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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• Bring in the £72,000 cap on care costs
  Open from Monday 28th September 2020 to Sunday 28th March 2021
  136 signatures

• A law to make spitting at sporting events illegal to stop the spread of diseases
  Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
  42 signatures

• Create a public awareness campaign to support people with eating disorders
  Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
  19 signatures

• Prepare for COVID-19 Human Challenge Trials by Building a Challenge Study Center
  Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
  1,138 signatures

• Fund more research and awareness for polycystic ovary syndrome
  Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
  52 signatures

• Set up an independent review into electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) practice.
  Open from Thursday 24th September 2020 to Wednesday 24th March 2021
  1,152 signatures

• Public inquiry into UK residents incorrectly being charged for NHS services
  Open from Thursday 24th September 2020 to Wednesday 24th March 2021
  22 signatures

• Fund band 6 pay for newly-qualified nurses
  Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  11 signatures

• Fund self-defence training for NHS staff
  Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  25 signatures

• Conduct an urgent review for the long-term care of the elderly
  Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  152 signatures

• Provide free face masks for certain people whilst it is mandatory to wear them
  Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
  15 signatures

• Fund research into Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
  Open from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 to Monday 22nd March 2021
  2,718 signatures

• Make Pregnancy NIPT Tests available on the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 to Monday 22nd March 2021
  26 signatures

• Make weekly COVID 19 tests for available for all Food retail workers
  Open from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 to Monday 22nd March 2021
  142 signatures

• Guarantee timely, locally accessible Covid-19 tests for all symptomatic children
  Open from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 to Monday 22nd March 2021
  386 signatures

• Law for GP surgeries to give the same annual leave & sick leave for all staff
  Open from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 to Monday 22nd March 2021
  30 signatures

• Provide baby changing facilities in all male public toilets
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  529 signatures

• Provide eye tests and glasses for free on the NHS every 2 years.
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  21 signatures

• Provide stab vests for all NHS and Private frontline and patient transport crews
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  26 signatures

• Fund regular Vitamin D and Pth testing for Chronic Kidney Disease patients
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  20 signatures

• Ensure speedy access to diagnostics and treatment for non-covid patients
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  330 signatures

• Abolish NHS Prescription charges in England as in the rest of the UK.
  Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
  93 signatures

• Make children under 5 exempt from the rule of six
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  173 signatures

• Exempt children under 11 from counting towards the 'Rule of Six' in England
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  589 signatures

• Allow Alcoholics Anonymous meetings to continue as an exception to 'Rule of Six'
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  14 signatures

• Exempt children under 10 from the Rule of Six
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  18 signatures

• Fund free feminine hygiene products for those aged under 25
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  1,341 signatures

• Review and improve support for people with mental health conditions
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  21 signatures

• Fund better mental health care for personality disorder in England.
  Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
  289 signatures

• Exclude children under 12 months from the social distancing rules in England
  Open from Thursday 17th September 2020 to Wednesday 17th March 2021
  549 signatures

• Fund creation of a new central hospital for East Kent in the City of Canterbury
  Open from Thursday 17th September 2020 to Wednesday 17th March 2021
  758 signatures

• Ban the use of BMI in NHS health checks & public service/military recruitment.
  Open from Wednesday 16th September 2020 to Tuesday 16th March 2021
  98 signatures

• Repeal section 1(1)(d) of the Abortion Act 1967
  Open from Wednesday 16th September 2020 to Tuesday 16th March 2021
  141 signatures

• Provide weekly Covid 19 tests for NHS staff and care workers
  Open from Wednesday 16th September 2020 to Tuesday 16th March 2021
  38 signatures

• Make children exempt from coronavirus "rule of six"
  Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
  20,677 signatures

• Revoke the 6 person ban on gatherings
  Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
  103 signatures

• Close all drinking only pubs & bars until a Coronavirus vaccine is available.
  Open from Friday 11th September 2020 to Thursday 11th March 2021
  30 signatures

• Fund increased access to pain control for chronic patients
  Open from Friday 11th September 2020 to Thursday 11th March 2021
  52 signatures

• Create a regulatory body and framework for personal trainers
  Open from Friday 11th September 2020 to Thursday 11th March 2021
  31 signatures

• Fund routine early testing of pregnant women for Group B Strep
  Open from Friday 11th September 2020 to Thursday 11th March 2021
  271 signatures

• Fund better mental health support for children with ASD
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  940 signatures

• Extend NHS Learning Support Fund to cover cost of ‘fitness to practise’ checks
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  125 signatures

• Fund 1 free eye test for everyone once lockdown is over
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  15 signatures

• Fund reversal of female sterilisation on the NHS where there are complications
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  151 signatures

• Review triage procedures used by NHS maternity wards
  Open from Thursday 10th September 2020 to Wednesday 10th March 2021
  10,712 signatures

• Create an ‘opt out’ system for the Bone Marrow Register and Cord Blood Bank
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  461 signatures

• Fund the NHS to make DBT therapy available to anyone who needs it
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  28 signatures

• Scientific Advisors to hold more power in times of National Health Crisis
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  43 signatures

• Have counsellors and psychotherapists properly regulated.
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  239 signatures

• Do not implement proposed changes to Human Medicine Regulations
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  22,082 signatures

• Fund free mental health treatment for key workers and NHS staff
  Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
  33 signatures

• Fund a campaign to show that people come in all shapes and sizes!
  Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
  77 signatures

