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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• Reverse measures allowing women to access at home abortion.
  Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
  4,326 signatures

• Forever Free Parking for NHS and Care Workers
  Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
  2,887 signatures

• Pay rise for NHS and care staff
  Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
  1,775 signatures

• Write off student loans for NHS staff after 6 years in the NHS
  Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
  23 signatures

• Government to cover funeral costs for healthcare workers who die from covid19
  Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
  39 signatures

• Allow free parking for all NHS employees on NHS property or their place of work.
  Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
  141 signatures

• Make Covid-19 test kits available to all care homes, for the residents and staff
  Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
  44 signatures

• Extend Coronavirus support for the vulnerable to those not currently supported
  Open from Thursday 21st May 2020 to Saturday 21st November 2020
  16 signatures

• A memorial for NHS, care, allied professionals, who die as a result of COVID:19
  Open from Thursday 21st May 2020 to Saturday 21st November 2020
  98 signatures

• Release the findings of Exercise Cygnus from 2016 regarding a pandemic in the UK
  Open from Thursday 21st May 2020 to Saturday 21st November 2020
  57 signatures

• Provide urgent support and PPE to carers during coronavirus crisis
  Open from Thursday 21st May 2020 to Saturday 21st November 2020
  22 signatures

• Change the policy on discharging covid 19 hospital patients into care homes.
  Open from Tuesday 19th May 2020 to Thursday 19th November 2020
  670 signatures

• Extend requirements for self-isolation to people with symptoms of any virus
  Open from Tuesday 19th May 2020 to Thursday 19th November 2020
  23 signatures

• Fund free access to bedside TVs and newspapers in hospitals during Covid-19
  Open from Tuesday 19th May 2020 to Thursday 19th November 2020
  18 signatures

• Criminalise the spread of medical misinformation for financial gain.
  Open from Monday 18th May 2020 to Wednesday 18th November 2020
  27 signatures

• Designate a day for the recognition of our NHS and all Emergency Services.
  Open from Friday 15th May 2020 to Sunday 15th November 2020
  192 signatures

• COVID-19: Commandeer production of British-made PPE for frontline staff
  Open from Friday 15th May 2020 to Sunday 15th November 2020
  138 signatures

• Fund free TV access for hospital patients during Covid-19 outbreak
  Open from Friday 15th May 2020 to Sunday 15th November 2020
  19 signatures

• Investigate NHS Supply Chain performance providing PPE to frontline staff.
  Open from Thursday 14th May 2020 to Saturday 14th November 2020
  1,121 signatures

• Provide accreditation for volunteers in Government-supported Covid-19 schemes
  Open from Wednesday 13th May 2020 to Friday 13th November 2020
  33 signatures

• Hold a royal commission into the state of the NHS at the start of Covid19 crisis
  Open from Tuesday 12th May 2020 to Thursday 12th November 2020
  21 signatures

• Pay NHS nurses & newly qualified teachers a starting salary of £35k.
  Open from Tuesday 12th May 2020 to Thursday 12th November 2020
  179 signatures

• Pay all NHS Staff at least the Real Living Wage!
  Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
  22 signatures

• Allow paramedic prescribers to prescribe controlled drugs
  Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
  1,213 signatures

• Free prescriptions for all carers, emergency personnel, NHS workers and police
  Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
  111 signatures

• Remove the criteria for men who have sex with men to wait before donating blood
  Open from Wednesday 6th May 2020 to Friday 6th November 2020
  522 signatures

• Fund increased pay for lower band nurses and care assistants
  Open from Wednesday 6th May 2020 to Friday 6th November 2020
  78 signatures

• Ban the sale of tobacco during the covid-19 outbreak
  Open from Wednesday 6th May 2020 to Friday 6th November 2020
  42 signatures

• Pay NHS Agency Nurses, Doctors and Healthcare staff a wage if they self isolate
  Open from Wednesday 6th May 2020 to Friday 6th November 2020
  23 signatures

• Extend access to an NHS funded pension to Retail Community Pharmacists
  Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
  1,134 signatures

• Require Social Services to Record All Meetings
  Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
  288 signatures

• Delay the ban on Menthol Cigarettes until after the COVID-19 Pandemic
  Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
  96 signatures

