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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• Set up sufficient abortion services in Northern Ireland
  Open from Monday 11th July 2022 to Wednesday 25th January 2023
  141 signatures

• Exclude US States that restrict abortion rights from any new US-UK trade deal
  Open from Tuesday 12th July 2022 to Thursday 26th January 2023
  34 signatures

• Ensure needs of autistic people are met in any future pandemic response
  Open from Wednesday 13th July 2022 to Friday 27th January 2023
  1,129 signatures

• Male circumcision should be made illegal to under 18s unless for medical reasons
  Open from Thursday 14th July 2022 to Saturday 28th January 2023
  65 signatures

• Review compatibility of detention under MHA with freedom of expression
  Open from Thursday 14th July 2022 to Saturday 28th January 2023
  12 signatures

• Make the NHS Pension scheme tax-unregistered
  Open from Friday 15th July 2022 to Sunday 29th January 2023
  11,532 signatures

• Fund more NHS Walk-in-Centres to help take pressure off A&E
  Open from Friday 15th July 2022 to Sunday 29th January 2023
  61 signatures

• Long Covid - increase funding for research and treatment
  Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
  61 signatures

• Increase legal protections for people undergoing cosmetic surgery
  Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
  204 signatures

• Fund placenta measurements for all pregnant women on the NHS
  Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
  2,555 signatures

• Create an ‘Adult ADHD strategy’ to improve diagnosis and treatment
  Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
  3,254 signatures

• Require iron content be included on mandatory food nutrition labels.
  Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
  16 signatures

• Inquiry into the effectiveness of urgent NHS mental health support
  Open from Tuesday 19th July 2022 to Thursday 2nd February 2023
  40 signatures

• Require all pregnant women to be offered APS 'sticky blood' testing
  Open from Wednesday 20th July 2022 to Friday 3rd February 2023
  159 signatures

• Increase mental health care funding for children under 11s
  Open from Thursday 21st July 2022 to Saturday 4th February 2023
  44 signatures

• Make sanitary waste disposal facilities a requirement in CDM Regulations
  Open from Thursday 21st July 2022 to Saturday 4th February 2023
  1,816 signatures

• Fund expedited treatment for babies born with tongue tie
  Open from Thursday 21st July 2022 to Saturday 4th February 2023
  1,429 signatures

• Publish data on the deaths of health care staff from Covid 19 by ethnicity
  Open from Thursday 21st July 2022 to Saturday 4th February 2023
  40 signatures

• Fund annual heart screenings for under 35s
  Open from Thursday 21st July 2022 to Saturday 4th February 2023
  584 signatures

• Provide legal recognition for assistance animals other than dogs
  Open from Friday 22nd July 2022 to Sunday 5th February 2023
  33 signatures

• Scrap the sugar tax and plans to stop multibuy offers on 'unhealthy' foods
  Open from Friday 22nd July 2022 to Sunday 5th February 2023
  131 signatures

• Increase NHS funding to provide more Plasma Donation Centres across England
  Open from Monday 25th July 2022 to Wednesday 8th February 2023
  24 signatures

• Ban the sale of over the counter medicines which contain codeine
  Open from Tuesday 26th July 2022 to Thursday 9th February 2023
  50 signatures

• Allow Parents Legal Access To Medical Records & DNA Of Their Deceased Child
  Open from Tuesday 26th July 2022 to Thursday 9th February 2023
  50 signatures

• Fund increase number of NHS mental health inpatient beds
  Open from Thursday 28th July 2022 to Saturday 11th February 2023
  138 signatures

• Fund improved facilities for ostomates in disabled toilets
  Open from Thursday 28th July 2022 to Saturday 11th February 2023
  84 signatures

• Increase funding for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
  Open from Thursday 28th July 2022 to Saturday 11th February 2023
  155 signatures

• Do not rollout Covid-19 winter restrictions
  Open from Monday 1st August 2022 to Wednesday 15th February 2023
  1,698 signatures

• Fund improved training on and care provision for ME/CFS as recommended
  Open from Monday 1st August 2022 to Wednesday 15th February 2023
  2,899 signatures

• Legalise gender selection in specific circumstances
  Open from Thursday 4th August 2022 to Saturday 18th February 2023
  33 signatures

• Increase Funding for Diagnosis and Care of People with Severe Aortic Stenosis
  Open from Thursday 4th August 2022 to Saturday 18th February 2023
  3,535 signatures

• Voucher scheme for those with Coeliacs Disease for gluten-free food
  Open from Friday 5th August 2022 to Sunday 19th February 2023
  2,334 signatures

• Fund regular mammograms and MRIs from women from the age of 18
  Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
  76 signatures

• Allow those diagnosed with Crohn’s and Colitis to access Medical Exemption card
  Open from Monday 8th August 2022 to Wednesday 22nd February 2023
  7,572 signatures

• Regulate all 'recovery' and 'rehabilitation' accommodation under the CQC
  Open from Tuesday 9th August 2022 to Thursday 23rd February 2023
  73 signatures

• Appoint an Adult Mental Health Ambassador and Adult Mental Health Group
  Open from Tuesday 9th August 2022 to Thursday 23rd February 2023
  1,007 signatures

• Fund research into Autistic women.
  Open from Thursday 11th August 2022 to Saturday 25th February 2023
  64 signatures

• Fund research into Autistic women.

