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 the UK's involvement in researching dangerous viruses.
  Open from Friday 24th March 2023 to Sunday 24th September 2023
  49 signatures

• Fund screening for Autism, ADHD and Dyspraxia in all primary schools
  Open from Monday 27th March 2023 to Wednesday 27th September 2023
  520 signatures

• Open a Public Inquiry into COVID-19 vaccine safety.
  Open from Monday 27th March 2023 to Wednesday 27th September 2023
  178 signatures

• Incorporate hearing health indicators into the Public Health Outcomes Framework.
  Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
  62 signatures

• Reform proof of paternity process for child maintenance payments
  Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
  26 signatures

• Fund free Diagnostic Assessments for Dyslexia for all Children aged 7-19
  Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
  715 signatures

• Increase funding for adult and child social care services
  Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
  56 signatures

• Fund NHS fertility treatment for women over 42
  Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
  42 signatures

• Add Multiple Sclerosis to the medical exemption list
  Open from Friday 31st March 2023 to Saturday 30th September 2023
  50 signatures

• Extend free NHS prescriptions and dental care to full- and part-time students.
  Open from Monday 3rd April 2023 to Tuesday 3rd October 2023
  30 signatures

• Hold a parliamentary vote on whether to reject amendments to the IHR 2005
  Open from Monday 3rd April 2023 to Tuesday 3rd October 2023
  116,391 signatures

• Fund increased research into MCAS, PoTS and EDS and improved patient care
  Open from Tuesday 4th April 2023 to Wednesday 4th October 2023
  941 signatures

• Require NHS recruit based on merit and fair and open competition
  Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
  25 signatures

• Set time limits for funerals in England
  Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
  43 signatures

• Fund improved mental health support for women who suffer a miscarriage
  Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
  103 signatures

• Fund free sanitary and hygiene products for the homeless
  Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
  57 signatures

• Remove Nigeria from the Healthcare UK Red List
  Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
  22 signatures

• Set up a panel to support reviews into attacks on or deaths of social workers
  Open from Tuesday 11th April 2023 to Wednesday 11th October 2023
  573 signatures

• Fund increased access to PARP inhibitors for cancer patients through the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 11th April 2023 to Wednesday 11th October 2023
  202 signatures

• Protect the NHS and All Healthcare: Require #MasksInHealthcare
  Open from Wednesday 12th April 2023 to Thursday 12th October 2023
  10,531 signatures

• Do not cut investment in social care workforce
  Open from Wednesday 12th April 2023 to Thursday 12th October 2023
  44 signatures

• Fund mental health support for people who administered first aid
  Open from Thursday 13th April 2023 to Friday 13th October 2023
  304 signatures

• Make foreign students living in the UK for five years eligible for NHS LSF
  Open from Thursday 13th April 2023 to Friday 13th October 2023
  44 signatures

• Increased funding support for Avoidance Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
  Open from Friday 14th April 2023 to Saturday 14th October 2023
  60 signatures

• Fund increased pay for NHS and teachers to reflect local vacancy rates
  Open from Friday 14th April 2023 to Saturday 14th October 2023
  25 signatures

• Fund research into and increased awareness of Depersonalisation Disorder
  Open from Friday 14th April 2023 to Saturday 14th October 2023
  40 signatures

• Form a Royal Commission to determine how best to deliver health and care for all
  Open from Monday 17th April 2023 to Tuesday 17th October 2023
  28 signatures

• Negotiate with junior doctors on pay and start with offer of inflation-proof pay
  Open from Monday 17th April 2023 to Tuesday 17th October 2023
  9,663 signatures

• Reduce or remove corporation tax on Community Interest Companies
  Open from Monday 17th April 2023 to Tuesday 17th October 2023
  1,763 signatures

• Provide ring-fenced funding to increase pay for social care professionals
  Open from Wednesday 26th April 2023 to Thursday 26th October 2023
  1,472 signatures

• Commit to a 'Childhood Rare Disease Strategy' - address health inequality
  Open from Wednesday 26th April 2023 to Thursday 26th October 2023
  354 signatures

• Require integrated care systems to have a specialist allergy nurse and dietician
  Open from Thursday 27th April 2023 to Friday 27th October 2023
  3,537 signatures

• Offer parents the choice to vaccinate their children against covid-19
  Open from Friday 28th April 2023 to Saturday 28th October 2023
  283 signatures

• Require all hospitals to have Frailty Guardians and Acute Frailty Units
  Open from Friday 28th April 2023 to Saturday 28th October 2023
  25 signatures

• Form a statutory regulator for care, interventions & therapy for Autistic people
  Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
  362 signatures

• Record the number of bereaved children to ensure they are supported
  Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
  11,424 signatures

