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 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

• Allow non-UK nationals and residents to travel to the UK from red list countries
  Open from Wednesday 28th April 2021 to Thursday 28th October 2021
  37 signatures

• Make whistleblowing & responding to it a legal obligation for all NHS staff
  Open from Tuesday 27th April 2021 to Wednesday 27th October 2021
  110 signatures

• Fund free Covid tests for carers, NHS staff and their families after travelling
  Open from Monday 26th April 2021 to Tuesday 26th October 2021
  13 signatures

• Public inquiry into the use of Debendox for pregnant women
  Open from Monday 26th April 2021 to Tuesday 26th October 2021
  52 signatures

• Allow care home residents to leave without self-isolating on return
  Open from Monday 26th April 2021 to Tuesday 26th October 2021
  164 signatures

• Fund free fertility health checks on demand on the NHS
  Open from Monday 26th April 2021 to Tuesday 26th October 2021
  19 signatures

• Prioritise pregnant women and their birth partners for Covid-19 vaccination
  Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
  159 signatures

• Fund Band 6 pay for Newly Qualified Paramedics, backdated for Covid-19
  Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
  74 signatures

• Ban Applied Behavioural Analysis for autistic people
  Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
  3,146 signatures

• Increase funding for treatment of Raise awareness on gastroparesis on the NHS
  Open from Thursday 22nd April 2021 to Friday 22nd October 2021
  790 signatures

• Report daily SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern & variants under investigation data.
  Open from Thursday 22nd April 2021 to Friday 22nd October 2021
  126 signatures

• Legalise production and use of psilocybin and LSD for medicinal purposes
  Open from Wednesday 21st April 2021 to Thursday 21st October 2021
  132 signatures

• Fund hospitals to provide 24 hour access to a sonographer
  Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
  11 signatures

• Extend the forced Embryo Destruction time limit during the COVID-19 pandemic
  Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
  9 signatures

• Allow Nurses to be able to draw their pension at 60, as the police, fire service
  Open from Tuesday 20th April 2021 to Wednesday 20th October 2021
  126 signatures

• Ensure any Assisted Dying Bill includes people suffering with dementia
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  78 signatures

• Fund research on making Covid-19 home testing kits more environmentally friendly
  Open from Monday 19th April 2021 to Tuesday 19th October 2021
  95 signatures

• Create Nurse Reserve Force to avoid the NHS being overwhelmed & future lockdowns
  Open from Friday 16th April 2021 to Saturday 16th October 2021
  17 signatures

• Ensure latex free PCR COVID test kits are available.
  Open from Friday 16th April 2021 to Saturday 16th October 2021
  448 signatures

• Ban the serving of red & processed meats in schools and nurseries
  Open from Friday 16th April 2021 to Saturday 16th October 2021
  140 signatures

• Fund covid test for all health care workers who returning from abroad to UK!
  Open from Friday 16th April 2021 to Saturday 16th October 2021
  93 signatures

• Make free prescriptions available to people who suffer from IBD.
  Open from Thursday 15th April 2021 to Friday 15th October 2021
  1,570 signatures

• Fund improved mental health support prior to release for female inmates
  Open from Thursday 15th April 2021 to Friday 15th October 2021
  76 signatures

• Free prescriptions for people with mental health issues
  Open from Thursday 15th April 2021 to Friday 15th October 2021
  470 signatures

• Prioritise hospitality and retail workers for Covid-19 vaccine
  Open from Thursday 15th April 2021 to Friday 15th October 2021
  15 signatures

• Record and publish numbers of people with long Covid
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  8,808 signatures

• Provide financial support & fund research into interventions to treat long COVID
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  262 signatures

• Fund free dental care for cancer patients in receipt of PIP or ESA
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  15 signatures

• Establish community rehabilitation for all ICU patients across the country.
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  6,342 signatures

• Increase research funding for devastating disease Multiple System Atrophy (MSA)
  Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
  5,761 signatures

• Require the Smokefree National Helpline be on cigarette and tobacco packaging
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  17 signatures

• Increase funding to ensure all adults in England have access to an NHS dentist
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  687 signatures

