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 pay for all NHS staff by 15%
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  6,824 signatures

• Publish weekly death statistics in the UK by cause
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  14 signatures

• Fund Vitamin D Public Health Campaign - Raise awareness to BAME & at risk groups
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  1,331 signatures

• Fund a research by an independent organisation about clinical use of vitamin C
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  17 signatures

• Automatic Yearly Pay Rise For NHS Health Care Workers
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  48 signatures

• Fine people not attending Covid vaccination appointments without good reason
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  30 signatures

• Increase funding for urgent research into devastating motor neurone disease
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  110,700 signatures

• Ban non-medical professionals from giving injections for aesthetic procedures
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  1,938 signatures

• Prioritise funeral workers for COVID vaccine.
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  6,525 signatures

• Provide regular Covid testing for hospice staff
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  41 signatures

• Fund research, treatment and awareness of Functional Neurological Disorder
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  12,894 signatures

• Make it illegal for individuals to pay to receive a Covid-19 vaccine
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  31 signatures

• Fund extension of NHS LSF bursary for students taking a 2nd degree
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  347 signatures

• Fund an annual campaign to celebrate and remember frontline and NHS workers
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  72 signatures

• Introduce a 24hr a day Covid-19 vaccination programme to speed up rollout
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  4,290 signatures

• Extend visas for, and offer free vaccination to, touring international artists
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  25 signatures

• Promptly create an awareness campaign detailing effects of COVID19 on children.
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  3,306 signatures

• Review the use of forceps in the delivery of babies
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  543 signatures

• Publish vaccination numbers by priority category and UK areas
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  65 signatures

• Require GP’s to complete health assessment forms for voluntary roles for free.
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  37 signatures

• Add Tier 4 areas as a priority in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  12 signatures

• Increase funding to the NHS to recruit enough staff, fund beds and equipment
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  50 signatures

• Recognise trained footwear fitters as providers of healthcare support services
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  425 signatures

• Allow all non-UK NHS workers to become UK citizens for free
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  268 signatures

• Make regular Covid-19 testing available to all fire fighters
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  45 signatures

• Include public transport workers in priority groups for covid 19 vaccination
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  12,351 signatures

• Prioritise COVID-19 vaccines for first responders (police, fire, ambulance)
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  68,969 signatures

• Fund surgery for lipoedema on the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
  3,341 signatures

• All key workers to be higher up the list for coronavirus vaccine
  Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
  7,947 signatures

• Expedite the Covid-19 vaccination of terminally ill patients
  Open from Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  149 signatures

• Enact law for visiting rights for designated relatives of care home residents
  Open from Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  1,785 signatures

• Fund a national awareness campaign about the COVID vaccines
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  28 signatures

• Prioritise BAME communities for the COVID-19 vaccine
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  199 signatures

• Prioritise 18-25s & people at high risk get covid vaccination first
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  48 signatures

• Require proof of vaccination to work in care homes and healthcare
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  155 signatures

• Fund free TV access for NHS hospital patients
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  51 signatures

• The Government should explore options to make NurOwn available for MND
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  112 signatures

• Protect the title of Sonographer.
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  1,720 signatures

• We should increase the pay of our NHS staff by 25%.
  Open from Thursday 17th December 2020 to Thursday 17th June 2021
  76 signatures

• Help fund local hospices!
  Open from Wednesday 16th December 2020 to Wednesday 16th June 2021
  14 signatures

• Fund clinical trials of vitamin D (calcifediol) use in treatment of Covid-19
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  142 signatures

• Fund adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) screening for children at birth.
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  11,840 signatures

• Hold a public inquiry into the use of DNACPR orders during the Covid-19 outbreak
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  166 signatures

• Change the NHS Learning Support Fund to include Nursing Associate Students.
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  165 signatures

• Fund research into better understanding and treating Restless Legs Syndrome.
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  878 signatures

• Regulate the sale and advertising of diet products
  Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
  4,313 signatures

• Fund GPs to offer annual testicular cancer checks
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  25 signatures

• Raise awareness on Selective Mutism & support adjustments in education settings
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  13 signatures

• Fund preventative mental health sessions in schools and workplaces
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  1,059 signatures

• Fund routine prostate cancer screening tests for all men over 50
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  2,714 signatures

• Make frontline NHS health workers top priority for Covid-19 vaccination
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  1,502 signatures

• Continue Government funding for national mental health campaigns
  Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
  100 signatures

• Prioritise increased funding for research and treatment of HIV/AIDS
  Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
  27 signatures

• Prioritise vaccinations for people with a learning disability
  Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
  26,127 signatures

