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 and reform Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
  Open from Wednesday 12th January 2022 to Tuesday 12th July 2022
  4,092 signatures

• Fund annual cervical screening from age 16 or when first sexually active
  Open from Wednesday 12th January 2022 to Tuesday 12th July 2022
  20 signatures

• Fund blood tests for all women going through the menopause
  Open from Wednesday 12th January 2022 to Tuesday 12th July 2022
  26 signatures

• Increase funding to research treatment and medication for Long Covid sufferers
  Open from Tuesday 11th January 2022 to Monday 11th July 2022
  866 signatures

• Remove vape tank size and refill bottle size limits for eliquid from TRPR
  Open from Tuesday 11th January 2022 to Monday 11th July 2022
  17 signatures

• Make mental health crisis support available through 999
  Open from Monday 10th January 2022 to Sunday 10th July 2022
  265 signatures

• Fund annual cervical screening from the age of 18
  Open from Monday 10th January 2022 to Sunday 10th July 2022
  38 signatures

• Increase Funding to Support ARFID Sufferers
  Open from Monday 10th January 2022 to Sunday 10th July 2022
  3,132 signatures

• Don't change the definition of 'fully vaccinated' to include boosters
  Open from Monday 10th January 2022 to Sunday 10th July 2022
  13 signatures

• Conduct a Government-led review of cancer care pathways for young women
  Open from Monday 10th January 2022 to Sunday 10th July 2022
  93 signatures

• Exempt people who recover from COVID19 (with antibodies) from the vaccine
  Open from Friday 7th January 2022 to Thursday 7th July 2022
  56 signatures

• Ensure global and equitable access to vaccines, tests, treatments, and PPE.
  Open from Friday 7th January 2022 to Thursday 7th July 2022
  11,605 signatures

• Fund free same-day PCR testing for people with vulnerable relatives
  Open from Wednesday 5th January 2022 to Tuesday 5th July 2022
  44 signatures

• Pay people to get vaccinated, including retrospective payments
  Open from Wednesday 5th January 2022 to Tuesday 5th July 2022
  30 signatures

• Fund liposuction for Lipoedema sufferers on the NHS
  Open from Friday 31st December 2021 to Thursday 30th June 2022
  2,048 signatures

• Legalise assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults
  Open from Thursday 30th December 2021 to Thursday 30th June 2022
  155,803 signatures

• Change reported COVID deaths to those where COVID was the primary cause of death
  Open from Thursday 30th December 2021 to Thursday 30th June 2022
  20 signatures

• Fund the provision of STI kits through the post in England
  Open from Thursday 30th December 2021 to Thursday 30th June 2022
  45 signatures

• Increase funding for treating borderline learning or personality disorders
  Open from Wednesday 29th December 2021 to Wednesday 29th June 2022
  18 signatures

• Scrap Day 2 Test for UK arrivals who recently tested positive for Covid-19
  Open from Thursday 23rd December 2021 to Thursday 23rd June 2022
  17 signatures

• Refund UK citizens and residents required to hotel quarantine from November 2021
  Open from Wednesday 22nd December 2021 to Wednesday 22nd June 2022
  272 signatures

• Review barriers to and support for sufferers of Amblyopia or ‘Lazy Eye’
  Open from Wednesday 22nd December 2021 to Wednesday 22nd June 2022
  23 signatures

• Exempt NHS workers who have recovered from COVID from vaccination requirements
  Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
  6,744 signatures

• Fund research into making COVID home testing kits more environmentally friendly
  Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
  49 signatures

• Require unvaccinated patients pay for any medical treatment for COVID
  Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
  136 signatures

• Fund research into any effects of COVID vaccines on the menstrual cycle
  Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
  42 signatures

• Re-introduce shielding for the clinically extremely vulnerable
  Open from Monday 20th December 2021 to Monday 20th June 2022
  593 signatures

• Recognise people who recently recovered from COVID in the domestic COVID Pass
  Open from Monday 20th December 2021 to Monday 20th June 2022
  251 signatures

• Ensure access to treatment and screening for all cancer patients during COVID-19
  Open from Friday 17th December 2021 to Friday 17th June 2022
  70 signatures

• Make people with hyperthyroidism eligible for free prescriptions.
  Open from Friday 17th December 2021 to Friday 17th June 2022
  99 signatures

• Require medical professionals to report suspected vaccine side effects/injuries
  Open from Thursday 16th December 2021 to Thursday 16th June 2022
  60 signatures

• Make Covid vaccinations a requirement for Personal Assistants
  Open from Thursday 16th December 2021 to Thursday 16th June 2022
  47 signatures

• Fund access to free period products for homeless people
  Open from Wednesday 15th December 2021 to Wednesday 15th June 2022
  55 signatures

