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 any VAT applied to medical supplies and how expiry dates are calculated
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
  24 signatures so far

• Hold an inquiry into CAMHS and NHS children’s mental health delays
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
  33,784 signatures so far

• Ensure post-adopted children are able to remain in contact with people they love
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
  481 signatures so far

• Make Letterbox Contact a Legal Requirement for safe Birth Parents
  Opened on Wednesday 3rd December 2025
  99 signatures so far

• Allow UK nationals living abroad to donate organs in the UK
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd December 2025
  19 signatures so far

• Extend the NHS Learning Support Fund to fully include pharmacy students
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd December 2025
  6,365 signatures so far

• Ban the use of private numbers for all NHS telephone correspondence
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd December 2025
  39 signatures so far

• Fund free social care for all disabled people on the NHS
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd December 2025
  38 signatures so far

• Fund rehabilitation centres to replace prison for addiction related crimes
  Opened on Tuesday 2nd December 2025
  26 signatures so far

• Require NHS staff who insert cannulas to have refresher training every 3 years.
  Opened on Monday 1st December 2025
  94 signatures so far

• Extend CQC regulation to cover health and care employment agencies
  Opened on Monday 1st December 2025
  56 signatures so far

• Review guidance and fund training for psychiatric and mental health care staff
  Opened on Friday 28th November 2025
  44 signatures so far

• Review care and support given to women facing ovary removal
  Opened on Friday 28th November 2025
  665 signatures so far

• Fund a COVID-19 Booster Vaccination for All NHS Healthcare Workers
  Opened on Friday 28th November 2025
  643 signatures so far

• Provide equal NHS funding for all Hospices
  Opened on Friday 28th November 2025
  285 signatures so far

• Require period product packaging to include information about health
  Opened on Friday 28th November 2025
  37 signatures so far

• Fund therapeutic support service for women with suspected or late-diagnosed ADHD
  Opened on Thursday 27th November 2025
  57 signatures so far

• Ban smoking and vaping while walking or in transit in public spaces
  Opened on Thursday 27th November 2025
  102 signatures so far

• Fund joined-up menopause care integrating neurodivergence & mental health
  Opened on Thursday 27th November 2025
  65 signatures so far

• Government to fund vorasidenib for NHS patients
  Opened on Thursday 27th November 2025
  3,288 signatures so far

• Government to change the guidelines on double mastectomies
  Opened on Thursday 27th November 2025
  255 signatures so far

• Review NHS policy on masks, safe air & ventilation to protect vulnerable 
  Opened on Tuesday 25th November 2025
  735 signatures so far

• Introduce the care home fees cap for personal care costs
  Opened on Monday 24th November 2025
  192 signatures so far

• Fund hair removal on the NHS for women with PCOS / hirsutism
  Opened on Friday 21st November 2025
  553 signatures so far

• Make mental health support standard for parents of seriously ill children
  Opened on Friday 21st November 2025
  3,701 signatures so far

• Review barriers & fund accessibility pathway for M.E & Chronic Illness patients
  Opened on Friday 21st November 2025
  505 signatures so far

• Require DBS Checks for Tattoo Artists in England
  Opened on Friday 21st November 2025
  10,507 signatures so far

• Fund pay for student nurses and midwives for placement hours
  Opened on Thursday 20th November 2025
  14,228 signatures so far

• Fund COVID booster vaccines for the general public
  Opened on Thursday 20th November 2025
  122 signatures so far

• Introduce law to have baby changing stations in men’s bathrooms and facilities
  Opened on Thursday 20th November 2025
  63 signatures so far

• Government to provide funding for dedicated care for preterm births
  Opened on Thursday 20th November 2025
  75 signatures so far

• Review NHS cancer treatment protocols
  Opened on Thursday 20th November 2025
  273 signatures so far

• Review the routine childhood immunisation schedule
  Opened on Wednesday 19th November 2025
  19 signatures so far

• Fund review of access & use of Naltrexone for alcohol dependence & chronic pain
  Opened on Tuesday 18th November 2025
  31 signatures so far

• Fund free mental health condition prescriptions for all who need them
  Opened on Friday 14th November 2025
  60 signatures so far

• Bleed control kits to be mandatory in all public venues, schools and workplaces
  Opened on Friday 14th November 2025
  35 signatures so far

• Update Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme to reflect inflation and disability costs
  Opened on Friday 14th November 2025
  173 signatures so far

• Include British Citizens Studying Medicine Abroad in NHS Training Prioritisation
  Opened on Wednesday 12th November 2025
  5,614 signatures so far

• Fund free NHS dentist treatment for all UK Citizens
  Open from Monday 10th November 2025 to Sunday 10th May 2026
  218 signatures

