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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• Ban the sale of tobacco during the covid-19 outbreak
  Open from Wednesday 6th May 2020 to Friday 6th November 2020
  42 signatures

• Fund increased pay for lower band nurses and care assistants
  Open from Wednesday 6th May 2020 to Friday 6th November 2020
  78 signatures

• Remove the criteria for men who have sex with men to wait before donating blood
  Open from Wednesday 6th May 2020 to Friday 6th November 2020
  522 signatures

• Free prescriptions for all carers, emergency personnel, NHS workers and police
  Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
  111 signatures

• Allow paramedic prescribers to prescribe controlled drugs
  Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
  1,213 signatures

• Pay all NHS Staff at least the Real Living Wage!
  Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
  22 signatures

• Pay NHS nurses & newly qualified teachers a starting salary of £35k.
  Open from Tuesday 12th May 2020 to Thursday 12th November 2020
  179 signatures

• Hold a royal commission into the state of the NHS at the start of Covid19 crisis
  Open from Tuesday 12th May 2020 to Thursday 12th November 2020
  21 signatures

• Provide accreditation for volunteers in Government-supported Covid-19 schemes
  Open from Wednesday 13th May 2020 to Friday 13th November 2020
  33 signatures

• Investigate NHS Supply Chain performance providing PPE to frontline staff.
  Open from Thursday 14th May 2020 to Saturday 14th November 2020
  1,121 signatures

• Fund free TV access for hospital patients during Covid-19 outbreak
  Open from Friday 15th May 2020 to Sunday 15th November 2020
  19 signatures

• COVID-19: Commandeer production of British-made PPE for frontline staff
  Open from Friday 15th May 2020 to Sunday 15th November 2020
  138 signatures

• Designate a day for the recognition of our NHS and all Emergency Services.
  Open from Friday 15th May 2020 to Sunday 15th November 2020
  192 signatures

• Criminalise the spread of medical misinformation for financial gain.
  Open from Monday 18th May 2020 to Wednesday 18th November 2020
  27 signatures

• Fund free access to bedside TVs and newspapers in hospitals during Covid-19
  Open from Tuesday 19th May 2020 to Thursday 19th November 2020
  18 signatures

• Extend requirements for self-isolation to people with symptoms of any virus
  Open from Tuesday 19th May 2020 to Thursday 19th November 2020
  23 signatures

• Change the policy on discharging covid 19 hospital patients into care homes.
  Open from Tuesday 19th May 2020 to Thursday 19th November 2020
  670 signatures

• Provide urgent support and PPE to carers during coronavirus crisis
  Open from Thursday 21st May 2020 to Saturday 21st November 2020
  22 signatures

• Release the findings of Exercise Cygnus from 2016 regarding a pandemic in the UK
  Open from Thursday 21st May 2020 to Saturday 21st November 2020
  57 signatures

• A memorial for NHS, care, allied professionals, who die as a result of COVID:19
  Open from Thursday 21st May 2020 to Saturday 21st November 2020
  98 signatures

• Extend Coronavirus support for the vulnerable to those not currently supported
  Open from Thursday 21st May 2020 to Saturday 21st November 2020
  16 signatures

• Make Covid-19 test kits available to all care homes, for the residents and staff
  Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
  44 signatures

• Allow free parking for all NHS employees on NHS property or their place of work.
  Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
  141 signatures

• Government to cover funeral costs for healthcare workers who die from covid19
  Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
  39 signatures

• Write off student loans for NHS staff after 6 years in the NHS
  Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
  23 signatures

• Pay rise for NHS and care staff
  Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
  1,775 signatures

• Forever Free Parking for NHS and Care Workers
  Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
  2,887 signatures

• Reverse measures allowing women to access at home abortion.
  Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
  4,326 signatures

• Supply PPE to all Health and Social Care workers including community carers
  Open from Tuesday 26th May 2020 to Thursday 26th November 2020
  24 signatures

• Introduce a minimum starting wage of £40000 for all Nurses.
  Open from Tuesday 26th May 2020 to Thursday 26th November 2020
  34 signatures

• Fund council tax for our all our NHS workers
  Open from Tuesday 26th May 2020 to Thursday 26th November 2020
  31 signatures

• During lock-down the Government should pay for all NHS staff's travel expenses.
  Open from Tuesday 26th May 2020 to Thursday 26th November 2020
  22 signatures

