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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• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test
  Opened on Monday 9th February 2026
  149,354 signatures so far

• Review Maternal Vaccine-Induced IL-6 Responses on Foetal Brain Development
  Opened on Monday 9th February 2026
  16 signatures so far

• Increase available support for people with young-onset dementia
  Opened on Monday 9th February 2026
  100 signatures so far

• Make it illegal for restraint to be used against children in residential care
  Opened on Friday 6th February 2026
  47 signatures so far

• Provide funding for rape and sexual assault testing facilities in all hospitals
  Opened on Thursday 5th February 2026
  51 signatures so far

• Invest to create more parking spaces at hospitals across the country
  Opened on Thursday 5th February 2026
  50 signatures so far

• Fund screening of prostate cancer for all men over 50, every 2 years
  Opened on Thursday 5th February 2026
  93 signatures so far

• Provide funding for Veterans to remain in care homes
  Opened on Wednesday 4th February 2026
  116 signatures so far

• Require all healthcare services to provide free parking for medical students
  Opened on Wednesday 4th February 2026
  32 signatures so far

• Require Protection for Cultural Identity of Gypsy & Traveller Children in Care
  Opened on Wednesday 4th February 2026
  857 signatures so far

• Fund Cervical Length Check at 12-Week Scan to Help Prevent Preterm Births
  Opened on Wednesday 4th February 2026
  99 signatures so far

• Fund an NHS pelvic floor exercise app that is free to all
  Opened on Tuesday 3rd February 2026
  92 signatures so far

• Require NHS to start priority triage & discharge pathways for dementia patients
  Opened on Tuesday 3rd February 2026
  506 signatures so far

• Legislate for the statutory regulation of 'Counsellor' and 'Psychotherapist'

• Legislate for the statutory regulation of 'Counsellor' and 'Psychotherapist'
  Opened on Tuesday 3rd February 2026
  726 signatures so far

• Ban vapes for under 21 year olds
  Opened on Friday 30th January 2026
  77 signatures so far

• Apply the same restrictions on HFSS products marketing to alcohol
  Opened on Friday 30th January 2026
  23 signatures so far

• Extend the time limit to 10 years for medical negligence claims for ill patients
  Opened on Thursday 29th January 2026
  48 signatures so far

• Fund and Implement a 24/7 National Mental Health Crisis Response Service
  Opened on Wednesday 28th January 2026
  84 signatures so far

• Bring all social care into the public sector under the NHS & stop means testing
  Opened on Tuesday 27th January 2026
  53 signatures so far

• Protect ADHD & autism Right to Choose – review NHS caps and low tariffs
  Opened on Monday 26th January 2026
  57 signatures so far

• Build 60 new 800-bed hospitals
  Opened on Monday 26th January 2026
  35 signatures so far

• Stop mental health, ADHD & autism services review. Adopt report recommendations
  Opened on Monday 26th January 2026
  1,556 signatures so far

• Give patients a right to receive a medical second opinion
  Opened on Friday 23rd January 2026
  260 signatures so far

• Make Medicine Prescriptions Free for Asthma Pump Users
  Opened on Thursday 22nd January 2026
  105 signatures so far

• Require health professionals to always inform partners of HIV diagnoses
  Opened on Thursday 22nd January 2026
  175 signatures so far

• Introduce a national information campaign informing expectant mothers about CMV
  Opened on Wednesday 21st January 2026
  29 signatures so far

• Fund more British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters in the emergency services
  Opened on Tuesday 20th January 2026
  4,250 signatures so far

• Establish a Health & Care Commission on long-term NHS & social care reform
  Opened on Tuesday 20th January 2026
  83 signatures so far

• Recognise garlic and onion allergies within UK food allergen regulations
  Opened on Tuesday 20th January 2026
  229 signatures so far

• Government to advise recognition of level III obesity as a chronic disease
  Opened on Tuesday 20th January 2026
  30 signatures so far

• Require a National Insurance number to access any NHS treatment
  Opened on Tuesday 20th January 2026
  213 signatures so far