• We want Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to be a protected profession.
  Open from Tuesday 16th August 2022 to Thursday 2nd March 2023
  209 signatures

• Fund private mental health care for people with mental health issues
  Open from Wednesday 17th August 2022 to Friday 3rd March 2023
  205 signatures

• Fund research on Chronic Lyme and other tick born diseases coexisting with it.
  Open from Thursday 18th August 2022 to Saturday 4th March 2023
  123 signatures

• Make urgent change to Adoption Support Fund to include Neurofeedback Therapy.
  Open from Thursday 18th August 2022 to Saturday 4th March 2023
  66 signatures

• Require period products list all materials/chemical/ingredients on packaging
  Open from Monday 22nd August 2022 to Wednesday 8th March 2023
  825 signatures

• Commission an independent audit into spending on NHS Test and Trace
  Open from Monday 22nd August 2022 to Wednesday 8th March 2023
  31 signatures

• Investigate and tackle shortages and supply issues for prescription medications
  Open from Tuesday 23rd August 2022 to Thursday 9th March 2023
  29 signatures

• Increase funding for Care Services
  Open from Wednesday 24th August 2022 to Friday 10th March 2023
  107 signatures

• Undertake a public inquiry into mental health/suicide prevention/treatment
  Open from Wednesday 24th August 2022 to Friday 10th March 2023
  216 signatures

• Ban vaping/e-cigs in all indoor settings
  Open from Thursday 25th August 2022 to Saturday 11th March 2023
  84 signatures

• Give parents a right to paid leave when a child has a terminal illness
  Open from Thursday 25th August 2022 to Saturday 11th March 2023
  942 signatures

• Allow deaths to be registered remotely
  Open from Thursday 25th August 2022 to Saturday 11th March 2023
  786 signatures

• Grant free prescriptions to people receiving statutory sick pay (SSP)
  Open from Friday 26th August 2022 to Sunday 12th March 2023
  26 signatures

• Legalise euthanasia
  Open from Tuesday 30th August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  149 signatures

• Fund free access to baby CPR training during pregnancy
  Open from Wednesday 31st August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  10,291 signatures

• Increase funding for treatment of pulmonary fibrosis & interstitial lung disease
  Open from Wednesday 31st August 2022 to Tuesday 14th March 2023
  13,208 signatures

• Launch an independent Public Inquiry into Government & NHS Covid-19 spending
  Open from Monday 5th September 2022 to Sunday 19th March 2023
  1,888 signatures

• Include Sickle Cell Anemia in the List of Illnesses Eligible for a MedEx Card
  Open from Tuesday 6th September 2022 to Monday 20th March 2023
  5,701 signatures

• Fund a national screening programme for Prostate Cancer
  Open from Wednesday 7th September 2022 to Tuesday 21st March 2023
  4,967 signatures

• Fund increased support for people with agoraphobia
  Open from Thursday 8th September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
  121 signatures

• Make Covid vaccines available privately to all ages
  Open from Thursday 22nd September 2022 to Wednesday 22nd March 2023
  828 signatures

• Fund better awareness of and support for people with brain aneurysms
  Open from Thursday 29th September 2022 to Wednesday 29th March 2023
  393 signatures

• Abolish free school meals for all children
  Open from Friday 30th September 2022 to Thursday 30th March 2023
  13 signatures

• Free prescriptions for everyone with long-term or chronic health conditions
  Open from Monday 3rd October 2022 to Monday 3rd April 2023
  1,371 signatures

• Fund improved services for families experiencing baby loss.
  Open from Monday 3rd October 2022 to Monday 3rd April 2023
  234 signatures

• Fund AMH blood tests for women aged 20+ to identify potential fertility issues
  Open from Wednesday 5th October 2022 to Wednesday 5th April 2023
  34 signatures

• Commission an independent review of IAPT services
  Open from Thursday 6th October 2022 to Thursday 6th April 2023
  17 signatures

• Legalise Human Composting (Natural Organic Reduction)
  Open from Monday 10th October 2022 to Monday 10th April 2023
  577 signatures

• Make Covid tests free for everyone again
  Open from Monday 10th October 2022 to Monday 10th April 2023
  469 signatures

• Introduce statutory regulation of physician associates (PAs) by 2023
  Open from Monday 10th October 2022 to Monday 10th April 2023
  5,922 signatures

