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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• Fund increased care and support for people with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
  Open from Friday 29th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  4,048 signatures

• Require dose counters on SABA metered dose inhalers (MDIs)
  Open from Friday 22nd December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  85 signatures

• Fund access to free dentistry through mobile dentists for people in care homes
  Open from Friday 22nd December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  55 signatures

• NHS dental nurses to be entitled to an NHS pension
  Open from Friday 22nd December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  3,216 signatures

• Ban smoking in towns and cities outside of designated areas
  Open from Thursday 21st December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  46 signatures

• Allow ARRS funding to be used for practice nurses and GPs
  Open from Thursday 21st December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  11,174 signatures

• Fund increased support for Avoidance Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
  Open from Wednesday 20th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  176 signatures

• Provide more funding for treatment of sickle cell disease
  Open from Tuesday 19th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  42 signatures

• Take forward the Mental Health Bill to reform the Mental Health Act 1983
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  85 signatures

• Expand the list of medicines that paramedics can order and administer
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  44 signatures

• Review how to turn MHRA into a fully transparent, patient first regulator
  Open from Monday 18th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  13,194 signatures

• Provide compensation for private dental costs due to shortage of NHS dentists
  Open from Friday 15th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  135 signatures

• Launch a review of infant care within NHS England
  Open from Thursday 14th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  538 signatures

• Require bowel care policies and specialist bowel care at all NHS hospitals
  Open from Thursday 14th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  8,933 signatures

• Investigate NHS shortages of weight-loss injections
  Open from Thursday 14th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  15 signatures

• Make the exclusion zones for pro-life activists larger
  Open from Tuesday 12th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Provide Funding for Neurodiversity Diagnostic Assessments in State Schools
  Open from Monday 11th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  908 signatures

• Allow registered Clinical Scientists to prescribe medication
  Open from Thursday 7th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  49 signatures

• Provide funding to reduce NHS waiting times for surgery for children
  Open from Thursday 7th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  72 signatures

• Fund breast cancer screening from the age of 40
  Open from Wednesday 6th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  12,601 signatures

• Invest £16 million into improving dementia diagnostics
  Open from Monday 4th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  330 signatures

• Extend the HRT Prescription Prepayment Certificate to male HRT therapy
  Open from Monday 4th December 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  17 signatures

• Review healthcare provision for people moved into temporary accommodation
  Open from Thursday 30th November 2023 to Wednesday 29th May 2024
  70 signatures

• Increase financial support for children in care and care leavers
  Open from Tuesday 28th November 2023 to Tuesday 28th May 2024
  36 signatures

• Restrict sale of vapes to 21 year olds with valid identification
  Open from Monday 27th November 2023 to Monday 27th May 2024
  57 signatures

• Introduce mandatory regulation for non-medic aesthetic practitioners
  Open from Monday 27th November 2023 to Monday 27th May 2024
  574 signatures

• Remove restrictions on promotional deals and discounts for baby formula
  Open from Friday 24th November 2023 to Friday 24th May 2024
  227 signatures

• Commission a Review of Practice-based Research Evidence of Yoga
  Open from Thursday 23rd November 2023 to Thursday 23rd May 2024
  904 signatures

• Hold a statutory public inquiry into Gender Identity Ideology and Queer Theory
  Open from Wednesday 22nd November 2023 to Wednesday 22nd May 2024
  12,190 signatures

• Review access to neuropsychology services
  Open from Tuesday 21st November 2023 to Tuesday 21st May 2024
  994 signatures

• Create a free service for adopted people to check their DNA and find relatives
  Open from Tuesday 21st November 2023 to Tuesday 21st May 2024
  22 signatures

• Fund routine breast cancer screening for people of all ages
  Open from Tuesday 21st November 2023 to Tuesday 21st May 2024
  33 signatures

• Give NHS patients a right to a second opinion
  Open from Monday 20th November 2023 to Monday 20th May 2024
  31 signatures

• Hold a Public Inquiry into the shortage of ADHD medication
  Open from Thursday 16th November 2023 to Thursday 16th May 2024
  3,175 signatures

• Fund continued access to modulators drugs for Cystic Fibrosis patients
  Open from Wednesday 15th November 2023 to Wednesday 15th May 2024
  72,253 signatures

• Require impact assessments and approval of MPs for all emergency legislation
  Open from Monday 13th November 2023 to Monday 13th May 2024
  99 signatures

