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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• Replace self-isolation requirements for school students with daily testing
  Open from Friday 2nd July 2021 to Sunday 2nd January 2022
  281 signatures

• Provide funding to local authorities to protect health visiting provision
  Open from Friday 2nd July 2021 to Sunday 2nd January 2022
  11,528 signatures

• Fund routine early testing for pregnant women for Group B Strep
  Open from Friday 2nd July 2021 to Sunday 2nd January 2022
  54 signatures

• Extend eligibility for free prescriptions to sufferers of Parkinson's disease
  Open from Thursday 1st July 2021 to Saturday 1st January 2022
  43 signatures

• Require all medication packaging list details of a suicide prevention helpline
  Open from Wednesday 30th June 2021 to Thursday 30th December 2021
  46 signatures

• Make the Care Quality Commission responsible for oversight of managed quarantine
  Open from Wednesday 30th June 2021 to Thursday 30th December 2021
  42 signatures

• Ban the marketing of baby food for children under 6 months
  Open from Wednesday 30th June 2021 to Thursday 30th December 2021
  248 signatures

• Change requirements for managed quarantine for international students
  Open from Wednesday 30th June 2021 to Thursday 30th December 2021
  47 signatures

• Create an emergency fund for ASD (autism) & ADHD assessments
  Open from Wednesday 30th June 2021 to Thursday 30th December 2021
  21,147 signatures

• Commission a review of fertility treatment for same-sex/LGBTQ+ couples
  Open from Tuesday 29th June 2021 to Wednesday 29th December 2021
  2,927 signatures

• Make managed quarantine free for UK nationals
  Open from Tuesday 29th June 2021 to Wednesday 29th December 2021
  25 signatures

• Offer the Covid-19 vaccine to under 18s
  Open from Friday 25th June 2021 to Saturday 25th December 2021
  7,707 signatures

• Increase funding for children's social care from to £15 billion
  Open from Friday 25th June 2021 to Saturday 25th December 2021
  202 signatures

• Ease social distancing requirements to allow parents to attend school sports day
  Open from Thursday 24th June 2021 to Friday 24th December 2021
  223 signatures

• Fund specialist pathways for diagnosis and support for people with ASD
  Open from Wednesday 23rd June 2021 to Thursday 23rd December 2021
  126 signatures

• Ensure everyone receives their second Covid-19 vaccine within 6 to 8 weeks
  Open from Wednesday 23rd June 2021 to Thursday 23rd December 2021
  27 signatures

• Fund screening and public awareness for heart conditions for all young people
  Open from Tuesday 22nd June 2021 to Wednesday 22nd December 2021
  28 signatures

• Fund and require defibrillators in all public places
  Open from Monday 21st June 2021 to Tuesday 21st December 2021
  333 signatures

• Provide funding to councils ringfenced for services for the severely disabled
  Open from Monday 21st June 2021 to Tuesday 21st December 2021
  1,351 signatures

• Fund free CPR lessons for everyone
  Open from Friday 18th June 2021 to Saturday 18th December 2021
  17 signatures

• Fund newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy immediately
  Open from Thursday 17th June 2021 to Friday 17th December 2021
  11,953 signatures

• Add Sickle Cell to the Prescription Charge Exemption List
  Open from Thursday 17th June 2021 to Friday 17th December 2021
  28,976 signatures

• Stop plans for NHS Digital to share GP patient data with third parties
  Open from Friday 11th June 2021 to Saturday 11th December 2021
  200 signatures

• Make MHRA Yellow Card reporting mandatory for all medical professionals
  Open from Friday 11th June 2021 to Saturday 11th December 2021
  3,426 signatures

• Ensure mental health assessments for children are within 4 weeks of GP referral
  Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
  7,480 signatures

• Seek to join EU travel certificate scheme as alternative to quarantine
  Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
  49 signatures

• Review the rise of eating disorders in the LGBT+ community
  Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
  63 signatures

• Ensure all male public toilets have baby changing facilities
  Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
  61 signatures

• Fund and offer a COVID-19 tracking wristband as alternative to hotel quarantine
  Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
  1,156 signatures

• Create a legal right for patients to receive timely face-to-face GP appointments
  Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
  19,300 signatures

• Create a user-led, independent body to support CQC to monitor secure settings
  Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
  366 signatures

• Fund improved support for people with communication and swallowing needs
  Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
  16,102 signatures

• Make parking free for NHS staff in all NHS sites
  Open from Tuesday 8th June 2021 to Wednesday 8th December 2021
  227 signatures

• Fund free epipens for all anaphylaxis sufferers on the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 8th June 2021 to Wednesday 8th December 2021
  26 signatures

