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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• Fund a 24-hour NHS mental health helpline and treatment
  Open from Monday 24th May 2021 to Wednesday 24th November 2021
  1,692 signatures

• Fund baby boxes so babies can be given up safely
  Open from Wednesday 26th May 2021 to Friday 26th November 2021
  65 signatures

• Investigate performance of private covid-19 travel test providers
  Open from Wednesday 26th May 2021 to Friday 26th November 2021
  1,468 signatures

• Fund more specialised NHS aftercare for new mothers
  Open from Thursday 27th May 2021 to Saturday 27th November 2021
  12 signatures

• Increase funding for mental health support for all Emergency services
  Open from Friday 28th May 2021 to Sunday 28th November 2021
  27 signatures

• Free prescriptions for Rheumatoid Arthritis patients
  Open from Friday 28th May 2021 to Sunday 28th November 2021
  175 signatures

• Review and fund newborn screening tests for cytomegalovirus (CMV)
  Open from Tuesday 1st June 2021 to Wednesday 1st December 2021
  6,576 signatures

• Extend the NHS £5000 grant to medicine and dentistry students
  Open from Tuesday 1st June 2021 to Wednesday 1st December 2021
  23 signatures

• Issue NHS Staff Long Service Medals for 20yrs service the same as the Ambulance
  Open from Tuesday 1st June 2021 to Wednesday 1st December 2021
  20 signatures

• Fund treatment for Plagiocephaly And Brachycephaly.
  Open from Wednesday 2nd June 2021 to Thursday 2nd December 2021
  245 signatures

• Ensure that everyone can get an appointment with their GP within five days
  Open from Thursday 3rd June 2021 to Friday 3rd December 2021
  137 signatures

• Reform the VDPA 1979 to improve support for those harmed by covid-19 vaccines
  Open from Thursday 3rd June 2021 to Friday 3rd December 2021
  18,778 signatures

• Provide funding to make ambulances accessible to electric wheelchairs
  Open from Thursday 3rd June 2021 to Friday 3rd December 2021
  16 signatures

• Government funding for the Air Ambulances
  Open from Friday 4th June 2021 to Saturday 4th December 2021
  29 signatures

• Publish data on Covid-19 infections in schools
  Open from Friday 4th June 2021 to Saturday 4th December 2021
  4,174 signatures

• Lower the age of Bowel Cancer screening to 30
  Open from Friday 4th June 2021 to Saturday 4th December 2021
  139 signatures

• Require vaccine history be recorded on death certificates
  Open from Friday 4th June 2021 to Saturday 4th December 2021
  18,556 signatures

• Fund testing for ovarian cancer every 3 years
  Open from Monday 7th June 2021 to Tuesday 7th December 2021
  56 signatures

• Fund the NHS to provide free diastasis recti surgery (abdominoplasty)
  Open from Tuesday 8th June 2021 to Wednesday 8th December 2021
  30 signatures

• Fund training for care providers on working with disabled young people
  Open from Tuesday 8th June 2021 to Wednesday 8th December 2021
  20 signatures

• Change the law so people with learning disabilities or autism can’t be detained
  Open from Tuesday 8th June 2021 to Wednesday 8th December 2021
  25 signatures

• Fund free epipens for all anaphylaxis sufferers on the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 8th June 2021 to Wednesday 8th December 2021
  26 signatures

• Make parking free for NHS staff in all NHS sites
  Open from Tuesday 8th June 2021 to Wednesday 8th December 2021
  227 signatures

• Fund improved support for people with communication and swallowing needs
  Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
  16,102 signatures

• Create a user-led, independent body to support CQC to monitor secure settings
  Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
  366 signatures

• Create a legal right for patients to receive timely face-to-face GP appointments
  Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
  19,300 signatures

• Fund and offer a COVID-19 tracking wristband as alternative to hotel quarantine
  Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
  1,156 signatures

• Ensure all male public toilets have baby changing facilities
  Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
  61 signatures