• Contract independent hospital providers to enhance choice of public healthcare.
  Open from Wednesday 8th November 2023 to Wednesday 8th May 2024
  321 signatures

• Provide funding for further research into women's hormones at all ages
  Open from Tuesday 7th November 2023 to Tuesday 7th May 2024
  89 signatures

• Increase minimum wage for care home workers to £15 an hour
  Open from Tuesday 7th November 2023 to Tuesday 7th May 2024
  692 signatures

• Hold a referendum on the UK's membership of the World Health Organization
  Open from Thursday 2nd November 2023 to Thursday 2nd May 2024
  169 signatures

• Fund checks for the menopause for over 40s
  Open from Wednesday 1st November 2023 to Wednesday 1st May 2024
  692 signatures

• Fund egg freezing on the NHS for women with MRKH/DSD
  Open from Monday 30th October 2023 to Tuesday 30th April 2024
  41 signatures

• Review legislation relating to gender recognition and reassignment
  Open from Monday 30th October 2023 to Tuesday 30th April 2024
  51 signatures

• Fund pulse oximetry testing for all newborns before discharge
  Open from Monday 30th October 2023 to Tuesday 30th April 2024
  30 signatures

• Increase funding for services to support adults with autism/mental health issues
  Open from Thursday 26th October 2023 to Friday 26th April 2024
  56 signatures

• Reform the Mental Health Act to restrict detention powers
  Open from Thursday 26th October 2023 to Friday 26th April 2024
  35 signatures

• Fund more services to support adults with autism and mental health issues
  Open from Wednesday 25th October 2023 to Thursday 25th April 2024
  58 signatures

• Ensure that PIP assessors are fully trained in chronic illness and pain
  Open from Wednesday 25th October 2023 to Thursday 25th April 2024
  88 signatures

• Require bleed control kits in train stations, supermarkets and schools
  Open from Tuesday 24th October 2023 to Wednesday 24th April 2024
  69 signatures

• Make it mandatory for children's social care to record the religion of children
  Open from Monday 23rd October 2023 to Tuesday 23rd April 2024
  273 signatures

• Protect Trans People’s Right to Treatment on Gender-Appropriate NHS Wards
  Open from Monday 23rd October 2023 to Tuesday 23rd April 2024
  1,017 signatures

• Ensure student nurses are paid whilst they are on clinical placement
  Open from Monday 23rd October 2023 to Tuesday 23rd April 2024
  2,514 signatures

• Ban e-cigarette and vaping products for next generation
  Open from Thursday 19th October 2023 to Friday 19th April 2024
  80 signatures

• End current PIP assessments and consider claims on medical advice alone
  Open from Thursday 19th October 2023 to Friday 19th April 2024
  295 signatures

• End the UK’s membership of the World Health Organization
  Open from Wednesday 18th October 2023 to Thursday 18th April 2024
  104,974 signatures

• Fund a walk-in mental health hub in every GP surgery and hospital
  Open from Tuesday 17th October 2023 to Wednesday 17th April 2024
  368 signatures

• Fund free counselling for victims of child abuse
  Open from Monday 16th October 2023 to Tuesday 16th April 2024
  30 signatures

• Increase funding for youth substance abuse services and increase awareness
  Open from Monday 16th October 2023 to Tuesday 16th April 2024
  17 signatures

• Go to arbitration with the unions to resolve NHS pay and conditions disputes
  Open from Friday 13th October 2023 to Saturday 13th April 2024
  32 signatures

• Provide dedicated funding for community residential services for Autistic people
  Open from Thursday 12th October 2023 to Friday 12th April 2024
  420 signatures

• Make mental health training in the workplace compulsory for all employers
  Open from Wednesday 11th October 2023 to Thursday 11th April 2024
  24 signatures

• Fund increased bursary for student nurses
  Open from Wednesday 11th October 2023 to Thursday 11th April 2024
  497 signatures

• Fund increased support to identify babies with tongue tie and support parents
  Open from Wednesday 11th October 2023 to Thursday 11th April 2024
  97 signatures

• Provide funding for free first aid training on how to deal with stab wounds
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  22 signatures

• Don’t impose further bans on smoking or vaping
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  155 signatures

• Ban the sale of liquid refillable vapes
  Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
  64 signatures

• Change the shingles vaccine age scheme so older people get it first
  Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
  300 signatures

• Launch inquiry into preferential treatment of White Nurses compared to BME staff
  Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
  54 signatures