• Make COVID testing mandatory for students when moving into shared residences
  Open from Tuesday 8th September 2020 to Monday 8th March 2021
  27 signatures

• End social distancing for under 5s
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  247 signatures

• FIONA'S LAW - Women should be allowed a yearly Cervical screening
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  146,637 signatures

• Ban the use of piercing guns.
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  110 signatures

• Expand the Free Menstrual Products Scheme to Universities
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  132 signatures

• Fully enact Seni’s Law
  Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
  17 signatures

• Temporarily add a black section to the blue NHS logo for 2021.
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  14 signatures

• Provide funding for surgical correction of Pectus Excavatum
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  16,917 signatures

• Ban the sale of disposable face masks to the general public
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  141 signatures

• Lower the legal abortion limit from 24 weeks to 22 weeks
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  85 signatures

• Legalise and fund research on use of psilocybin mushrooms for medical purposes
  Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
  147 signatures

• Fund greater provision of emergency dental care
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  23 signatures

• Require communication disorders to be included on any personal records
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  78 signatures

• Require public-facing workers to use clear or windowed face coverings
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  79 signatures

• Allow the Infection Control Fund to be used for carers pay before 13 May
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  13 signatures

• Ban all travel to and from Spain
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  10 signatures

• Fine businesses who put staff at risk by not enforcing face coverings
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  27 signatures

• Ban the use of RFID chips in humans.
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  23 signatures

• Test for cervical cell changes, regardless of HPV negative results
  Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
  13,308 signatures

• Increase support to new parents during lockdown
  Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  565 signatures

• Increase funding for researching and developing cancer treatments and cures
  Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
  46 signatures

• Add Crohn’s & Colitis to the Medically Exempt Certificate
  Open from Friday 28th August 2020 to Sunday 28th February 2021
  13,876 signatures

• Make prescriptions free for everyone with Cystic Fibrosis
  Open from Thursday 27th August 2020 to Saturday 27th February 2021
  5,406 signatures

• Provide support for sufferers of long term effects of Covid-19
  Open from Thursday 27th August 2020 to Saturday 27th February 2021
  2,482 signatures

• Increase funding for dementia and Alzheimers
  Open from Wednesday 26th August 2020 to Friday 26th February 2021
  45 signatures

• Do not include property in means testing for care homes
  Open from Wednesday 26th August 2020 to Friday 26th February 2021
  30 signatures

• Remove quarantine requirements for passengers entering England from Canada
  Open from Tuesday 25th August 2020 to Thursday 25th February 2021
  611 signatures

• Allow competitive Swimming Clubs to use indoor pools in Leicester City
  Open from Tuesday 25th August 2020 to Thursday 25th February 2021
  579 signatures

• Provide FREE Social Care to all in the Armed Forces and Emergency Services.
  Open from Tuesday 25th August 2020 to Thursday 25th February 2021
  259 signatures

• Fund better postnatal services
  Open from Friday 21st August 2020 to Sunday 21st February 2021
  122 signatures

• Exempt foreign students from quarantine upon their arrival in September
  Open from Friday 21st August 2020 to Sunday 21st February 2021
  7 signatures

• Create an addiction and mental health strategy
  Open from Friday 21st August 2020 to Sunday 21st February 2021
  87 signatures

• Funded and sustainable mental health support networks for BAME communities.
  Open from Friday 21st August 2020 to Sunday 21st February 2021
  65 signatures

• Prevent baby loss as a result of an Incompetent Cervix by routine monitoring.
  Open from Thursday 20th August 2020 to Saturday 20th February 2021
  31 signatures

• Allow non-cohabiting couples in England to stop distancing (as in Scotland)
  Open from Wednesday 19th August 2020 to Friday 19th February 2021
  1,258 signatures

• Require the NHS to provide single-sex psychiatric wards including intake wards
  Open from Wednesday 19th August 2020 to Friday 19th February 2021
  1,487 signatures

• Provide funding for a Plasma and Platelet donation centre in Essex
  Open from Tuesday 18th August 2020 to Thursday 18th February 2021
  106 signatures

• Fund dedicated dementia wards in all hospitals
  Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
  10,564 signatures

• Provide funds and guidance for carers to live in care homes during covid-19
  Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
  13 signatures

• Ban the use of disposable face masks and plastic gloves in public places.
  Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
  251 signatures

• Fund an awareness campaign to normalise breastfeeding
  Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
  88 signatures

• Ensure commonwealth veterans are given free NHS treatment
  Open from Monday 17th August 2020 to Wednesday 17th February 2021
  19 signatures

• Require all social workers to wear body cameras
  Open from Friday 14th August 2020 to Sunday 14th February 2021
  480 signatures

• Fund paid placements for all veterinary nurses
  Open from Thursday 13th August 2020 to Saturday 13th February 2021
  111 signatures

• Recognise and fully fund the RNLI as a National Emergency Service
  Open from Thursday 13th August 2020 to Saturday 13th February 2021
  25 signatures

• Make ear piercing illegal under a certain age
  Open from Wednesday 12th August 2020 to Friday 12th February 2021
  38 signatures

• Allow wedding guests observing social distancing rules to remove masks in church
  Open from Wednesday 12th August 2020 to Friday 12th February 2021
  188 signatures

• Fund research into improving the safety of contraceptive options
  Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
  12,282 signatures

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