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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• Continue Government funding for national mental health campaigns
  Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
  100 signatures

• Make frontline NHS health workers top priority for Covid-19 vaccination
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  1,502 signatures

• Fund routine prostate cancer screening tests for all men over 50
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  2,714 signatures

• Fund preventative mental health sessions in schools and workplaces
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  1,059 signatures

• Raise awareness on Selective Mutism & support adjustments in education settings
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  13 signatures

• Fund GPs to offer annual testicular cancer checks
  Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
  25 signatures

• Regulate the sale and advertising of diet products
  Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
  4,313 signatures

• Fund research into better understanding and treating Restless Legs Syndrome.
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  878 signatures

• Change the NHS Learning Support Fund to include Nursing Associate Students.
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  165 signatures

• Hold a public inquiry into the use of DNACPR orders during the Covid-19 outbreak
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  166 signatures

• Fund adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) screening for children at birth.
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  11,840 signatures

• Fund clinical trials of vitamin D (calcifediol) use in treatment of Covid-19
  Open from Monday 14th December 2020 to Monday 14th June 2021
  142 signatures

• Help fund local hospices!
  Open from Wednesday 16th December 2020 to Wednesday 16th June 2021
  14 signatures

• We should increase the pay of our NHS staff by 25%.
  Open from Thursday 17th December 2020 to Thursday 17th June 2021
  76 signatures

• Protect the title of Sonographer.
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  1,720 signatures

• The Government should explore options to make NurOwn available for MND
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  112 signatures

• Fund free TV access for NHS hospital patients
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  51 signatures

• Require proof of vaccination to work in care homes and healthcare
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  155 signatures

• Prioritise 18-25s & people at high risk get covid vaccination first
  Open from Friday 18th December 2020 to Friday 18th June 2021
  48 signatures

• Prioritise BAME communities for the COVID-19 vaccine
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  199 signatures

• Fund a national awareness campaign about the COVID vaccines
  Open from Monday 21st December 2020 to Monday 21st June 2021
  28 signatures

• Enact law for visiting rights for designated relatives of care home residents
  Open from Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  1,785 signatures

• Expedite the Covid-19 vaccination of terminally ill patients
  Open from Tuesday 22nd December 2020 to Tuesday 22nd June 2021
  149 signatures

• All key workers to be higher up the list for coronavirus vaccine
  Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
  7,947 signatures

• Fund surgery for lipoedema on the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
  3,341 signatures

• Prioritise COVID-19 vaccines for first responders (police, fire, ambulance)
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  68,969 signatures

• Include public transport workers in priority groups for covid 19 vaccination
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  12,351 signatures

• Make regular Covid-19 testing available to all fire fighters
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  45 signatures

• Allow all non-UK NHS workers to become UK citizens for free
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  268 signatures

• Recognise trained footwear fitters as providers of healthcare support services
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  425 signatures

• Increase funding to the NHS to recruit enough staff, fund beds and equipment
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  50 signatures

• Add Tier 4 areas as a priority in the Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  12 signatures

• Require GP’s to complete health assessment forms for voluntary roles for free.
  Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  37 signatures

• Publish vaccination numbers by priority category and UK areas
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  65 signatures

• Review the use of forceps in the delivery of babies
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  543 signatures

• Promptly create an awareness campaign detailing effects of COVID19 on children.
  Open from Thursday 31st December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
  3,306 signatures

• Extend visas for, and offer free vaccination to, touring international artists
  Open from Monday 4th January 2021 to Sunday 4th July 2021
  25 signatures

• Introduce a 24hr a day Covid-19 vaccination programme to speed up rollout
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  4,290 signatures

• Fund an annual campaign to celebrate and remember frontline and NHS workers
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  72 signatures

• Fund extension of NHS LSF bursary for students taking a 2nd degree
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  347 signatures

• Make it illegal for individuals to pay to receive a Covid-19 vaccine
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  31 signatures

• Fund research, treatment and awareness of Functional Neurological Disorder
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  12,894 signatures

• Provide regular Covid testing for hospice staff
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  41 signatures

• Prioritise funeral workers for COVID vaccine.
  Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
  6,525 signatures

• Ban non-medical professionals from giving injections for aesthetic procedures
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  1,938 signatures

• Increase funding for urgent research into devastating motor neurone disease
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  110,700 signatures

• Fine people not attending Covid vaccination appointments without good reason
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  30 signatures

• Automatic Yearly Pay Rise For NHS Health Care Workers
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  48 signatures

• Fund a research by an independent organisation about clinical use of vitamin C
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  17 signatures

• Fund Vitamin D Public Health Campaign - Raise awareness to BAME & at risk groups
  Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
  1,331 signatures

• Publish weekly death statistics in the UK by cause
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  14 signatures