• Do not restrict the number of visitors care home residents can receive
  Open from Wednesday 15th December 2021 to Wednesday 15th June 2022
  27 signatures

• Increase funding for children's palliative care centres in England
  Open from Wednesday 15th December 2021 to Wednesday 15th June 2022
  97 signatures

• Repeal all "Plan B" Covid measures
  Open from Tuesday 14th December 2021 to Tuesday 14th June 2022
  5,197 signatures

• Hold an Inquiry into Quarantine Hotels
  Open from Tuesday 14th December 2021 to Tuesday 14th June 2022
  39 signatures

• Fund routine bowel screening from the age of 50
  Open from Tuesday 14th December 2021 to Tuesday 14th June 2022
  818 signatures

• Do not pass the Health and Social Care Bill
  Open from Tuesday 14th December 2021 to Tuesday 14th June 2022
  65 signatures

• Introduce a certificate of medical exemption from the wearing of face coverings
  Open from Monday 13th December 2021 to Monday 13th June 2022
  19 signatures

• Exempt carers from managed quarantine unless they test positive for Covid-19
  Open from Monday 13th December 2021 to Monday 13th June 2022
  24 signatures

• Allow the collection & redemption of store points when buying stage 1 formula
  Open from Monday 13th December 2021 to Monday 13th June 2022
  264 signatures

• Change the legal age for smoking / use of e-cigarettes from 18 to 16
  Open from Friday 10th December 2021 to Friday 10th June 2022
  18 signatures

• Remove requirements for UK arrivals to enter quarantine in a managed hotel
  Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
  43 signatures

• Let non-NHS social care workers paid under £35k pa join the NHS pension scheme
  Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
  44 signatures

• Hold a public inquiry into mental health services in England
  Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
  34 signatures

• Fund a programme of mass testing and public education to reduce risk of strokes
  Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
  26 signatures

• Do not make vaccination against Covid-19 mandatory
  Open from Wednesday 8th December 2021 to Wednesday 8th June 2022
  27,499 signatures

• Allow individual GP surgeries to procure and provide Covid vaccinations
  Open from Tuesday 7th December 2021 to Tuesday 7th June 2022
  34 signatures

• Make Vapes only available on prescription
  Open from Tuesday 7th December 2021 to Tuesday 7th June 2022
  41 signatures

• Fund more hospitals. Employ more nurses.
  Open from Tuesday 7th December 2021 to Tuesday 7th June 2022
  48 signatures

• Change the law to enable sectioning for alcoholism
  Open from Monday 6th December 2021 to Monday 6th June 2022
  74 signatures

• Exempt contacts vaccinated abroad from self-isolation requirements
  Open from Monday 6th December 2021 to Monday 6th June 2022
  82 signatures

• Open a Public Inquiry into Covid-19 Vaccine Safety
  Open from Monday 6th December 2021 to Monday 6th June 2022
  107,124 signatures

• Allow vaccinated health and social care workers to isolate at home
  Open from Monday 6th December 2021 to Monday 6th June 2022
  101 signatures

• Give nearly expired Covid vaccines to countries with a shortage, don't bin them!
  Open from Monday 6th December 2021 to Monday 6th June 2022
  141 signatures

• Revoke compulsory wearing of facemasks on public transport and in shops
  Open from Friday 3rd December 2021 to Friday 3rd June 2022
  4,406 signatures

• Home quarantine for families with under 5s arriving from red list countries
  Open from Friday 3rd December 2021 to Friday 3rd June 2022
  40 signatures

• Fund free sanitary products for endometriosis sufferers
  Open from Thursday 2nd December 2021 to Thursday 2nd June 2022
  144 signatures

• Don't offer covid-19 vaccine to 5-11 year olds until phase 3 trials complete
  Open from Wednesday 1st December 2021 to Wednesday 1st June 2022
  11,116 signatures

• Require GP surgeries to accept repeat prescription orders by phone
  Open from Wednesday 1st December 2021 to Wednesday 1st June 2022
  40 signatures

• Allow British Citizens and UK residents to quarantine in their own homes.
  Open from Wednesday 1st December 2021 to Wednesday 1st June 2022
  124 signatures

• Impose a fit and proper persons test for social care companies
  Open from Tuesday 30th November 2021 to Monday 30th May 2022
  51 signatures

• Remove the English test for EU registered nurses to become registered in the UK
  Open from Tuesday 30th November 2021 to Monday 30th May 2022
  33 signatures

• Review access to healthcare for people with a learning disability
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  29 signatures

• Increase NHS dental care funding to improve availability for child and adults
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  218 signatures

• Ban demonstrations and protests outside facilities that provide abortions
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  47 signatures