• Give TV Licensing money to our NHS
  Open from Wednesday 27th May 2020 to Friday 27th November 2020
  43 signatures

• Make wearing a mask on public transport and in shops compulsory
  Open from Wednesday 27th May 2020 to Friday 27th November 2020
  162 signatures

• Fund after care for all NHS staff following coronavirus.
  Open from Wednesday 27th May 2020 to Friday 27th November 2020
  33 signatures

• Extend death in service benefits for COVID19 to NHS or care worker's household
  Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
  1,705 signatures

• Prioritise Covid19 testing and PPE for NHS staff working with pregnant women
  Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
  17 signatures

• Make Covid19 tests available to everyone who is eligible for a free Flu vaccine
  Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
  26 signatures

• Enable regular testing of every person in Britain for coronavirus to contain it
  Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
  24 signatures

• Prioritise Covid-19 testing for relatives of residents in Care Homes.
  Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
  5,113 signatures

• Prioritise coronavirus testing for people with learning disabilities
  Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
  253 signatures

• Enable the NHS to set its own legally binding budget and priorities
  Open from Thursday 28th May 2020 to Saturday 28th November 2020
  11 signatures

• Award all Nursing Staff in the NHS a pay rise of 10% backdated to 1 April 2020
  Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
  141,772 signatures

• Fund free travel and reduce rate parking for NHS staff.
  Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
  42 signatures

• Pay the funeral costs of COVID—19 infected health and social care professionals
  Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
  193 signatures

• Pay all breaks for NHS employees
  Open from Monday 1st June 2020 to Tuesday 1st December 2020
  71 signatures

• Ensure the NHSX Covid-19 Contact Tracing App Protects User Privacy
  Open from Tuesday 2nd June 2020 to Wednesday 2nd December 2020
  1,160 signatures

• Call for a Public Inquiry into the number of deaths in Care Homes
  Open from Wednesday 3rd June 2020 to Thursday 3rd December 2020
  1,081 signatures

• Make any contact tracing app promulgated by the Government open source
  Open from Wednesday 3rd June 2020 to Thursday 3rd December 2020
  17 signatures

• Commission & fund a National Pandemic Memorial, Institute & annual commemoration
  Open from Wednesday 3rd June 2020 to Thursday 3rd December 2020
  280 signatures

• Set up a Royal Commission into Government planning and handling of pandemics
  Open from Thursday 4th June 2020 to Friday 4th December 2020
  331 signatures

• Set up nationalised manufacturing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
  Open from Thursday 4th June 2020 to Friday 4th December 2020
  264 signatures

• Make stockpiling PPE law in case of future pandemics.
  Open from Thursday 4th June 2020 to Friday 4th December 2020
  17 signatures

• Clear student debts for all newly qualified & final year medical students.
  Open from Friday 5th June 2020 to Saturday 5th December 2020
  23 signatures

• Exempt all 'critical workers' from the immigration health surcharge
  Open from Friday 5th June 2020 to Saturday 5th December 2020
  71 signatures

• Make COVID19 testing available to all key-workers dealing with the public
  Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
  19 signatures

• COVID-19: Allowing people to go for drives for mental health
  Open from Monday 8th June 2020 to Tuesday 8th December 2020
  14 signatures

• Fund specialist hospitals for care of chronically ill during covid-19
  Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
  19 signatures

• NHS Dental nurses to be entitled to an NHS pension
  Open from Tuesday 9th June 2020 to Wednesday 9th December 2020
  3,480 signatures

• Supply body suits to all to combat COVID19 and other air-transmitted viruses
  Open from Thursday 11th June 2020 to Friday 11th December 2020
  15 signatures

• Implement mandatory registration for all social care workers in England
  Open from Thursday 11th June 2020 to Friday 11th December 2020
  58 signatures

• Increase the pay of all healthcare and hospital staff by 3 times the current pay
  Open from Friday 12th June 2020 to Saturday 12th December 2020
  25 signatures

• Ban smoking cigarettes on apartment balconies.
  Open from Monday 15th June 2020 to Tuesday 15th December 2020
  57 signatures

• Prioritise antibody tests for all keyworkers and self employed
  Open from Tuesday 16th June 2020 to Wednesday 16th December 2020
  21 signatures

• Incorporate the rainbow into the NHS logo
  Open from Tuesday 16th June 2020 to Wednesday 16th December 2020
  24 signatures

• Give NHS staff a one off bonus for their help with Covid 19
  Open from Wednesday 17th June 2020 to Thursday 17th December 2020
  92 signatures