• Compel residential care homes in England to publish their tariff of room charges
  Open from Monday 10th November 2025 to Sunday 10th May 2026
  174 signatures

• Fund treatment and research on chronic Lyme disease
  Open from Friday 7th November 2025 to Thursday 7th May 2026
  142 signatures

• Require manufacturers to label caffeine content on all pre-packed coffee
  Open from Friday 7th November 2025 to Thursday 7th May 2026
  25 signatures

• Increase Government funding for children’s homes & the young people living there
  Open from Friday 7th November 2025 to Thursday 7th May 2026
  189 signatures

• Keep 5-year ILR for Health and Care visa holders to protect the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 4th November 2025 to Monday 4th May 2026
  3,158 signatures

• Review treatment of ARFID and access to NHS eating disorder services
  Open from Friday 31st October 2025 to Thursday 30th April 2026
  249 signatures

• Revoke regulations that restrict promotion of high sugar/fat food and drink
  Open from Friday 31st October 2025 to Thursday 30th April 2026
  118 signatures

• Fund free dental care for head & neck cancer patients
  Open from Thursday 30th October 2025 to Thursday 30th April 2026
  11,693 signatures

• Increase funding for NHS dentists and the NHS dentistry system
  Open from Monday 27th October 2025 to Monday 27th April 2026
  255 signatures

• Reform biomedical science degrees
  Open from Monday 27th October 2025 to Monday 27th April 2026
  30 signatures

• Fund free lens thinning and tints for people registered sight impaired
  Open from Friday 24th October 2025 to Friday 24th April 2026
  41 signatures

• Regulate outbound medical tourism: mandatory accreditation, insurance, aftercare
  Open from Friday 24th October 2025 to Friday 24th April 2026
  2,243 signatures

• Open a full investigation by scientists for the Covid vaccines effect to health
  Open from Thursday 23rd October 2025 to Thursday 23rd April 2026
  72 signatures

• Call for new laws on who can administer Botox and dermal filler injectables.
  Open from Thursday 23rd October 2025 to Thursday 23rd April 2026
  132 signatures

• Review placenta accreta guidance
  Open from Thursday 23rd October 2025 to Thursday 23rd April 2026
  47 signatures

• Increase funding for NHS cancer care to make patients access treatments quicker
  Open from Wednesday 22nd October 2025 to Wednesday 22nd April 2026
  2,154 signatures

• Review guidance for funded IVF
  Open from Monday 20th October 2025 to Monday 20th April 2026
  75 signatures

• Strengthen regulation of supported accommodations
  Open from Friday 17th October 2025 to Friday 17th April 2026
  68,918 signatures

• Review the process of NHS continuing healthcare (CHC)
  Open from Tuesday 14th October 2025 to Tuesday 14th April 2026
  35 signatures

• Create a patient card system to improve access to medical cannabis
  Open from Tuesday 14th October 2025 to Tuesday 14th April 2026
  79 signatures

• Fund AMH testing in the NHS and improve IVF access for low AMH women
  Open from Thursday 9th October 2025 to Thursday 9th April 2026
  432 signatures

• Introduce legal minimum ratios of care home staff to residents
  Open from Thursday 9th October 2025 to Thursday 9th April 2026
  126 signatures

• Fund free access to weight loss meds for disabled people & lipoedema sufferers
  Open from Thursday 9th October 2025 to Thursday 9th April 2026
  115 signatures

• Lower the age for invites to regular mammograms to 40 & perform annually
  Open from Thursday 9th October 2025 to Thursday 9th April 2026
  106,210 signatures

• Fund a graduate guarantee scheme for newly qualified physiotherapists
  Open from Thursday 9th October 2025 to Thursday 9th April 2026
  37 signatures

• More funding to strengthen youth homelessness prevention methods
  Open from Thursday 9th October 2025 to Thursday 9th April 2026
  163 signatures

• Review eligibility for people with medicated controlled seizures for paramedics
  Open from Tuesday 7th October 2025 to Tuesday 7th April 2026
  18 signatures

• Restrict public access to birth certificates to help protect children’s privacy
  Open from Tuesday 7th October 2025 to Tuesday 7th April 2026
  39 signatures

• Fund free/discounted glasses & lenses for those who need them daily
  Open from Thursday 2nd October 2025 to Thursday 2nd April 2026
  92 signatures

• Review use of the '"Child in Need" label by social workers & local authorities
  Open from Thursday 2nd October 2025 to Thursday 2nd April 2026
  234 signatures

• Make accurate medicine barcodes (GTIN) mandatory to protect patient safety
  Open from Wednesday 1st October 2025 to Wednesday 1st April 2026
  1,203 signatures

