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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• Introduce automatic comprehensive restraining orders for domestic abuse offences
  Open from Monday 28th November 2022 to Sunday 28th May 2023
  122 signatures

• Ban artificial synthetic fragrances in indoor public places & workplaces
  Open from Tuesday 29th November 2022 to Monday 29th May 2023
  415 signatures

• Fully fund all home care for disabled people
  Open from Tuesday 29th November 2022 to Monday 29th May 2023
  31 signatures

• Add Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder to the secondary Health Education curriculum
  Open from Thursday 1st December 2022 to Thursday 1st June 2023
  156 signatures

• Provide an update on the release of £50 million for MND research
  Open from Thursday 1st December 2022 to Thursday 1st June 2023
  9,862 signatures

• Review application of the mental health act regarding ASD/Learning disability
  Open from Monday 5th December 2022 to Monday 5th June 2023
  205 signatures

• Allow disposable e-cigarettes to be over 600puffs and 2ml tanks
  Open from Monday 5th December 2022 to Monday 5th June 2023
  75 signatures

• Provide funding for HS to be researched and treatments made available.
  Open from Monday 5th December 2022 to Monday 5th June 2023
  392 signatures

• Fund community mental health hubs for children and young people NOW!
  Open from Wednesday 7th December 2022 to Wednesday 7th June 2023
  27 signatures

• Repeal The 1967 Abortion Act As It Applies In England And Wales
  Open from Wednesday 7th December 2022 to Wednesday 7th June 2023
  58 signatures

• Reduce Breast Cancer screening age to 30
  Open from Tuesday 13th December 2022 to Tuesday 13th June 2023
  686 signatures

• Research the ultra rare genetic brain disorder AARS2 Leukodystrophy
  Open from Tuesday 13th December 2022 to Tuesday 13th June 2023
  73 signatures

• Fund free car parking at NHS Hospitals for everyone permanently
  Open from Thursday 15th December 2022 to Thursday 15th June 2023
  129 signatures

• Do not count employer funded private health insurance as a taxable benefit.
  Open from Monday 19th December 2022 to Monday 19th June 2023
  31 signatures

• Ease cost restrictions on baby formula in response to the cost of living crisis
  Open from Monday 19th December 2022 to Monday 19th June 2023
  115 signatures

• Increase NHS Funding for Research and Treatment of Adult ADHD And Autism
  Open from Monday 19th December 2022 to Monday 19th June 2023
  98 signatures

• More funded research to be done on Adenomyosis
  Open from Monday 19th December 2022 to Monday 19th June 2023
  935 signatures

• Make Counselling study eligible for the 2nd degree HE tuition fee loan.
  Open from Tuesday 20th December 2022 to Tuesday 20th June 2023
  206 signatures

• Create a new regulator of doctors to replace the General Medical Council (GMC)
  Open from Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Wednesday 21st June 2023
  13,091 signatures

• Review safety procedures at hospital A&E departments
  Open from Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Wednesday 21st June 2023
  80 signatures

• Reintroduce masks in public transports and public indoor places
  Open from Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Wednesday 21st June 2023
  2,169 signatures

• Reintroduce masks in public transports and public indoor places

• Review NHS 111 service to ensure out of hours medical help is available to all
  Open from Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Wednesday 21st June 2023
  31 signatures

• Fund free parking and at-cost meals at work for all NHS staff
  Open from Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Wednesday 21st June 2023
  312 signatures

• Fund free prescriptions for people diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder.
  Open from Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Wednesday 21st June 2023
  178 signatures

• Create 988 as a national phone number to for suicide and crisis support
  Open from Thursday 22nd December 2022 to Thursday 22nd June 2023
  89 signatures

• Give doctors and nurses the 20% pay rise they deserve
  Open from Wednesday 28th December 2022 to Wednesday 28th June 2023
  49 signatures

• Hold a Public Inquiry into PFI and the NHS financial burden to fund them.
  Open from Wednesday 28th December 2022 to Wednesday 28th June 2023
  34 signatures

• Regulate slimming companies
  Open from Thursday 29th December 2022 to Thursday 29th June 2023
  29 signatures

• Urgent funding for research into Long Covid and ME/CFS treatments and cures
  Open from Thursday 5th January 2023 to Wednesday 5th July 2023
  12,154 signatures

• Impose mandatory 2-week quarantine on all arrivals from China, Hong Kong & Macau
  Open from Tuesday 10th January 2023 to Monday 10th July 2023
  21 signatures

• Prepare a National Emergency Response to support the NHS
  Open from Wednesday 11th January 2023 to Tuesday 11th July 2023
  56 signatures

• Hold a referendum on legalising Euthanasia in the UK
  Open from Wednesday 11th January 2023 to Tuesday 11th July 2023
  166 signatures