• Publish data on asymptomatic covid-19 patients treated for other conditions
  Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
  14 signatures

• Create an Emergency Carers Support Fund to increase care worker wages
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  24,633 signatures

• To create a Remembrance Day for healthcare workers who died from COVID-19
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  210 signatures

• Remove images of children/babies from those used on tobacco products
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  19 signatures

• Fund additional scans for pregnant women on the NHS
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  218 signatures

• Recognise all members of NHS nursing profession by giving them a 12.5% pay rise
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  20,251 signatures

• Enable visits by relatives of care home residents using rapid Covid-19 tests
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  329 signatures

• Ensure that damage liability exists with the manufacturer of a vaccine
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  102 signatures

• Immediately fund local services to prevent mental health pandemic
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  46 signatures

• Fund an NHS mental health texting service
  Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
  15 signatures

• To pay every NHS and Social Care Worker in England a £500 "Thank You" Bonus
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  16,278 signatures

• Make face-coverings mandatory for all children in public places
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  28 signatures

• Fund free prescriptions for two years for anyone who has had Covid-19
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  19 signatures

• Increase pay for NHS Mental Health Workers
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  16 signatures

• Fund private rooms for those who have suffered baby loss
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  19 signatures

• Prioritise elected representatives and the royal family for Covid-19 vaccine
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  46 signatures

• All medical and care professionals to be trained in BSL
  Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
  658 signatures

• Introduce Mass Rapid Testing to Birmingham
  Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
  43 signatures

• Ban smoking in parks and recreation ground including sports grounds
  Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
  23 signatures

• Make face-masks mandatory in all public spaces - indoors and out
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  84 signatures

• Require people exempt from wearing face coverings to wear a face shield
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  56 signatures

• Fund appropriate support for children with Speech & Communication Disorders.
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  1,251 signatures

• Ensure medical and dental students are paid whilst on placement
  Open from Tuesday 1st December 2020 to Tuesday 1st June 2021
  12 signatures

• Fund an NHS app for period tracking and sexual health advice for women.
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  192 signatures

• Increase investment in Pancreatic Cancer research
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  10,541 signatures

• Prioritise women trying for a baby for Covid vaccines
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  67 signatures

• Prioritise university workers for COVID 19 vaccine
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  69 signatures

• Include uni lecturers/students in the priority groups for covid vaccinations
  Open from Monday 30th November 2020 to Sunday 30th May 2021
  678 signatures

• Provide more support for military veterans with PTSD
  Open from Thursday 26th November 2020 to Wednesday 26th May 2021
  79 signatures

• Fund free NHS assessments for learning difficulties for adults
  Open from Wednesday 25th November 2020 to Tuesday 25th May 2021
  791 signatures

• Cap number of pharmacy students due to oversupply of registered UK pharmacists
  Open from Tuesday 24th November 2020 to Monday 24th May 2021
  468 signatures

• Abolish the 3-month ban on donating blood for men who have had sex with men
  Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
  273 signatures

• Establish a Government scheme to recognise people with hidden disabilities
  Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
  187 signatures

• Extend eligibility for MedEx certificates to people with POI who need HRT
  Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
  673 signatures

• Require all CCGs in England to offer 3 rounds of IVF
  Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
  667 signatures

• Prioritise the extremely clinically vulnerable for COVID-19 vaccine
  Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
  1,306 signatures

• Fund free parking for all NHS workers
  Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
  201 signatures

• Review the financial and physical support available to ME sufferers.
  Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
  110 signatures

• Hold an urgent review into gynaecological cancer misdiagnosis and late diagnosis
  Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
  39 signatures

• NHS staff should be awarded a service medal for working through covid-19.
  Open from Friday 20th November 2020 to Thursday 20th May 2021
  405 signatures

• Extend Healthy Start Vouchers To All Pupils In Primary School
  Open from Thursday 19th November 2020 to Wednesday 19th May 2021
  18 signatures

• Increase funding for crisis and acute mental health services
  Open from Tuesday 17th November 2020 to Monday 17th May 2021
  6,419 signatures

• Ensure bowel cancer screening is offered to all adults
  Open from Tuesday 17th November 2020 to Monday 17th May 2021
  7,331 signatures

• Assess dependents' needs if a parent is diagnosed with long-term health problems
  Open from Monday 16th November 2020 to Sunday 16th May 2021
  26 signatures

• Create a Government compensation scheme for all mesh implant recipients
  Open from Friday 13th November 2020 to Thursday 13th May 2021
  4,505 signatures

• Remove exemptions allowing funeral attendance by people who are self-isolating
  Open from Thursday 12th November 2020 to Wednesday 12th May 2021
  58 signatures

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