• Hold a public awareness campaign to raise awareness of early menopause
  Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
  546 signatures

• Ban the use of dogs for testing and research purposes in the UK
  Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
  32,267 signatures

• Change the legal age for smoking to 16
  Open from Friday 6th October 2023 to Saturday 6th April 2024
  28 signatures

• Fund COVID vaccines / boosters at a subsidised cost
  Open from Wednesday 4th October 2023 to Thursday 4th April 2024
  23 signatures

• Hold a public referendum on whether to sign the WHO pandemic treaty
  Open from Wednesday 4th October 2023 to Thursday 4th April 2024
  1,179 signatures

• Fund routine CMV virus checks at 8 weeks pregnant
  Open from Tuesday 3rd October 2023 to Wednesday 3rd April 2024
  340 signatures

• Fund an autism awareness campaign
  Open from Monday 2nd October 2023 to Tuesday 2nd April 2024
  864 signatures

• Fund the reopening of the three state-of-the-art Rutherford Cancer Centres

• Fund the reopening of the three state-of-the-art Rutherford Cancer Centres
  Open from Monday 2nd October 2023 to Tuesday 2nd April 2024
  14,270 signatures

• Fund training for A&E staff on Ehlers-Danlos syndromes
  Open from Monday 2nd October 2023 to Tuesday 2nd April 2024
  92 signatures

• Bring in a Long Service Medal for NHS staff like Police, Fire, ambulance have
  Open from Tuesday 26th September 2023 to Tuesday 26th March 2024
  53 signatures

• Ban all flavoured vapes
  Open from Thursday 21st September 2023 to Thursday 21st March 2024
  2,572 signatures

• Free prescriptions for people who cannot afford it on low incomes
  Open from Wednesday 20th September 2023 to Wednesday 20th March 2024
  28 signatures

• Extend cigarette packaging rules to e-cigarettes
  Open from Wednesday 20th September 2023 to Wednesday 20th March 2024
  109 signatures

• Fund free dental care for all
  Open from Tuesday 19th September 2023 to Tuesday 19th March 2024
  12,896 signatures

• Fund routine breast cancer screening from the age of 25
  Open from Monday 18th September 2023 to Monday 18th March 2024
  18,655 signatures

• Hold a public inquiry into covid support scheme fraud
  Open from Monday 18th September 2023 to Monday 18th March 2024
  36 signatures

• Hold a public inquiry into whistleblowing in the NHS
  Open from Thursday 14th September 2023 to Thursday 14th March 2024
  123 signatures

• Require all NHS bodies to be managed by medical staff
  Open from Thursday 14th September 2023 to Thursday 14th March 2024
  40 signatures

• Fund more research into childhood cancer and support for families
  Open from Thursday 14th September 2023 to Thursday 14th March 2024
  29 signatures

• Fund free period products
  Open from Wednesday 13th September 2023 to Wednesday 13th March 2024
  236 signatures

• Increase funding for child and adult eating disorder services
  Open from Wednesday 13th September 2023 to Wednesday 13th March 2024
  464 signatures

• Ensure better communication between student health services to prevent suicide
  Open from Monday 11th September 2023 to Monday 11th March 2024
  243 signatures

• Review Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
  Open from Thursday 7th September 2023 to Thursday 7th March 2024
  121 signatures

• Give more funding for thyroid research and patients after price hike
  Open from Monday 4th September 2023 to Monday 4th March 2024
  11,719 signatures

• Commission NICE to review guidelines on chronic pain
  Open from Friday 1st September 2023 to Friday 1st March 2024
  52 signatures

• Review the care plan system
  Open from Friday 1st September 2023 to Friday 1st March 2024
  68 signatures

• Make it a legal duty for hospital trusts to report unexplained deaths to police
  Open from Friday 1st September 2023 to Friday 1st March 2024
  31 signatures

• Require regular psychological screening of healthcare staff working with babies
  Open from Tuesday 29th August 2023 to Thursday 29th February 2024
  48 signatures

• Make male infant circumcision illegal unless for medical reasons
  Open from Friday 25th August 2023 to Sunday 25th February 2024
  106 signatures

• Review end of life care provided by the NHS
  Open from Thursday 24th August 2023 to Saturday 24th February 2024
  108 signatures

• Fund increased access to Palforzia through the NHS
  Open from Thursday 24th August 2023 to Saturday 24th February 2024
  37 signatures

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