• Regulate tattoo academies and training and introduce national licensing
  Open from Tuesday 30th September 2025 to Monday 30th March 2026
  138 signatures

• Fund closed-loop insulin pumps on the NHS for all type 1 diabetics
  Open from Friday 26th September 2025 to Thursday 26th March 2026
  96 signatures

• Increase funding for PMDD, PME and menopause screening in mental health services
  Open from Friday 26th September 2025 to Thursday 26th March 2026
  12,215 signatures

• Subsidise private weight loss prescriptions to reduce obesity and health costs
  Open from Friday 26th September 2025 to Thursday 26th March 2026
  84 signatures

• Lower the age for invites to regular mammograms to 30
  Open from Friday 26th September 2025 to Thursday 26th March 2026
  703 signatures

• Introduce legally enforceable safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in the NHS
  Open from Thursday 25th September 2025 to Wednesday 25th March 2026
  10,439 signatures

• Amend law to allow advertisement of cancer treatments in clinical trail stage
  Open from Wednesday 24th September 2025 to Tuesday 24th March 2026
  157 signatures

• Fund more clinics for thyroid advice & support
  Open from Wednesday 24th September 2025 to Tuesday 24th March 2026
  520 signatures

• Fund training on Neurofibromatosis and Functional neurological disorder
  Open from Wednesday 24th September 2025 to Tuesday 24th March 2026
  221 signatures

• Cap price hikes for privately prescribed essential medicines
  Open from Wednesday 24th September 2025 to Tuesday 24th March 2026
  7,054 signatures

• Require registration and regulation of all private domiciliary carers in England
  Open from Monday 22nd September 2025 to Sunday 22nd March 2026
  162 signatures

• Reform the Mental Health Act to remove the detention of autistic people
  Open from Monday 22nd September 2025 to Sunday 22nd March 2026
  160 signatures

• Review standards of clinical/care home record keeping
  Open from Monday 22nd September 2025 to Sunday 22nd March 2026
  44 signatures

• Fund research and staff training on Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
  Open from Friday 19th September 2025 to Thursday 19th March 2026
  505 signatures

• Pause NHS Neighbourhood plans, protect local GP surgeries & hold consultation
  Open from Friday 19th September 2025 to Thursday 19th March 2026
  425 signatures

• Require care workers to have advanced level of English language proficiency
  Open from Tuesday 16th September 2025 to Monday 16th March 2026
  3,114 signatures

• Create a National Strategy for Childhood Apraxia Of Speech (CAS)
  Open from Monday 15th September 2025 to Sunday 15th March 2026
  312 signatures

• Set a 6 month waiting time for autism diagnosis & increase funding
  Open from Monday 15th September 2025 to Sunday 15th March 2026
  239 signatures

• Fund an NHS fast-track route for ADHD & autism diagnoses and treatment
  Open from Friday 12th September 2025 to Thursday 12th March 2026
  301 signatures

• Review NHS use of BMI to determine eligibility for fertility treatment
  Open from Thursday 11th September 2025 to Wednesday 11th March 2026
  98 signatures

• Fund Health Screening for all Citizens to be completed every 6 months
  Open from Wednesday 10th September 2025 to Tuesday 10th March 2026
  53 signatures

• Require female CPR manikins in all certified first aid training programs
  Open from Wednesday 10th September 2025 to Tuesday 10th March 2026
  10,622 signatures

• Require all ICBs to offer 3 NHS-funded IVF cycles
  Open from Tuesday 9th September 2025 to Monday 9th March 2026
  1,130 signatures

• Inquiry into sexual violence in NHS hospitals
  Open from Monday 8th September 2025 to Sunday 8th March 2026
  25,937 signatures

• Invest in brain cancer and give rights – turn terminal into treatable
  Open from Monday 8th September 2025 to Sunday 8th March 2026
  109,052 signatures

• Increase funding for rare cancer research & treatment
  Open from Friday 5th September 2025 to Thursday 5th March 2026
  1,218 signatures

• Fund the BCG vaccination to protect against TB as part of routine vaccination
  Open from Friday 5th September 2025 to Thursday 5th March 2026
  65 signatures

• Review criteria for fertility referrals on the NHS and fund research into PCOS
  Open from Thursday 4th September 2025 to Wednesday 4th March 2026
  112 signatures

• Restrict free access to public services to UK citizens only
  Open from Thursday 4th September 2025 to Wednesday 4th March 2026
  185 signatures

• Review the covid vaccine damage payment
  Open from Wednesday 3rd September 2025 to Tuesday 3rd March 2026
  41 signatures

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