• Provide dedicated funding for diagnosis/treatment of hypermobile EDS and HSD
  Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
  28,700 signatures

• Fund free first aid training for new parents and people on low incomes
  Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
  22 signatures

• Restrict the sale of e-cigarettes to licensed e-cigarette shops
  Open from Wednesday 3rd May 2023 to Friday 3rd November 2023
  114 signatures

• Backdate £5,000 payment for nursing students to September 2017
  Open from Thursday 4th May 2023 to Saturday 4th November 2023
  42 signatures

• Reform the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme (VDPS) to improve support
  Open from Monday 15th May 2023 to Wednesday 15th November 2023
  2,859 signatures

• Ban the display of medication on shop floors
  Open from Tuesday 16th May 2023 to Thursday 16th November 2023
  37 signatures

• Make smoking in all forms illegal for people born after 2006.
  Open from Tuesday 16th May 2023 to Thursday 16th November 2023
  48 signatures

• Review arrangements for the prescription of contraceptive pills
  Open from Tuesday 16th May 2023 to Thursday 16th November 2023
  447 signatures

• Review the safety of Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy and the aftercare.
  Open from Wednesday 17th May 2023 to Friday 17th November 2023
  45 signatures

• Legislate to require mental health first aiders in workplaces
  Open from Wednesday 17th May 2023 to Friday 17th November 2023
  64 signatures

• Ban smoking in public places
  Open from Wednesday 17th May 2023 to Friday 17th November 2023
  117 signatures

• Ensure all NHS bank staff in England receive non-consolidated payments
  Open from Thursday 18th May 2023 to Saturday 18th November 2023
  29,573 signatures

• Hold a Public Inquiry into pre and post diagnosis ADHD support.
  Open from Friday 19th May 2023 to Sunday 19th November 2023
  11,304 signatures

• Fund bowel cancer screening from the age of 40
  Open from Monday 22nd May 2023 to Wednesday 22nd November 2023
  587 signatures

• Fund B12 injections on the NHS for those diagnosed with Pernicious Anaemia
  Open from Monday 22nd May 2023 to Wednesday 22nd November 2023
  387 signatures

• Commission an independent safety audit of MHRA on medicine & device approval
  Open from Tuesday 23rd May 2023 to Thursday 23rd November 2023
  3,533 signatures

• Ban the import, manufacture, and sale of disposable e-cigarettes or vapes
  Open from Wednesday 31st May 2023 to Thursday 30th November 2023
  2,533 signatures

• Fund the drug Baricitinib on the NHS to treat severe alopecia areata
  Open from Wednesday 31st May 2023 to Thursday 30th November 2023
  10,427 signatures

• Fund non-consolidated payments for organisations providing NHS funded services
  Open from Thursday 1st June 2023 to Friday 1st December 2023
  18,558 signatures

• Require pharmacies to offer recycling facilities for blister packs
  Open from Thursday 1st June 2023 to Friday 1st December 2023
  164 signatures

• Fund free NHS paternity tests at birth
  Open from Friday 2nd June 2023 to Saturday 2nd December 2023
  28 signatures

• Ban the import and sale of e-cigarettes in the UK
  Open from Friday 2nd June 2023 to Saturday 2nd December 2023
  178 signatures

• Fund reconstructive surgery and mental health support for all FGM survivors
  Open from Friday 2nd June 2023 to Saturday 2nd December 2023
  255 signatures

• Hold a Public Inquiry into Debendox and possible birth defects
  Open from Friday 2nd June 2023 to Saturday 2nd December 2023
  164 signatures

• Voucher scheme for people with diagnosed dietary requirements
  Open from Monday 5th June 2023 to Tuesday 5th December 2023
  649 signatures

• Base NHS pay award on worked hours in 22/23 and not contracted hours on 31/03/23
  Open from Monday 5th June 2023 to Tuesday 5th December 2023
  189 signatures

• Launch a Public Inquiry into excess mortality in England and Wales
  Open from Wednesday 7th June 2023 to Thursday 7th December 2023
  14,113 signatures

• Launch a Public Inquiry into ongoing HRT shortages in the UK
  Open from Friday 9th June 2023 to Saturday 9th December 2023
  146 signatures

• Change legal definition of stillborn to include all delivered babies
  Open from Wednesday 14th June 2023 to Thursday 14th December 2023
  226 signatures

• Ban care provider managers from working for multiple providers
  Open from Thursday 15th June 2023 to Friday 15th December 2023
  47 signatures

• Reduce Universal Credit for claimants supported by community mental health team
  Open from Thursday 15th June 2023 to Friday 15th December 2023
  18 signatures

• Require separate spaces in NHS settings for pregnancy loss and fertility testing
  Open from Friday 16th June 2023 to Saturday 16th December 2023
  27 signatures