• Review the rise of eating disorders in the LGBT+ community
  Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
  63 signatures

• Seek to join EU travel certificate scheme as alternative to quarantine
  Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
  49 signatures

• Ensure mental health assessments for children are within 4 weeks of GP referral
  Open from Thursday 10th June 2021 to Friday 10th December 2021
  7,480 signatures

• Make MHRA Yellow Card reporting mandatory for all medical professionals
  Open from Friday 11th June 2021 to Saturday 11th December 2021
  3,426 signatures

• Stop plans for NHS Digital to share GP patient data with third parties
  Open from Friday 11th June 2021 to Saturday 11th December 2021
  200 signatures

• Add Sickle Cell to the Prescription Charge Exemption List
  Open from Thursday 17th June 2021 to Friday 17th December 2021
  28,976 signatures

• Fund newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy immediately
  Open from Thursday 17th June 2021 to Friday 17th December 2021
  11,953 signatures

• Fund free CPR lessons for everyone
  Open from Friday 18th June 2021 to Saturday 18th December 2021
  17 signatures

• Provide funding to councils ringfenced for services for the severely disabled
  Open from Monday 21st June 2021 to Tuesday 21st December 2021
  1,351 signatures

• Fund and require defibrillators in all public places
  Open from Monday 21st June 2021 to Tuesday 21st December 2021
  333 signatures

• Fund screening and public awareness for heart conditions for all young people
  Open from Tuesday 22nd June 2021 to Wednesday 22nd December 2021
  28 signatures

• Ensure everyone receives their second Covid-19 vaccine within 6 to 8 weeks
  Open from Wednesday 23rd June 2021 to Thursday 23rd December 2021
  27 signatures

• Fund specialist pathways for diagnosis and support for people with ASD
  Open from Wednesday 23rd June 2021 to Thursday 23rd December 2021
  126 signatures

• Ease social distancing requirements to allow parents to attend school sports day
  Open from Thursday 24th June 2021 to Friday 24th December 2021
  223 signatures

• Increase funding for children's social care from to £15 billion
  Open from Friday 25th June 2021 to Saturday 25th December 2021
  202 signatures

• Offer the Covid-19 vaccine to under 18s
  Open from Friday 25th June 2021 to Saturday 25th December 2021
  7,707 signatures

• Make managed quarantine free for UK nationals
  Open from Tuesday 29th June 2021 to Wednesday 29th December 2021
  25 signatures

• Commission a review of fertility treatment for same-sex/LGBTQ+ couples
  Open from Tuesday 29th June 2021 to Wednesday 29th December 2021
  2,927 signatures

• Create an emergency fund for ASD (autism) & ADHD assessments
  Open from Wednesday 30th June 2021 to Thursday 30th December 2021
  21,147 signatures

• Change requirements for managed quarantine for international students
  Open from Wednesday 30th June 2021 to Thursday 30th December 2021
  47 signatures

• Ban the marketing of baby food for children under 6 months
  Open from Wednesday 30th June 2021 to Thursday 30th December 2021
  248 signatures

• Make the Care Quality Commission responsible for oversight of managed quarantine
  Open from Wednesday 30th June 2021 to Thursday 30th December 2021
  42 signatures

• Require all medication packaging list details of a suicide prevention helpline
  Open from Wednesday 30th June 2021 to Thursday 30th December 2021
  46 signatures

• Extend eligibility for free prescriptions to sufferers of Parkinson's disease
  Open from Thursday 1st July 2021 to Saturday 1st January 2022
  43 signatures

• Fund routine early testing for pregnant women for Group B Strep
  Open from Friday 2nd July 2021 to Sunday 2nd January 2022
  54 signatures

• Provide funding to local authorities to protect health visiting provision
  Open from Friday 2nd July 2021 to Sunday 2nd January 2022
  11,528 signatures

• Replace self-isolation requirements for school students with daily testing
  Open from Friday 2nd July 2021 to Sunday 2nd January 2022
  281 signatures