• Make it compulsory to have a pregnancy test before having an IUD/“coil” fitted
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  14 signatures

• To allow non-prescribed storage of Salbutamol Inhalers in Commercial Kitchens
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  102,057 signatures

• Fund fully trained lactation consultants on maternity wards
  Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
  3,933 signatures

• Review NHS care for women who lose a pregnancy (miscarriage)
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  363 signatures

• Fund an early scan between 6th and 8th-week to the normal pregnancy checks.
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  95 signatures

• Mandatory training on eating disorders in all schools and care settings
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  55 signatures

• Prioritise Covid Vaccine for seafarers
  Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
  79 signatures

• Offer Group B streptococcus (GBS) test to all pregnant women
  Open from Wednesday 7th April 2021 to Thursday 7th October 2021
  93 signatures

• Fine those who fail to attend their NHS appointments
  Open from Tuesday 6th April 2021 to Wednesday 6th October 2021
  37 signatures

• Extend Embryo Destruction statutory cooling-off period by 1-year due to COVID
  Open from Tuesday 6th April 2021 to Wednesday 6th October 2021
  8 signatures

• Ban “Gain of Function” research on viruses and bacteria in the UK
  Open from Tuesday 6th April 2021 to Wednesday 6th October 2021
  106 signatures

• Include people with high Covid-19 antibody levels in Covid-19 passport schemes
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  471 signatures

• Create a free Animal Health Service for pets please
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  157 signatures

• Increase funding for NHS mental health services
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  1,074 signatures

• Protect the NHS, Press Pause on the White Paper for Health and Social care
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  16,019 signatures

• Impose a cap on cost of social care
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  58 signatures

• Allow people to register with more than 1 GP
  Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
  1,101 signatures

• Provide funding so all type 1 diabetics can receive Flash or CGM
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  4,591 signatures

• Fund free parking at all hospitals for staff and visitors
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  34 signatures

• Give nurses a 5% pay rise and then 1% above inflation for the next 10 years
  Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  35 signatures

• Increase Funding for Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment on the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  721 signatures

• Offer ultrasound scans to women as soon as they have a positive pregnancy test
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  2,767 signatures

• Increase investment in UK-based vaccine research and production
  Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
  15 signatures

• Fund NHS testing for adults with Dyslexia
  Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
  26 signatures

• Fund more training for healthcare professionals to recognise allergies in babies
  Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
  182 signatures

• Government give priority for Covid-19 vaccination to people with a BMI of 35-40
  Open from Friday 26th March 2021 to Sunday 26th September 2021
  14 signatures

• Create a National Taskforce to end Breast Cancer deaths
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  2,455 signatures

• Extend shielding to June 21st or until all CEV have both vaccinations
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  1,864 signatures

• Prioritise single parents (primary care giver) in the roll out of the vaccine
  Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
  52 signatures

• Make Cervical Screening available to everyone from the age of 21
  Open from Tuesday 23rd March 2021 to Thursday 23rd September 2021
  106 signatures

• Fund regular breast screenings from age 18
  Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  892 signatures

• Fund annual cancer reviews for anyone with a family history of cancer
  Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  31 signatures

• Fund NHS scheme for women with Endometriosis to freeze their eggs
  Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  41,759 signatures

• Provide more funding for physical rehabilitation services for cancer patients
  Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  184 signatures

• Fund Kuvan (sapropterin) on the NHS for people with PKU
  Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
  320 signatures

• Do not require health and social care workers to take covid-19 vaccination
  Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
  109,274 signatures

• Repeal provisions for Community Treatment Order
  Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
  107 signatures

• Prioritise park staff and park rangers for Covid vaccination
  Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
  13 signatures

• Give £14k pay rise to all NHS workers pursuant to the Brexit bus's £350m figure
  Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
  273 signatures

• Prevent Covid vaccine rollout to children until there is long-term safety data

• Fund free rape alarms for all
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  121 signatures

• More funding for NHS children's orthodontics services to reduce waiting times
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  17 signatures

• Fund training and resources for GPs for Binge Eating Disorder
  Open from Wednesday 17th March 2021 to Friday 17th September 2021
  14 signatures

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