• Require separate spaces in NHS settings for pregnancy loss and fertility testing

• Provide compensation to the carers who were required to have the vaccine
  Open from Monday 19th June 2023 to Tuesday 19th December 2023
  23 signatures

• Require full sick pay for staff with long-term health issues, such as cancer
  Open from Monday 19th June 2023 to Tuesday 19th December 2023
  284 signatures

• Change the continuing healthcare guidance to make it fair for Dementia patients
  Open from Monday 19th June 2023 to Tuesday 19th December 2023
  47 signatures

• Increase pay for junior doctors by 35%
  Open from Tuesday 20th June 2023 to Wednesday 20th December 2023
  153 signatures

• Review aftercare provided by the NHS for everyone affected by a Cardiac Arrest
  Open from Tuesday 20th June 2023 to Wednesday 20th December 2023
  7,605 signatures

• Reduce the age ambulance workers can draw their NHS pension to 55
  Open from Friday 23rd June 2023 to Saturday 23rd December 2023
  3,904 signatures

• Require consideration of family as part of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
  Open from Tuesday 27th June 2023 to Wednesday 27th December 2023
  71 signatures

• Fund free eye tests and prescription lenses for everyone
  Open from Thursday 29th June 2023 to Friday 29th December 2023
  80 signatures

• Introduce paid leave for employees to attend routine breast screening
  Open from Monday 3rd July 2023 to Wednesday 3rd January 2024
  1,228 signatures

• Fund specialist mental health services for neurodiverse children
  Open from Tuesday 4th July 2023 to Thursday 4th January 2024
  200 signatures

• Launch a campaign on HIV to tell the public that Undetectable = Untransmittable
  Open from Tuesday 4th July 2023 to Thursday 4th January 2024
  953 signatures

• Ban smoking outside of schools and nurseries
  Open from Wednesday 5th July 2023 to Friday 5th January 2024
  67 signatures

• Provide funding for 'safe spaces' for people with mental health issues
  Open from Wednesday 5th July 2023 to Friday 5th January 2024
  31 signatures

• Fund cervical cancer screening from age 16, and encourage take-up of HPV vaccine
  Open from Thursday 6th July 2023 to Saturday 6th January 2024
  329 signatures

• Fund screening for PTSD for new mothers who had complicated births
  Open from Friday 7th July 2023 to Sunday 7th January 2024
  363 signatures

• Increase funding for NHS gender dysphoria diagnosis and treatment
  Open from Friday 7th July 2023 to Sunday 7th January 2024
  820 signatures

• Introduce a ‘safe haven’ law in the UK
  Open from Friday 7th July 2023 to Sunday 7th January 2024
  32 signatures

• Increase funding for autism/ADHD assessments to reduce waiting times
  Open from Monday 10th July 2023 to Wednesday 10th January 2024
  387 signatures

• Require mental health hospitals contact next of kin before releasing patients
  Open from Monday 10th July 2023 to Wednesday 10th January 2024
  255 signatures

• Take action to encourage men to go into nursing
  Open from Monday 10th July 2023 to Wednesday 10th January 2024
  28 signatures

• Give patients a right to be seen by an NHS GP or dentist within three days
  Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
  193 signatures

• Fund free personal care and increased numbers of carers for over 65s
  Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
  27 signatures

• Increase funding for research into and treatment of STXBP1 encephalopathy
  Open from Tuesday 11th July 2023 to Thursday 11th January 2024
  111 signatures

• Ensure that PIP assessors are fully trained in mental health
  Open from Wednesday 12th July 2023 to Friday 12th January 2024
  97 signatures

• Fund priority dental care for members of the armed forces and their families
  Open from Wednesday 12th July 2023 to Friday 12th January 2024
  85 signatures

• Require patients are given a list of vaccine ingredients before immunisation
  Open from Thursday 13th July 2023 to Saturday 13th January 2024
  35 signatures

• Review NHS mental health support for new fathers
  Open from Thursday 13th July 2023 to Saturday 13th January 2024
  392 signatures

• Fund protective and defensive equipment for paramedics and ambulance crews
  Open from Thursday 13th July 2023 to Saturday 13th January 2024
  172 signatures

• Allow teachers and NHS workers a 3rd tier ill health retirement option
  Open from Tuesday 18th July 2023 to Thursday 18th January 2024
  73 signatures

• Fund liposuction for Lipoedema sufferers on the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 18th July 2023 to Thursday 18th January 2024
  1,598 signatures

• Introduce a Suicide Prevention Act to seek to minimise suicides
  Open from Wednesday 19th July 2023 to Friday 19th January 2024
  10,478 signatures

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