• Extend free prescriptions to everyone who has a mental health condition
  Open from Wednesday 11th January 2023 to Tuesday 11th July 2023
  66 signatures

• Establish a cross-party panel to agree a plan for future NHS funding
  Open from Wednesday 11th January 2023 to Tuesday 11th July 2023
  24 signatures

• Fund 24/7 pharmacies and 24/6 GP practices to ease pressure on hospitals
  Open from Thursday 12th January 2023 to Wednesday 12th July 2023
  36 signatures

• Seek cross-party agreement on policy and funding for the NHS and social care
  Open from Thursday 12th January 2023 to Wednesday 12th July 2023
  40 signatures

• Increase support for men's mental health and awareness of available support
  Open from Thursday 12th January 2023 to Wednesday 12th July 2023
  26 signatures

• Increase pay for Nurses and Ambulance workers in line with union demands
  Open from Thursday 12th January 2023 to Wednesday 12th July 2023
  100 signatures

• Fund Improved Diagnosis Pathways For Neurodivergence
  Open from Friday 13th January 2023 to Thursday 13th July 2023
  165 signatures

• Make it mandatory that all care homes should have their own defibrillator
  Open from Tuesday 17th January 2023 to Monday 17th July 2023
  49 signatures

• Fund a new Hospital for the people of Hemel Hempstead and St Albans
  Open from Tuesday 17th January 2023 to Monday 17th July 2023
  600 signatures

• Introduce fines for failure to attend NHS appointments and mandatory reminders
  Open from Wednesday 18th January 2023 to Tuesday 18th July 2023
  70 signatures

• Offer healthcare workers on tier2 visa ILR after 2 years instead of 5 years
  Open from Friday 20th January 2023 to Thursday 20th July 2023
  52,962 signatures

• Fund tuition fees for student nurses who agree to work in the NHS for two years
  Open from Friday 20th January 2023 to Thursday 20th July 2023
  1,423 signatures

• Fund medical cannabis prescriptions for people on low income or benefits
  Open from Friday 20th January 2023 to Thursday 20th July 2023
  118 signatures

• Pause the Covid-19 vaccination programme in England
  Open from Tuesday 24th January 2023 to Monday 24th July 2023
  62 signatures

• Review Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
  Open from Tuesday 24th January 2023 to Monday 24th July 2023
  600 signatures

• Fund the ultrasound of all female first born babies for hip dysplasia
  Open from Wednesday 25th January 2023 to Tuesday 25th July 2023
  215 signatures

• Fund free baby formula for low income families
  Open from Wednesday 25th January 2023 to Tuesday 25th July 2023
  99 signatures

• Fund cervical cancer screening from the age of 18
  Open from Thursday 26th January 2023 to Wednesday 26th July 2023
  108 signatures

• Make vaping or smoking E-cigarettes in the same car as an under 18 illegal
  Open from Monday 30th January 2023 to Sunday 30th July 2023
  48 signatures

• Fund free parking for all staff at NHS hospitals
  Open from Monday 30th January 2023 to Sunday 30th July 2023
  90 signatures

• Introduce regulation of those performing non-surgical cosmetic procedures
  Open from Wednesday 1st February 2023 to Tuesday 1st August 2023
  181 signatures

• Fund free period products for all
  Open from Wednesday 1st February 2023 to Tuesday 1st August 2023
  172 signatures

• Require all social workers to wear body cameras whilst on duty visiting parents
  Open from Monday 6th February 2023 to Sunday 6th August 2023
  100 signatures

• Require all public servants are trained in neuro-diversity/ autism/ ADHD etc
  Open from Monday 6th February 2023 to Sunday 6th August 2023
  45 signatures

• Increase funding for NHS services in rural areas
  Open from Tuesday 7th February 2023 to Monday 7th August 2023
  762 signatures

• Launch an independent inquiry into injustices suffered by BME NHS staff
  Open from Tuesday 7th February 2023 to Monday 7th August 2023
  2,205 signatures

• Ban ear piercing under 5s
  Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
  44 signatures

• Double funding for the NHS
  Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
  25 signatures

• Require separate NHS areas for people experiencing pregnancy complications/loss
  Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
  1,369 signatures

• Fund research for a cure, support and to raise awareness of Lichen Sclerosus
  Open from Thursday 9th February 2023 to Wednesday 9th August 2023
  10,302 signatures

• Make maternity exemption certificates apply from the start of a pregnancy
  Open from Thursday 9th February 2023 to Wednesday 9th August 2023
  1,906 signatures

• Require Student Nurses be paid whilst on placement
  Open from Friday 10th February 2023 to Thursday 10th August 2023
  87 signatures

• Fund improved diagnosis in health care settings
  Open from Friday 10th February 2023 to Thursday 10th August 2023
  56 signatures

• Invest to guarantee women’s access to breast screening – now and for the future
  Open from Friday 10th February 2023 to Thursday 10th August 2023
  84,605 signatures