• Ban the sale and use of all cigarettes (including e-cigarettes) by 2030.
  Open from Wednesday 29th April 2020 to Thursday 29th October 2020
  44 signatures

• Supply surgical masks to be used by the general public
  Open from Wednesday 29th April 2020 to Thursday 29th October 2020
  39 signatures

• Supply and mandate the use of face masks and gloves
  Open from Wednesday 29th April 2020 to Thursday 29th October 2020
  45 signatures

• Introduce Fines for people wasting NHS time during the Corona virus Outbreak
  Open from Wednesday 29th April 2020 to Thursday 29th October 2020
  21 signatures

• Provide airport key workers with masks for personal protection
  Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
  32 signatures

• Fund free TV for all patients in NHS hospitals.
  Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
  51 signatures

• Provide 'safe supply' of drugs to people with addiction during COVID-19 shutdown
  Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
  35 signatures

• Help international healthcare professionals to join the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
  195 signatures

• During Covid-19 pandemic, make PPE on prescription for those most at risk.
  Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
  21 signatures

• Requisition Coronavirus Test Kits from private providers and redirect to the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
  46 signatures

• Give single parents the right to stay at home due to Covid-19
  Open from Monday 27th April 2020 to Tuesday 27th October 2020
  34 signatures

• Ban spitting in the street especially in light of the covid-19 threat
  Open from Monday 27th April 2020 to Tuesday 27th October 2020
  272 signatures

• Provide all workers dealing with the public PPE to be protected from COVID-19
  Open from Monday 27th April 2020 to Tuesday 27th October 2020
  50 signatures

• Emergency funding increase for mental health services due to Covid -19 pandemic
  Open from Friday 24th April 2020 to Saturday 24th October 2020
  338 signatures

• Make parking for all NHS staff free all of the time.
  Open from Friday 24th April 2020 to Saturday 24th October 2020
  59,835 signatures

• Protect the NHS and healthcare workers from legal action during COVID19
  Open from Friday 24th April 2020 to Saturday 24th October 2020
  68 signatures

• Reimburse health care professionals for professional registration fees
  Open from Friday 24th April 2020 to Saturday 24th October 2020
  329 signatures

• Take immediate action to find and isolate COVID-19 cases and recent contacts
  Open from Friday 24th April 2020 to Saturday 24th October 2020
  79 signatures

• Fund increased death in service benefits for NHS staff who die during Covid-19
  Open from Thursday 23rd April 2020 to Friday 23rd October 2020
  232 signatures

• Create a symptom reporting site, where people with Covid-19 symptoms self-report
  Open from Thursday 23rd April 2020 to Friday 23rd October 2020
  21 signatures

• Stop the planned increase to the Immigration Health Surcharge
  Open from Wednesday 22nd April 2020 to Thursday 22nd October 2020
  1,944 signatures

• Frontline pharmacy staff given same protective wear as hospital frontline.
  Open from Monday 20th April 2020 to Tuesday 20th October 2020
  36 signatures

• Government to fund parallel running of mass production for all Covid-19 trials.
  Open from Monday 20th April 2020 to Tuesday 20th October 2020
  13 signatures

• Scrap prescription charges during the Covid-19 outbreak.
  Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
  25 signatures

• Revoke emergency powers relevant to the coronavirus as soon as the crisis ends.
  Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
  51 signatures

• Review the Equality Act as part of work on the National Disability Strategy.
  Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
  668 signatures

• Fund and provide safety clothing for the supermarket staff on the frontline
  Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
  28 signatures

• Rename the Mental Health Act to the Mind Health Act.
  Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
  13 signatures

• Supply NHS key frontline staff working during Covid-19 healthy food hampers
  Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
  22 signatures

• Fund the NHS to provide increased reimbursement for community nurse mileage
  Open from Thursday 16th April 2020 to Friday 16th October 2020
  99 signatures

• Requisition capacity from the defence sector to produce medical equipment.
  Open from Wednesday 15th April 2020 to Thursday 15th October 2020
  24 signatures

• Close all shops including supermarkets during covid 19
  Open from Tuesday 14th April 2020 to Wednesday 14th October 2020
  19 signatures

• Allow childminders to continue caring for children during the Coronavirus
  Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
  25 signatures

• Make it mandatory to wear a face mask in public during Covid-19 Pandemic
  Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
  16,688 signatures

