• Self isolation rules to be the same for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people
  Open from Monday 26th July 2021 to Wednesday 26th January 2022
  1,349 signatures

• Do not require Covid vaccination passports for crowded events
  Open from Friday 23rd July 2021 to Sunday 23rd January 2022
  10,641 signatures

• Create a religious exemption to any vaccine passport requirements
  Open from Friday 23rd July 2021 to Sunday 23rd January 2022
  9,963 signatures

• Allow fully vaccinated people from France to travel to UK without quarantine.
  Open from Friday 23rd July 2021 to Sunday 23rd January 2022
  2,546 signatures

• Allow under 18s returning from red list countries to quarantine at home
  Open from Thursday 22nd July 2021 to Saturday 22nd January 2022
  11 signatures

• Allow UK vaccinated residents to transit through France with no quarantine
  Open from Thursday 22nd July 2021 to Saturday 22nd January 2022
  75 signatures

• Increase funding for Herpes (HSV) education, testing and research
  Open from Wednesday 21st July 2021 to Friday 21st January 2022
  461 signatures

• Fund free PCR Home Covid tests for key workers entering the UK
  Open from Wednesday 21st July 2021 to Friday 21st January 2022
  18 signatures

• Fund more support for expectant parents who have suffered with baby loss
  Open from Wednesday 21st July 2021 to Friday 21st January 2022
  1,135 signatures

• Abolish prescription fees
  Open from Tuesday 20th July 2021 to Thursday 20th January 2022
  185 signatures

• Fund a national database and app for the location of all defibrillators
  Open from Tuesday 20th July 2021 to Thursday 20th January 2022
  65 signatures

• Require all pharmacies to support online payment and postal delivery
  Open from Tuesday 20th July 2021 to Thursday 20th January 2022
  14 signatures

• Repeal regulations on Covid-19 jabs for care workers pending impact statement
  Open from Tuesday 20th July 2021 to Thursday 20th January 2022
  5,274 signatures

• Appoint an Allergy Tsar as a champion for people living with allergies
  Open from Monday 19th July 2021 to Wednesday 19th January 2022
  20,518 signatures

• Offer the covid-19 vaccine to all CEV over 12s
  Open from Thursday 15th July 2021 to Saturday 15th January 2022
  31 signatures

• Have a full independent review into adult social care provision in the community
  Open from Wednesday 14th July 2021 to Friday 14th January 2022
  74 signatures

• Make it free to train as a nurse.
  Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
  92 signatures

• Allow any Over 18yr old to have their 2nd Covid vaccine after 4 weeks.
  Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
  60 signatures

• Include single-jabbed individuals in quarantine exemption plans.
  Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
  21 signatures

• Give all existing Year 13 students the choice to be fully vaccinated for uni.
  Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
  932 signatures

• Fund a Covid-19 antibody test for all vaccinated CEV people
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  45 signatures

• Make Covid-19 tests for travel optional or free for EU citizens living in the UK
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  438 signatures

• Treat vaccine trial participants as fully vaccinated for self-isolation purpose
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  14 signatures

• Make Irlen syndrome eye test and lenses for under 16s available on NHS
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  27 signatures

• Continue to make face masks mandatory in all healthcare settings from 19th July.
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  8,811 signatures

• Keep face coverings compulsory in hospitals
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  143 signatures

• Increase Support For Men's Mental Health
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  81 signatures

• Fund research into MCAS to ensure formal recognition and diagnosis by the NHS
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  2,728 signatures

• Fund free dental care for university students
  Open from Friday 9th July 2021 to Sunday 9th January 2022
  18 signatures

• Lock NHS pay rises to increases in pay for MPs, backdated to 2015
  Open from Friday 9th July 2021 to Sunday 9th January 2022
  5,177 signatures

• Mandatory SEN and hidden disability training for NHS, care and emergency workers
  Open from Thursday 8th July 2021 to Saturday 8th January 2022
  85 signatures

• Provide free PCR tests for international travel and return to the UK
  Open from Thursday 8th July 2021 to Saturday 8th January 2022
  6,464 signatures

• Create a fund to reimburse private medical costs paid during the pandemic
  Open from Thursday 8th July 2021 to Saturday 8th January 2022
  41 signatures

• Prioritise funding for a new hospital for King's Lynn & West Norfolk
  Open from Wednesday 7th July 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022
  15,817 signatures

• Fund free residential care for dementia sufferers
  Open from Wednesday 7th July 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022
  89 signatures

• Dedicate funding for research into Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP)
  Open from Wednesday 7th July 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022
  111,246 signatures

• Fund research into Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW)
  Open from Wednesday 7th July 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022
  4,746 signatures

• Fund increased support for Avoidance Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
  Open from Tuesday 6th July 2021 to Thursday 6th January 2022
  4,645 signatures

• Prioritise teachers for covid booster vaccinations
  Open from Tuesday 6th July 2021 to Thursday 6th January 2022
  953 signatures

• Require employers to provide breaks for breastfeeding mums to express
  Open from Monday 5th July 2021 to Wednesday 5th January 2022
  49 signatures

• Create NHS Day National Holiday + Payment of National Gratitude Bonus to staff
  Open from Monday 5th July 2021 to Wednesday 5th January 2022
  361 signatures

• Provide funding for greater holistic dementia care after the covid-19 pandemic.
  Open from Monday 5th July 2021 to Wednesday 5th January 2022
  26 signatures

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