• Fund specialised psychological therapies for all NHS Mental Health inpatients
  Opened on Monday 19th January 2026
  405 signatures so far

• Amend the 28-day rule for the Carer’s Allowance for carers giving hospital care
  Opened on Thursday 15th January 2026
  3,630 signatures so far

• Require dementia training for all patient-facing NHS staff
  Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
  119 signatures so far

• Exempt students of all ages from the £9.90 NHS prescription charge
  Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
  32 signatures so far

• Fund and require trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming support in schools
  Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
  53 signatures so far

• Introduce an NHS data opt-out & require a consultation for system expansions
  Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
  28,163 signatures so far

• Increase full-time Carer's Allowance to at least £840 per week
  Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
  66 signatures so far

• Fund cardiac screening at age 14 years and cardiac awareness programme
  Opened on Wednesday 14th January 2026
  37,279 signatures so far

• Fund NHS Prostate Risk Questionnaire at age 45
  Opened on Tuesday 13th January 2026
  519 signatures so far

• Introduce a screening programme for prostate cancer, starting with high-risk men
  Opened on Tuesday 13th January 2026
  63,856 signatures so far

• Ban coloured vapes and vapes disguised as electronics to protect our children
  Opened on Tuesday 13th January 2026
  92 signatures so far

• Student midwives & nurses: fund childcare & stop treating loans as income for UC
  Opened on Friday 9th January 2026
  164 signatures so far

• Make abortion and bodily autonomy a legal right
  Opened on Friday 9th January 2026
  136 signatures so far

• Require family involvement in the care of adults with severe mental illness
  Opened on Friday 9th January 2026
  115 signatures so far

• Fund Covid 19 vaccinations for those with progressive lung conditions
  Opened on Thursday 8th January 2026
  28 signatures so far

• Cancel the clinical trial into puberty blockers & safeguard vulnerable children
  Opened on Thursday 8th January 2026
  147,566 signatures so far

• Appoint a Maternity Commissioner to improve maternity care for mums and babies
  Opened on Wednesday 7th January 2026
  154,487 signatures so far

• Require immediate access to full medical records and test results for patients
  Opened on Wednesday 7th January 2026
  39 signatures so far

• Introduce a Home Ownership Savings Account with tax relief for first-time buyers
  Opened on Tuesday 6th January 2026
  26 signatures so far

• Increase funding for MND research
  Opened on Monday 5th January 2026
  1,529 signatures so far

• Ensure access to non-whole meal flour without folic acid fortification
  Opened on Wednesday 24th December 2025
  3,499 signatures so far

• Review BMI use in NHS care and school health assessments
  Opened on Monday 22nd December 2025
  56 signatures so far

• Reform nurse education funding, cancel debt & reinstate bursaries
  Opened on Monday 22nd December 2025
  606 signatures so far

• Scrap the incoming ban of all online promotion of junk food
  Opened on Monday 22nd December 2025
  20 signatures so far

• Tell Us Once to inform NHS of deaths, review comms with bereaved people
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  552 signatures so far

• Require NHS to use pulse oximeters accurate for all skin tones
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  174 signatures so far

• Add Traffic Lights for Additives & Ultra-Processed Foods to FSA Labels
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  64 signatures so far

• Inform patients if vaccine was developed from aborted human foetus cell lines
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  611 signatures so far

• Fund mental health training for registered nurses
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  54 signatures so far

• NHS-funded rehabilitation to be made more accessible for FND patients
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  302 signatures so far

• Ban technology that enables pharmacies to auto renominate EPS patients in bulk
  Opened on Friday 19th December 2025
  4,700 signatures so far

• Strengthen male reproductive rights and protections
  Opened on Thursday 18th December 2025
  29 signatures so far

• Refocus investigation of maternity care and expand to include all NHS trusts
  Opened on Thursday 18th December 2025
  58 signatures so far

• Conduct a review on the placing of under 18s on adult NHS wards
  Opened on Thursday 18th December 2025
  51 signatures so far