• Change the law so people with learning disabilities or autism can’t be detained
  Open from Tuesday 8th June 2021 to Wednesday 8th December 2021
  25 signatures

• Fund training for care providers on working with disabled young people
  Open from Tuesday 8th June 2021 to Wednesday 8th December 2021
  20 signatures

• Fund the NHS to provide free diastasis recti surgery (abdominoplasty)
  Open from Tuesday 8th June 2021 to Wednesday 8th December 2021
  30 signatures

• Fund testing for ovarian cancer every 3 years
  Open from Monday 7th June 2021 to Tuesday 7th December 2021
  56 signatures

• Require vaccine history be recorded on death certificates
  Open from Friday 4th June 2021 to Saturday 4th December 2021
  18,556 signatures

• Lower the age of Bowel Cancer screening to 30
  Open from Friday 4th June 2021 to Saturday 4th December 2021
  139 signatures

• Publish data on Covid-19 infections in schools
  Open from Friday 4th June 2021 to Saturday 4th December 2021
  4,174 signatures

• Government funding for the Air Ambulances
  Open from Friday 4th June 2021 to Saturday 4th December 2021
  29 signatures

• Provide funding to make ambulances accessible to electric wheelchairs
  Open from Thursday 3rd June 2021 to Friday 3rd December 2021
  16 signatures

• Reform the VDPA 1979 to improve support for those harmed by covid-19 vaccines
  Open from Thursday 3rd June 2021 to Friday 3rd December 2021
  18,778 signatures

• Ensure that everyone can get an appointment with their GP within five days
  Open from Thursday 3rd June 2021 to Friday 3rd December 2021
  137 signatures

• Fund treatment for Plagiocephaly And Brachycephaly.
  Open from Wednesday 2nd June 2021 to Thursday 2nd December 2021
  245 signatures

• Issue NHS Staff Long Service Medals for 20yrs service the same as the Ambulance
  Open from Tuesday 1st June 2021 to Wednesday 1st December 2021
  20 signatures

• Extend the NHS £5000 grant to medicine and dentistry students
  Open from Tuesday 1st June 2021 to Wednesday 1st December 2021
  23 signatures

• Review and fund newborn screening tests for cytomegalovirus (CMV)
  Open from Tuesday 1st June 2021 to Wednesday 1st December 2021
  6,576 signatures

• Free prescriptions for Rheumatoid Arthritis patients
  Open from Friday 28th May 2021 to Sunday 28th November 2021
  175 signatures

• Increase funding for mental health support for all Emergency services
  Open from Friday 28th May 2021 to Sunday 28th November 2021
  27 signatures

• Fund more specialised NHS aftercare for new mothers
  Open from Thursday 27th May 2021 to Saturday 27th November 2021
  12 signatures

• Investigate performance of private covid-19 travel test providers
  Open from Wednesday 26th May 2021 to Friday 26th November 2021
  1,468 signatures

• Fund baby boxes so babies can be given up safely
  Open from Wednesday 26th May 2021 to Friday 26th November 2021
  65 signatures

• Fund a 24-hour NHS mental health helpline and treatment
  Open from Monday 24th May 2021 to Wednesday 24th November 2021
  1,692 signatures

• Commission and publish a report on illegal economic migration
  Open from Monday 24th May 2021 to Wednesday 24th November 2021
  183 signatures

• Make Covid-19 tests freely available to all international travellers at airports
  Open from Monday 24th May 2021 to Wednesday 24th November 2021
  2,021 signatures

• Raise awareness of the risk of Placenta Accreta after a caesarean section
  Open from Friday 21st May 2021 to Sunday 21st November 2021
  72 signatures

• Make painkillers only available over the counter
  Open from Friday 21st May 2021 to Sunday 21st November 2021
  23 signatures

• Create a Task Force to Oversee Drug Procurement for ALL Post Viral Conditions
  Open from Thursday 20th May 2021 to Saturday 20th November 2021
  301 signatures

• Fund a second General Hospital including an A&E department in Cornwall
  Open from Thursday 20th May 2021 to Saturday 20th November 2021
  14,852 signatures

• Fund free grieving and stress counselling services for care workers
  Open from Thursday 20th May 2021 to Saturday 20th November 2021
  69 signatures

• Prevent Covid vaccines for children until clinical trials have fully concluded
  Open from Thursday 20th May 2021 to Saturday 20th November 2021
  488 signatures

• Fund research into antibody response to Covid-19 vaccine for immune suppressed
  Open from Thursday 20th May 2021 to Saturday 20th November 2021
  1,103 signatures

• Exempt vaccinated people from PCR test requirement when travelling to England
  Open from Thursday 20th May 2021 to Saturday 20th November 2021
  1,135 signatures