• Government to fully fund both Adult and Children Hospices
  Open from Wednesday 17th June 2020 to Thursday 17th December 2020
  22 signatures

• The Government should directly fund all Air Ambulances
  Open from Thursday 18th June 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
  120 signatures

• Consider relaxing Covid-19 restrictions for younger people first
  Open from Thursday 18th June 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
  37 signatures

• Introduce fines for unnecessarily visiting an NHS GP or hospital
  Open from Monday 22nd June 2020 to Tuesday 22nd December 2020
  27 signatures

• Fund Vitamin D tests and free/subsidised supplements for BAME communities
  Open from Monday 22nd June 2020 to Tuesday 22nd December 2020
  442 signatures

• Match NHS Funding per head of population with the highest funded in Europe
  Open from Thursday 25th June 2020 to Friday 25th December 2020
  47 signatures

• Ban profit making enterprises from delivering NHS services
  Open from Monday 29th June 2020 to Tuesday 29th December 2020
  18 signatures

• Enable care homes to use medication prescribed to people who have died
  Open from Monday 29th June 2020 to Tuesday 29th December 2020
  24 signatures

• Fund increased research into mitochondrial disease
  Open from Tuesday 30th June 2020 to Wednesday 30th December 2020
  1,901 signatures

• A salary review for NHS Biomedical Scientists and Clinical Scientists
  Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
  78 signatures

• Prioritise keyworkers being vaccinated against COVID-19 first for free
  Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
  351 signatures

• Lower the Abortion Limit to 12 Weeks
  Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
  30 signatures

• Allow the sale of nicotine e-liquids in bottles greater than 10 ml.
  Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
  26 signatures

• Pay extra £2500/mth to NHS staff in Corona Virus wards or with Covid19 patients.
  Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
  16 signatures

• Provide additional funding for the Open Dialogue method to mental health
  Open from Thursday 2nd July 2020 to Saturday 2nd January 2021
  15 signatures

• Abolish the Mental Health Act and legislate for new forms of support
  Open from Friday 3rd July 2020 to Sunday 3rd January 2021
  104 signatures

• Do not ban gender transition treatments for under 18s
  Open from Friday 3rd July 2020 to Sunday 3rd January 2021
  56,289 signatures

• Give Grandparents a Legal right to see their Grandchildren
  Open from Monday 6th July 2020 to Wednesday 6th January 2021
  145 signatures

• Change the name of the NHS to the Royal National Health Service
  Open from Tuesday 7th July 2020 to Thursday 7th January 2021
  33 signatures

• Increase funding for NHS Adult Mental Health Services
  Open from Tuesday 7th July 2020 to Thursday 7th January 2021
  487 signatures

• Supply free sanitary items and toiletries for NHS and Keyworkers during COVID-19
  Open from Tuesday 7th July 2020 to Thursday 7th January 2021
  14 signatures

• Increase support for children’s mental health during and after COVID-19
  Open from Wednesday 8th July 2020 to Friday 8th January 2021
  20 signatures

• Pay frontline staff a benefit who had COVID-19 due to their work and recovered
  Open from Friday 10th July 2020 to Sunday 10th January 2021
  12 signatures

• Create NHS immunity from prosecution for negligence claims.
  Open from Friday 10th July 2020 to Sunday 10th January 2021
  14 signatures

• Ban circumcision at birth
  Open from Friday 10th July 2020 to Sunday 10th January 2021
  81 signatures

• Review the current training and awareness of GORD in infants.
  Open from Friday 10th July 2020 to Sunday 10th January 2021
  169 signatures

• Government to match the £500 bonus to all care staff
  Open from Tuesday 14th July 2020 to Thursday 14th January 2021
  10,324 signatures

• Write off all nurses, doctors and student nurses' student debts.
  Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
  36 signatures

• The Government should significantly increase NHS funding in real terms
  Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
  107 signatures

• Fund organisations that provide support & therapy for children/adults with SEN
  Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
  78 signatures

• Abolish car parking charges for hospital employees and their sub-contractors
  Open from Wednesday 15th July 2020 to Friday 15th January 2021
  76 signatures

• Include current third year nursing students in the £5,000 nursing grant
  Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
  298 signatures

• Fund well-being support for families for separation, divorce and death
  Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
  18 signatures

• Don't make the wearing of face masks compulsory in public places in England
  Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
  4,139 signatures

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