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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• Make provisions for telemedicine for early abortions permanent in England
  Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
  15,825 signatures

• Keep Covid Tests Free for Everyone
  Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
  1,743 signatures

• Write off all student debt for nurses and midwives
  Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
  34 signatures

• Free access to LFT tests for families visiting loved ones in Care Homes
  Open from Friday 25th February 2022 to Thursday 25th August 2022
  208 signatures

• Louie's Campaign - Fund an annual national suicide awareness campaign
  Open from Thursday 24th February 2022 to Wednesday 24th August 2022
  179 signatures

• Give parents legal rights to half of the ashes of a deceased child
  Open from Thursday 24th February 2022 to Wednesday 24th August 2022
  146 signatures

• Make High Blood Pressure tablets and High cholesterol tablets free on the NHS
  Open from Thursday 24th February 2022 to Wednesday 24th August 2022
  42 signatures

• Require all GPs have a designated Mental Health Nurse
  Open from Wednesday 23rd February 2022 to Tuesday 23rd August 2022
  39 signatures

• Fund a national awareness campaign for NMOSD
  Open from Wednesday 23rd February 2022 to Tuesday 23rd August 2022
  856 signatures

• Fund increased research into and public awareness of rarer cancers
  Open from Wednesday 23rd February 2022 to Tuesday 23rd August 2022
  304 signatures

• Legalise Natural Organic Reduction
  Open from Tuesday 22nd February 2022 to Monday 22nd August 2022
  31 signatures

• Require smokers pay for any medical treatment for lung cancer
  Open from Tuesday 22nd February 2022 to Monday 22nd August 2022
  18 signatures

• Abolish the Coronavirus Act 2020 with immediate effect.
  Open from Monday 21st February 2022 to Sunday 21st August 2022
  94 signatures

• Fund a national screening programme to identify gynaecological abnormalities
  Open from Monday 21st February 2022 to Sunday 21st August 2022
  377 signatures

• Increase funding for treatment of chronic back pain and sciatica.
  Open from Monday 21st February 2022 to Sunday 21st August 2022
  146 signatures

• Review the diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis on the NHS
  Open from Friday 18th February 2022 to Thursday 18th August 2022
  265 signatures

• Fund research into the causes of stillbirth
  Open from Friday 18th February 2022 to Thursday 18th August 2022
  63 signatures

• Increase funding for radiotherapy equipment for the NHS
  Open from Thursday 17th February 2022 to Wednesday 17th August 2022
  23 signatures

• Fund free neurodivergence screening for all children
  Open from Wednesday 16th February 2022 to Tuesday 16th August 2022
  494 signatures

• Scrap all charges for NHS services in England
  Open from Wednesday 16th February 2022 to Tuesday 16th August 2022
  25 signatures

• Make the NHS Learning Support Fund accessible to student nursing associates
  Open from Wednesday 16th February 2022 to Tuesday 16th August 2022
  112 signatures

• Make university students in England exempt from prescription charges
  Open from Tuesday 15th February 2022 to Monday 15th August 2022
  269 signatures

• Fund a national screening programme to detect ovarian cancer
  Open from Tuesday 15th February 2022 to Monday 15th August 2022
  46 signatures

• Fund free autism assessments for all adults
  Open from Monday 14th February 2022 to Sunday 14th August 2022
  140 signatures

• Provide funding for universal access to Fracture Liaison Services (FLS)
  Open from Thursday 10th February 2022 to Wednesday 10th August 2022
  6,064 signatures

• Publish data on covid-19 vaccination reactions for children
  Open from Wednesday 9th February 2022 to Tuesday 9th August 2022
  271 signatures

• Increase funding for care for people with Spinal Cord Injury
  Open from Wednesday 9th February 2022 to Tuesday 9th August 2022
  276 signatures

• Free prescriptions for those with a long term and/or chronic condition.
  Open from Wednesday 9th February 2022 to Tuesday 9th August 2022
  20,258 signatures

• Fund an NHS programme to allow women with Endometriosis to freeze their eggs
  Open from Tuesday 8th February 2022 to Monday 8th August 2022
  1,556 signatures

• Raise the smoking age to 21 and increase funding to help smokers quit
  Open from Monday 7th February 2022 to Sunday 7th August 2022
  35 signatures

• Remove the charge for children’s death certificates
  Open from Friday 4th February 2022 to Thursday 4th August 2022
  141 signatures

• Require collection of birth registration data on both parents’ previous children
  Open from Friday 4th February 2022 to Thursday 4th August 2022
  30 signatures

• Charge anyone needing emergency care due to excessive alcohol £100 for treatment
  Open from Friday 4th February 2022 to Thursday 4th August 2022
  21 signatures

• NHS Dental Nurses to be entitled to an NHS pension.
  Open from Friday 4th February 2022 to Thursday 4th August 2022
  44 signatures

• Increase pay for all NHS workers by 5%
  Open from Thursday 3rd February 2022 to Wednesday 3rd August 2022
  147 signatures

• Extend ban on smoking in indoor public places to e-cigarettes and fund research
  Open from Thursday 3rd February 2022 to Wednesday 3rd August 2022
  26 signatures

• Fund support and research for children suffering with UBE2A Deficiency Syndrome
  Open from Thursday 3rd February 2022 to Wednesday 3rd August 2022
  146 signatures

• Increase funding to improve NHS and ambulance services
  Open from Thursday 3rd February 2022 to Wednesday 3rd August 2022
  140 signatures

• Make digital NHS Covid Passes available to all under 16s
  Open from Wednesday 2nd February 2022 to Tuesday 2nd August 2022
  16 signatures

• Require all NHS, Care and Social Care staff be vaccinated against COVID-19
  Open from Tuesday 1st February 2022 to Monday 1st August 2022
  16 signatures

• Make ASD and ADHD screening available to all children of nursery age
  Open from Thursday 27th January 2022 to Wednesday 27th July 2022
  41 signatures

• Scrap testing requirements for international travel for vaccinated travellers
  Open from Thursday 27th January 2022 to Wednesday 27th July 2022
  10 signatures

• Provide N95/FFP2 or better face masks to the clinically extremely vulnerable
  Open from Thursday 27th January 2022 to Wednesday 27th July 2022
  137 signatures

• Do not end legal obligations to self-isolate if people test positive for covid
  Open from Wednesday 26th January 2022 to Tuesday 26th July 2022
  14,011 signatures

• Increase funding to ensure all adults in England have access to an NHS dentist
  Open from Wednesday 26th January 2022 to Tuesday 26th July 2022
  320 signatures

• Allow all places of business to have adrenaline auto-injectors on site
  Open from Tuesday 25th January 2022 to Monday 25th July 2022
  73 signatures

• Create a national pass for people with diagnosed hidden disabilities
  Open from Tuesday 25th January 2022 to Monday 25th July 2022
  84 signatures

• Collect and publish data on how many children lose a parent to suicide
  Open from Friday 21st January 2022 to Thursday 21st July 2022
  392 signatures

• Require people offering cosmetic injections have a relevant qualification
  Open from Wednesday 19th January 2022 to Tuesday 19th July 2022
  72 signatures

• Don't require or advise asymptomatic people to take covid-19 tests
  Open from Monday 17th January 2022 to Sunday 17th July 2022
  17 signatures

• Remove all COVID requirements for international travel to the UK
  Open from Monday 17th January 2022 to Sunday 17th July 2022
  22,553 signatures

• Fund research into any relationship between microclots and long Covid and ME
  Open from Thursday 13th January 2022 to Wednesday 13th July 2022
  11,903 signatures

• 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

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