• Create a protocol & mandate staff training for handling miscarriage tissue
  Opened on Thursday 18th December 2025
  125 signatures so far

• Review and introduce safer prescribing regulations for topical corticosteroids
  Opened on Thursday 18th December 2025
  1,715 signatures so far

• Create legal definition for Maternity Nurse role
  Opened on Thursday 18th December 2025
  333 signatures so far

• Government to fund a campaign about skin care
  Opened on Wednesday 17th December 2025
  35 signatures so far

• Make education about autism spectrum disorder mandatory for healthcare workers
  Opened on Wednesday 17th December 2025
  75 signatures so far

• Fund NHS access to Tofersen for all people with SOD-1 Motor Neuron Disease
  Opened on Wednesday 17th December 2025
  54 signatures so far

• Fund the import of estradiol implants for women with menopause
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  36 signatures so far

• Review access to mental health care for children & YP with learning disabilities
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  71 signatures so far

• Fund cancer immunotherapy treatments beyond 2 years for everyone
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  180 signatures so far

• Create shared database for professionals to log concerns about children's safety
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  43 signatures so far

• Give Next of Kin Named on Death Certificate Automatic Access to Medical Records
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  245 signatures so far

• Halt proposed NHS redundancies affecting 18,000 staff pending impact assessment
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  12,042 signatures so far

• NHS funding for egg freezing, for those suffering from endometriosis.
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  13,073 signatures so far

• Launch a review into information given for cervical colposcopes & biopsies
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  95 signatures so far

• Provide funding for NHS nurse's NMC PINs to work
  Opened on Tuesday 16th December 2025
  37 signatures so far

• Autism & ADHD Screening Mandatory for Women Before Diagnosis of Mood Disorders
  Opened on Monday 15th December 2025
  76 signatures so far

• Mandate all restaurants with soft play to have qualified first aiders
  Opened on Monday 15th December 2025
  45 signatures so far

• Fund more gender-affirming care on the NHS and increase staff training
  Opened on Friday 12th December 2025
  331 signatures so far

• Make slush ice drinks “slushies” illegal for children under 16
  Opened on Friday 12th December 2025
  50 signatures so far

• Require a full and independent enquiry before any hospital job cuts
  Opened on Thursday 11th December 2025
  177 signatures so far

• Let the NHS Recruit Australian & NZ Specialists: Cross-Recognise Qualifications
  Opened on Thursday 11th December 2025
  155 signatures so far

• Cap the price of pregnancy ultrasound scans in private clinics
  Opened on Wednesday 10th December 2025
  41 signatures so far

• Increase funding for more ambulances and A&E places
  Opened on Wednesday 10th December 2025
  56 signatures so far

• Improve NHS diagnosis, treatment, and awareness of TMJ (jaw joint) disorders.
  Opened on Tuesday 9th December 2025
  511 signatures so far

• Fund free NHS dental care for people with epilepsy
  Opened on Tuesday 9th December 2025
  56 signatures so far

• Make sonographers a protected, regulated profession with qualifications & checks
  Opened on Tuesday 9th December 2025
  386 signatures so far

• Instruct NHS England to revoke adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism
  Opened on Tuesday 9th December 2025
  3,775 signatures so far

• Increase NHS Funding, and take action to address staffing and efficiency issues
  Opened on Friday 5th December 2025
  87 signatures so far

• Make Anticholinergic Burden scores mandatory for all over 65
  Opened on Friday 5th December 2025
  76 signatures so far

• Fund research into Desmoid Fibromatosis in children
  Opened on Thursday 4th December 2025
  95 signatures so far

• Hold a review of MHRA guidance on disposal of unused medicines
  Opened on Thursday 4th December 2025
  28 signatures so far

• Require inclusive changing tables for disabled children in public venues
  Opened on Thursday 4th December 2025
  60 signatures so far

• Act now to end iodine deficiency in UK women and protect children’s IQ
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
  109 signatures so far

• Scrap the cap on medical training & increase funding
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
  425 signatures so far

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