• Fund mental health support for those previously sectioned under the Act
  Open from Thursday 16th February 2023 to Wednesday 16th August 2023
  33 signatures

• Fund genomic analysis for child cancer patients to improve treatment
  Open from Monday 20th February 2023 to Sunday 20th August 2023
  102 signatures

• Introduce a national Childsmile programme for children in nurseries and schools
  Open from Monday 20th February 2023 to Sunday 20th August 2023
  134 signatures

• Free prescriptions for all cystic fibrosis (CF) patients
  Open from Monday 27th February 2023 to Sunday 27th August 2023
  15,492 signatures

• Extend regulation of health services to medical services at events
  Open from Wednesday 1st March 2023 to Friday 1st September 2023
  346 signatures

• Public awareness campaign for BAME families about autism
  Open from Thursday 2nd March 2023 to Saturday 2nd September 2023
  29 signatures

• Fund menopause awareness training for Practice Nurses
  Open from Thursday 2nd March 2023 to Saturday 2nd September 2023
  10,540 signatures

• Review access to IVF for people with a high BMI
  Open from Thursday 2nd March 2023 to Saturday 2nd September 2023
  124 signatures

• Criminalise abortion in all cases
  Open from Monday 6th March 2023 to Wednesday 6th September 2023
  149 signatures

• Increase funding to support individuals with eating disorders and their families
  Open from Monday 6th March 2023 to Wednesday 6th September 2023
  65 signatures

• Regulate all 'pregnancy advice centres'
  Open from Wednesday 8th March 2023 to Friday 8th September 2023
  45 signatures

• Make it a specific criminal offence to leave a child under five unsupervised
  Open from Thursday 9th March 2023 to Saturday 9th September 2023
  1,297 signatures

• Fund cochlea implants for everyone with hearing loss
  Open from Friday 10th March 2023 to Sunday 10th September 2023
  22 signatures

• Increase funding for all mental health services
  Open from Friday 10th March 2023 to Sunday 10th September 2023
  65 signatures

• Issue birth certificates for all babies born still from 10 weeks gestation.
  Open from Friday 10th March 2023 to Sunday 10th September 2023
  351 signatures

• Ban electroconvulsive treatment
  Open from Monday 13th March 2023 to Wednesday 13th September 2023
  75 signatures

• Make it illegal for shops to ban or restrict numbers of children
  Open from Wednesday 15th March 2023 to Friday 15th September 2023
  12 signatures

• Make all Asthma medications exempt from prescription charges on the NHS
  Open from Thursday 16th March 2023 to Saturday 16th September 2023
  35 signatures

• Make do not attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DNACPR) forms legally binding
  Open from Thursday 16th March 2023 to Saturday 16th September 2023
  31 signatures

• Increase funding for therapies and equipment for disabled children
  Open from Thursday 16th March 2023 to Saturday 16th September 2023
  344 signatures

• Fund free sanitary products for homeless women
  Open from Thursday 16th March 2023 to Saturday 16th September 2023
  282 signatures

• Allergy law should require PAL, cosmetic labeling and clear cosmetic ingredients
  Open from Friday 17th March 2023 to Sunday 17th September 2023
  89 signatures

• Ensure all healthcare students are paid while on NHS placements
  Open from Friday 17th March 2023 to Sunday 17th September 2023
  1,884 signatures

• Make mental health medication free for all ages
  Open from Friday 17th March 2023 to Sunday 17th September 2023
  41 signatures

• Review provision of fully accessible toilets in NHS hospitals
  Open from Friday 17th March 2023 to Sunday 17th September 2023
  1,541 signatures

• Memorial Book for pregnancy/baby loss prior to 24 weeks in England
  Open from Monday 20th March 2023 to Wednesday 20th September 2023
  55 signatures

• Increase funding for hospices
  Open from Monday 20th March 2023 to Wednesday 20th September 2023
  109 signatures

• Ban sunscreens that contain oxybenzone and octinoxate
  Open from Monday 20th March 2023 to Wednesday 20th September 2023
  82 signatures

• Make it illegal to use e-cigarettes anywhere it is already illegal to smoke
  Open from Tuesday 21st March 2023 to Thursday 21st September 2023
  185 signatures

• Make the 2022-23 back pay of the new NHS pay deal tax free
  Open from Tuesday 21st March 2023 to Thursday 21st September 2023
  50 signatures

• Increase bursaries for social work students
  Open from Wednesday 22nd March 2023 to Friday 22nd September 2023
  536 signatures

• Launch an independent review into future health & care needs & how to meet them
  Open from Thursday 23rd March 2023 to Saturday 23rd September 2023
  53 signatures

• Ban the over the counter (OTC) sale of medicines which contain codeine
  Open from Friday 24th March 2023 to Sunday 24th September 2023
  19 signatures

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