• Complete UK lockdown of all business but those essential to our survival
  Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
  198 signatures

• COVID-19 tests for everyone working in Social Care.
  Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
  371 signatures

• Require all vulnerable and at risk people to stop going to work
  Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
  30 signatures

• Make COVID19 testing available to teaching staff caring for pupils.
  Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
  35,789 signatures

• Mandatory testing for all 3 Emergency Services for COVID-19
  Open from Tuesday 7th April 2020 to Wednesday 7th October 2020
  43 signatures

• Require Drs to give patient information leaflets prior to giving vaccinations.
  Open from Tuesday 7th April 2020 to Wednesday 7th October 2020
  2,895 signatures

• Implement a Covid-19 contact tracing app now.
  Open from Tuesday 7th April 2020 to Wednesday 7th October 2020
  64 signatures

• Improve mental health services for young people (children and adolescents)
  Open from Monday 6th April 2020 to Tuesday 6th October 2020
  1,160 signatures

• Temporary nationalisation of private hospitals amid coronavirus pandemic - UK
  Open from Monday 6th April 2020 to Tuesday 6th October 2020
  18 signatures

• Fund free meals for NHS staff whilst on duty during the COVID19 Pandemic
  Open from Thursday 2nd April 2020 to Friday 2nd October 2020
  34 signatures

• Write off all student loans for all NHS staff fighting COVID19
  Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
  2,680 signatures

• Provide adequate PPE equipment for medical professionals working with COVID-19
  Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
  6,651 signatures

• Make Covid-19 testing available for all healthcare professionals
  Open from Monday 30th March 2020 to Wednesday 30th September 2020
  1,148 signatures

• Allow National Lottery revenue to be used to fund the NHS
  Open from Thursday 26th March 2020 to Saturday 26th September 2020
  139 signatures

• Make asthma prescriptions free for those in need.
  Open from Wednesday 25th March 2020 to Friday 25th September 2020
  192 signatures

• We would like the government to consider social care as equally important to NHS
  Open from Tuesday 24th March 2020 to Thursday 24th September 2020
  44,984 signatures

• Purchase more heart-lung machines to fight Covid-19 coronavirus
  Open from Tuesday 24th March 2020 to Thursday 24th September 2020
  37 signatures

• Reimburse Nursing students who are prematurely called out into the workforce
  Open from Tuesday 24th March 2020 to Thursday 24th September 2020
  159 signatures

• Provide an Emergency fund for Health & Social Care Providers due to COVID-19
  Open from Tuesday 24th March 2020 to Thursday 24th September 2020
  67 signatures

• Negotiate for UK to remain part of the European Medicines Agency after 31 Dec
  Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  108 signatures

• Create legislation requiring employers to have Mental Health First Aiders
  Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  30 signatures

• Fund the procurement of additional medical capacity from the private sector
  Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  15 signatures

• Award Covid-19 medals to all emergency services and involved armed forces
  Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  4,759 signatures

• Advise people to avoid shaking hands during COVID-19
  Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  11 signatures

• Provide all pensioners a survival pack containing essentials to last 30 days
  Open from Friday 20th March 2020 to Sunday 20th September 2020
  64 signatures

• Publish estimated figures alongside confirmed cases of covid-19
  Open from Friday 20th March 2020 to Sunday 20th September 2020
  24 signatures

• Launch an online system for people to report self-isolation for Covid-19
  Open from Friday 20th March 2020 to Sunday 20th September 2020
  63 signatures

• The NHS should provide free sanitary products for anyone
  Open from Thursday 19th March 2020 to Saturday 19th September 2020
  132 signatures

• Explore options for making NurOwn available to treat Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
  Open from Thursday 19th March 2020 to Saturday 19th September 2020
  65,433 signatures

• Revoke the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and renationalise the NHS
  Open from Wednesday 18th March 2020 to Friday 18th September 2020
  30,846 signatures

• Commit to requisitioning private hospital beds amid the COVID-19 pandemic
  Open from Wednesday 18th March 2020 to Friday 18th September 2020
  230 signatures

• Hand washing facilities should be made compulsory in all public places
  Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
  77 signatures

• Protect the childcare element of Universal Credit from deductions
  Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
  49 signatures

• Make sanitary products more easily available for women and girls around the UK
  Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
  228 signatures

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