• Fund self-defence classes for women and girls to help them protect themselves
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  24 signatures

• Fund a Vitamin D awareness campaign with free tests and supplements for all
  Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
  24 signatures

• Fund a £500 bonus for social care workers in England
  Open from Friday 26th November 2021 to Thursday 26th May 2022
  718 signatures

• Increase information about the vaccination status of people who die from COVID
  Open from Friday 26th November 2021 to Thursday 26th May 2022
  73 signatures

• Fast-track rollout of Covid vaccine in 5-11s post MHRA approval
  Open from Thursday 25th November 2021 to Wednesday 25th May 2022
  5,913 signatures

• Promote organ donation with option to stop families overruling donor's wishes
  Open from Thursday 25th November 2021 to Wednesday 25th May 2022
  599 signatures

• Abolish quarantine requirements when entering the UK from a non-red list country
  Open from Wednesday 24th November 2021 to Tuesday 24th May 2022
  114 signatures

• Regulate the hair, beauty, holistic and aesthetic industries
  Open from Tuesday 23rd November 2021 to Monday 23rd May 2022
  198 signatures

• Provide funding for bleed control kits to be made available in public places
  Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
  20 signatures

• Do not make COVID vaccination a requirement for health and social care workers
  Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
  13,387 signatures

• Make people who recently recovered from Covid-19 exempt from self-isolation
  Open from Monday 22nd November 2021 to Sunday 22nd May 2022
  101 signatures

• Set up a national harms reporting scheme for non-pharmacological treatments
  Open from Friday 19th November 2021 to Thursday 19th May 2022
  526 signatures

• Provide emergency funding to local authorities to improve social care
  Open from Friday 19th November 2021 to Thursday 19th May 2022
  226 signatures

• Commission a review into the diagnosis and treatment of SIBO
  Open from Friday 19th November 2021 to Thursday 19th May 2022
  537 signatures

• Exempt contacts with an EU Digital COVID Certificate from self-isolation
  Open from Tuesday 16th November 2021 to Monday 16th May 2022
  33 signatures

• Increase funding to reduce the backlog of elective surgeries
  Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
  64 signatures

• Extend annual £5,000 bursaries to medical students
  Open from Monday 15th November 2021 to Sunday 15th May 2022
  89 signatures

• Legally Protect the titles 'Psychotherapist' and 'Counsellor' for Safeguarding
  Open from Thursday 11th November 2021 to Wednesday 11th May 2022
  24 signatures

• Fund counselling for all adolescent victims of sexual abuse
  Open from Thursday 11th November 2021 to Wednesday 11th May 2022
  24 signatures

• Make loans for private mental health services available to university students
  Open from Wednesday 10th November 2021 to Tuesday 10th May 2022
  121 signatures

• Fund epipen points for anaphylaxis sufferers in public spaces
  Open from Wednesday 10th November 2021 to Tuesday 10th May 2022
  173 signatures

• Recognise immune response to Covid-19 in the Covid pass
  Open from Tuesday 9th November 2021 to Monday 9th May 2022
  306 signatures

• Fund the creation of cottage hospitals to free up acute NHS beds.
  Open from Tuesday 9th November 2021 to Monday 9th May 2022
  37 signatures

• Create a new register and regulatory body for Advanced Clinical Practitioners
  Open from Tuesday 9th November 2021 to Monday 9th May 2022
  15 signatures

• To set a minimum age limit for ear piercing
  Open from Monday 8th November 2021 to Sunday 8th May 2022
  22 signatures

• Fund Free Period Products - it is not a LUXURY.
  Open from Monday 8th November 2021 to Sunday 8th May 2022
  155 signatures

• Increase funding for drug and alcohol treatment services
  Open from Friday 5th November 2021 to Thursday 5th May 2022
  129 signatures

• Increase funding for crisis and acute mental health services
  Open from Friday 5th November 2021 to Thursday 5th May 2022
  266 signatures

• Allow hemp to be used for more than "industrial use of the seed and fibre"
  Open from Thursday 4th November 2021 to Wednesday 4th May 2022
  119 signatures

• Fund D-Dimer blood clot tests for use in covid-19 vaccination centres
  Open from Wednesday 3rd November 2021 to Tuesday 3rd May 2022
  32 signatures

• Allow free changes to birth certificates up to 7 days after registration
  Open from Wednesday 3rd November 2021 to Tuesday 3rd May 2022
  22 signatures

• Make Covid-19 booster vaccines available to all low immunity groups
  Open from Tuesday 2nd November 2021 to Monday 2nd May 2022
  20 signatures

• Government action to get the waiting list for diep reconstruction moving
  Open from Tuesday 2nd November 2021 to Monday 2nd May 2022
  416 signatures

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