• Increase pay for all NHS staff by 15%
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  6,824 signatures

• Require all staff/resident interactions in care homes to be recorded
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  46 signatures

• Prioritise special school staff in Covid 19 vaccinations.
  Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
  29,438 signatures

• Independent review of the NHS dental contract
  Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
  11,067 signatures

• Expand the symptoms list for Covid-19 to more than the three currently stated
  Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
  24 signatures

• Prioritise early years practitioners to urgently receive Covid 19 vaccine.
  Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
  7,843 signatures

• Prioritise Key Retail Workers, being offered the Covid Vaccine!
  Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
  47,938 signatures

• Ban vaccines being administered in a manner not fully tested in clinical trials
  Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
  2,334 signatures

• Include Cabin Crew as frontline staff and prioritise for Covid 19 vaccine
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  3,098 signatures

• Make prison staff top priority as key workers to recieve the covid 19 vaccine
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  13,092 signatures

• Ban Brazilian Butt Augmentations
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  11 signatures

• Free Laser Eye Surgery for curable eyesight conditions NHS
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  30 signatures

• Allow university students to be able to register at 2 GP surgeries
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  49 signatures

• Fund additional mental health support for those bereaved during the pandemic
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  107 signatures

• Fund research into stem cell treatments for diseases like ASL, MS, etc.
  Open from Monday 11th January 2021 to Sunday 11th July 2021
  17 signatures

• Provide reusable face masks for everyone
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  68 signatures

• Make the COVID-19 vaccine available to all students on placement in the pandemic
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  27 signatures

• Provide routine Covid tests for Early Years and prioritise staff for vaccination
  Open from Tuesday 12th January 2021 to Monday 12th July 2021
  207 signatures

• Offer scans to all women after labour to check for retained placenta
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  56 signatures

• Prohibit contracting private organisations for Covid-19 vaccination programme
  Open from Wednesday 13th January 2021 to Tuesday 13th July 2021
  125 signatures

• Review the role and membership of the SAGE group
  Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
  23 signatures

• Add Construction workers to the priority list for the COVID-19 Vaccine
  Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
  1,014 signatures

• Provide regular, weekly coronavirus testing for Adult Day Support Workers
  Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
  9 signatures

• Prioritise one parent of young adults in care homes for Covid-19 vaccination.
  Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
  45 signatures

• Make Pharmacy staff a priority for covid vaccination
  Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
  32 signatures

• Fund at least one round of IVF regardless of partner's children
  Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
  754 signatures

• Make FFP3 masks available to all staff working with SARS-CoV2
  Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
  3,322 signatures

• ALL nursing students to be eligible for the nursing training grant
  Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
  17 signatures

• Make sunbed shops have to advertise the health risks of sunbeds like cigarettes.
  Open from Friday 15th January 2021 to Thursday 15th July 2021
  62 signatures

• Make Healthy Start Vouchers available to use on ONLINE supermarket shopping
  Open from Monday 18th January 2021 to Sunday 18th July 2021
  25 signatures

• Prioritise HGV and delivery drivers to get the vaccine
  Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
  525 signatures

• Prioritise professional drivers/public transport operators for vaccination
  Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
  242 signatures

• Prioritise over-55 self-employed construction workers for Covid-19 vaccination
  Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
  15 signatures

• Make COVID-19 tests available to all members of households with a positive case
  Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
  10 signatures

• Provide DNA sequencing of urine cultures on the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 19th January 2021 to Monday 19th July 2021
  18 signatures

• Payrise for Paramedics/Technicians
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  17 signatures

• Exempt people on the autistic spectrum or with ADHD from NHS prescription charge
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  232 signatures

• Fund treatment for RCPD on the NHS
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  123 signatures

• Include Covid 19 Testers in the frontline worker priority group for vaccination
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  143 signatures

• Use proceeds from Covid-19 fines to fund a bonus for frontline NHS staff
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  27 signatures

• Require people in care to were face coverings when in presence of care staff
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  24 signatures

• Fund increased sick pay for community carers during Covid-19 outbreak
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  24 signatures

• Prioritise immediate family of healthcare workers for Covid-19 vaccinate
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  50 signatures

• Give all Nurses and lower paid NHS Staff a tax free bonus of £5000
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  69 signatures

• Fund more suitable care homes for the physically disabled
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  20 signatures

• Do not rollout Covid-19 vaccine passports
  Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
  375,208 signatures

• Rename the NHS to "The Royal National Health Service"
  Open from Thursday 21st January 2021 to Wednesday 21st July 2021
  66 signatures

• Fund costs of replacement consumables for Community Public Access Defibrillators
  Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
  324 signatures

• Increase funding for mental health crisis patient aftercare
  Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
  46 signatures

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