• Provide additional energy grants for people using machines for palliative care
  Open from Tuesday 11th October 2022 to Tuesday 11th April 2023
  129 signatures

• Introduce a fourth emergency service 'mental health rescue'
  Open from Thursday 13th October 2022 to Thursday 13th April 2023
  4,361 signatures

• Make cervical screening available from age 21
  Open from Tuesday 18th October 2022 to Tuesday 18th April 2023
  426 signatures

• Launch a compensation scheme for frontline key workers living with Long Covid
  Open from Tuesday 18th October 2022 to Tuesday 18th April 2023
  1,241 signatures

• Incorporate menopause into the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) for GPs
  Open from Tuesday 18th October 2022 to Tuesday 18th April 2023
  1,452 signatures

• Create a Hearing Loss and Tinnitus Action Plan
  Open from Wednesday 19th October 2022 to Wednesday 19th April 2023
  157 signatures

• Increase funding to ensure all adults and children have access to a dentist.
  Open from Monday 24th October 2022 to Monday 24th April 2023
  2,131 signatures

• Free flu jabs for nursery practitioners and teachers.
  Open from Monday 24th October 2022 to Monday 24th April 2023
  24 signatures

• Provide funding to reduce NHS waiting times for cancer reconstruction surgery
  Open from Monday 24th October 2022 to Monday 24th April 2023
  861 signatures

• Ban smoking and vaping in all public spaces
  Open from Friday 28th October 2022 to Friday 28th April 2023
  66 signatures

• Make transplant patients eligible for free prescriptions
  Open from Thursday 3rd November 2022 to Wednesday 3rd May 2023
  329 signatures

• Set date to withdraw guidance on wearing of face masks by care workers
  Open from Thursday 3rd November 2022 to Wednesday 3rd May 2023
  26 signatures

• Make female sterilisation available on demand to all women
  Open from Monday 7th November 2022 to Sunday 7th May 2023
  30 signatures

• Make new provisions to compensate people who experience injury from healthcare
  Open from Tuesday 8th November 2022 to Monday 8th May 2023
  53 signatures

• Reform the Vaccine Damage Payment with payments based on the scale of disability
  Open from Wednesday 9th November 2022 to Tuesday 9th May 2023
  11,257 signatures

• Hold Public Inquiry on the Safety of Mental Health Services for the vulnerable
  Open from Wednesday 9th November 2022 to Tuesday 9th May 2023
  40 signatures

• Award staff of the NHS a long service medal
  Open from Thursday 10th November 2022 to Wednesday 10th May 2023
  72 signatures

• Legal wellbeing requirements to support carers after a false accusation
  Open from Monday 14th November 2022 to Sunday 14th May 2023
  13 signatures

• Fund Orthopaedic Prosthetics For Patients Paying for Surgery
  Open from Monday 14th November 2022 to Sunday 14th May 2023
  210 signatures

• Make congenital heart disease scans available at birth
  Open from Monday 14th November 2022 to Sunday 14th May 2023
  269 signatures

• Fund fitness and wellness coaches to support people suffering with depression
  Open from Wednesday 16th November 2022 to Tuesday 16th May 2023
  128 signatures

• Fund kidney disease screening for all over 50's
  Open from Thursday 17th November 2022 to Wednesday 17th May 2023
  563 signatures

• Increase mental health support for those affected by homelessness
  Open from Friday 18th November 2022 to Thursday 18th May 2023
  84 signatures

• Provide funding for nation-wide substance abuse residential rehab centres
  Open from Monday 21st November 2022 to Sunday 21st May 2023
  21 signatures

• Require health warnings on advertisements for fast food
  Open from Tuesday 22nd November 2022 to Monday 22nd May 2023
  120 signatures

• Create a National Care Service
  Open from Wednesday 23rd November 2022 to Tuesday 23rd May 2023
  50 signatures

• Create a £25 million annual fund to pay for respite breaks for unpaid carers
  Open from Wednesday 23rd November 2022 to Tuesday 23rd May 2023
  378 signatures

• Prohibit the sale of over the counter medication to under 16s
  Open from Wednesday 23rd November 2022 to Tuesday 23rd May 2023
  28 signatures

• Carer's Allowance should be deducted as other incomes within Universal Credit
  Open from Wednesday 23rd November 2022 to Tuesday 23rd May 2023
  67 signatures

• Investigate UK excess deaths not related to Covid.
  Open from Thursday 24th November 2022 to Wednesday 24th May 2023
  25,216 signatures

• Launch a Public Inquiry into the approval process for covid-19 vaccines
  Open from Thursday 24th November 2022 to Wednesday 24th May 2023
  41,504 signatures

• Review recognition, diagnosis and treatment of sepsis by the NHS
  Open from Thursday 24th November 2022 to Wednesday 24th May 2023
  45 signatures

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