• Fund free anti-depressants through the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 18th May 2021 to Thursday 18th November 2021
  44 signatures

• Remove 24 week gestation requirement for a baby loss to be registered
  Open from Tuesday 18th May 2021 to Thursday 18th November 2021
  944 signatures

• Don’t require restaurants and cafes to display calorie counts on menus
  Open from Tuesday 18th May 2021 to Thursday 18th November 2021
  584 signatures

• Do not vaccinate children against COVID-19 until Phase 3 trials are complete
  Open from Tuesday 18th May 2021 to Thursday 18th November 2021
  74,140 signatures

• Stop the sale of homes to pay for care - Fund free care homes for all
  Open from Tuesday 18th May 2021 to Thursday 18th November 2021
  239 signatures

• Make it a legal requirement for restaurants to add carbohydrate content to menus
  Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
  10,726 signatures

• Increase funding available for Women’s Health Services
  Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
  140 signatures

• Make it a legal requirement that all medical professionals must report incidents
  Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
  1,161 signatures

• Fund laser hair removal free on the NHS for women with polycystic ovaries (PCOS)
  Open from Monday 17th May 2021 to Wednesday 17th November 2021
  153 signatures

• Make it a legal requirement for Hospital Trusts to implement HSIB recommendation
  Open from Friday 14th May 2021 to Sunday 14th November 2021
  39 signatures

• Increase funding for training and recruiting doctors with menopause expertise
  Open from Friday 14th May 2021 to Sunday 14th November 2021
  1,250 signatures

• Increase NHS paediatric funding to support children affected by pandemic
  Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
  13 signatures

• Ban the use of Piercing Guns in the UK
  Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
  4,949 signatures

• 'Owen's Law' - Change the law around allergy labelling in UK restaurants
  Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
  12,889 signatures

• Prioritise pregnant women in their third trimester for Covid-19 vaccination
  Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
  9 signatures

• 100% Tax relief on pensions for those self-funding their social care
  Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
  20 signatures

• Prohibit the sale of over the counter drugs to under 18s
  Open from Wednesday 12th May 2021 to Friday 12th November 2021
  103 signatures

• Fund mental health units in all hospitals in England
  Open from Tuesday 11th May 2021 to Thursday 11th November 2021
  27 signatures

• Lower the age a stillborn baby can legally be registered, to 16 weeks old.
  Open from Monday 10th May 2021 to Wednesday 10th November 2021
  69 signatures

• Allow medicinal cannabis to be prescribed by GPs
  Open from Monday 10th May 2021 to Wednesday 10th November 2021
  173 signatures

• Twice yearly health visits for 0-2year olds and yearly check in for 2-5years
  Open from Monday 10th May 2021 to Wednesday 10th November 2021
  24 signatures

• Require agreement with NHS authorities to consent to new developments
  Open from Friday 7th May 2021 to Sunday 7th November 2021
  907 signatures

• Offer free cervical screening test once a year to women age 25 to 60
  Open from Thursday 6th May 2021 to Saturday 6th November 2021
  539 signatures

• Make sanitary products freely available to all women
  Open from Thursday 6th May 2021 to Saturday 6th November 2021
  593 signatures

• Change the law to allow reward points/coupons for infant milk
  Open from Wednesday 5th May 2021 to Friday 5th November 2021
  85 signatures

• Fund free HRT on the NHS for women experiencing the menopause
  Open from Wednesday 5th May 2021 to Friday 5th November 2021
  5,953 signatures

• Fund free parking at hospitals for all healthcare students on placements
  Open from Wednesday 5th May 2021 to Friday 5th November 2021
  465 signatures

• Fund free first aid training for new parents
  Open from Wednesday 5th May 2021 to Friday 5th November 2021
  111 signatures

• Support business by stopping the free provision of PPE to the private sector
  Open from Wednesday 5th May 2021 to Friday 5th November 2021
  91 signatures

• Amend 'Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984' to legalise human composting
  Open from Wednesday 5th May 2021 to Friday 5th November 2021
  93 signatures

• Fund Annual CT Scans to patients who have had or are living with cancer
  Open from Friday 30th April 2021 to Saturday 30th October 2021
  1,261 signatures

• Increase funding for Black, Asian and minority skin tone NHS prosthetics
  Open from Friday 30th April 2021 to Saturday 30th October 2021
  1,742 signatures

• Sale of all skin whitening products to require prescription
  Open from Thursday 29th April 2021 to Friday 29th October 2021
  36 signatures

• Increased funding for treatment of long covid and other chronic conditions
  Open from Thursday 29th April 2021 to Friday 29th October 2021
  53 signatures

• Bring forward the date for study abroad students to get the first COVID vaccine
  Open from Wednesday 28th April 2021 to Thursday 28th October 2021
  16 signatures

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