• Provide funding for greater holistic dementia care after the covid-19 pandemic.
  Open from Monday 5th July 2021 to Wednesday 5th January 2022
  26 signatures

• Create NHS Day National Holiday + Payment of National Gratitude Bonus to staff
  Open from Monday 5th July 2021 to Wednesday 5th January 2022
  361 signatures

• Require employers to provide breaks for breastfeeding mums to express
  Open from Monday 5th July 2021 to Wednesday 5th January 2022
  49 signatures

• Prioritise teachers for covid booster vaccinations
  Open from Tuesday 6th July 2021 to Thursday 6th January 2022
  953 signatures

• Fund increased support for Avoidance Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
  Open from Tuesday 6th July 2021 to Thursday 6th January 2022
  4,645 signatures

• Fund research into Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW)
  Open from Wednesday 7th July 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022
  4,746 signatures

• Dedicate funding for research into Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP)
  Open from Wednesday 7th July 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022
  111,246 signatures

• Fund free residential care for dementia sufferers
  Open from Wednesday 7th July 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022
  89 signatures

• Prioritise funding for a new hospital for King's Lynn & West Norfolk
  Open from Wednesday 7th July 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022
  15,817 signatures

• Create a fund to reimburse private medical costs paid during the pandemic
  Open from Thursday 8th July 2021 to Saturday 8th January 2022
  41 signatures

• Provide free PCR tests for international travel and return to the UK
  Open from Thursday 8th July 2021 to Saturday 8th January 2022
  6,464 signatures

• Mandatory SEN and hidden disability training for NHS, care and emergency workers
  Open from Thursday 8th July 2021 to Saturday 8th January 2022
  85 signatures

• Lock NHS pay rises to increases in pay for MPs, backdated to 2015
  Open from Friday 9th July 2021 to Sunday 9th January 2022
  5,177 signatures

• Fund free dental care for university students
  Open from Friday 9th July 2021 to Sunday 9th January 2022
  18 signatures

• Fund research into MCAS to ensure formal recognition and diagnosis by the NHS
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  2,728 signatures

• Increase Support For Men's Mental Health
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  81 signatures

• Keep face coverings compulsory in hospitals
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  143 signatures

• Continue to make face masks mandatory in all healthcare settings from 19th July.
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  8,811 signatures

• Make Irlen syndrome eye test and lenses for under 16s available on NHS
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  27 signatures

• Treat vaccine trial participants as fully vaccinated for self-isolation purpose
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  14 signatures

• Make Covid-19 tests for travel optional or free for EU citizens living in the UK
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  438 signatures

• Fund a Covid-19 antibody test for all vaccinated CEV people
  Open from Monday 12th July 2021 to Wednesday 12th January 2022
  45 signatures

• Give all existing Year 13 students the choice to be fully vaccinated for uni.
  Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
  932 signatures

• Include single-jabbed individuals in quarantine exemption plans.
  Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
  21 signatures

• Allow any Over 18yr old to have their 2nd Covid vaccine after 4 weeks.
  Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
  60 signatures

• Make it free to train as a nurse.
  Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
  92 signatures

• Have a full independent review into adult social care provision in the community
  Open from Wednesday 14th July 2021 to Friday 14th January 2022
  74 signatures

• Offer the covid-19 vaccine to all CEV over 12s
  Open from Thursday 15th July 2021 to Saturday 15th January 2022
  31 signatures

• Appoint an Allergy Tsar as a champion for people living with allergies
  Open from Monday 19th July 2021 to Wednesday 19th January 2022
  20,518 signatures

• Repeal regulations on Covid-19 jabs for care workers pending impact statement
  Open from Tuesday 20th July 2021 to Thursday 20th January 2022
  5,274 signatures

• Require all pharmacies to support online payment and postal delivery
  Open from Tuesday 20th July 2021 to Thursday 20th January 2022
  14 signatures

• Fund a national database and app for the location of all defibrillators
  Open from Tuesday 20th July 2021 to Thursday 20th January 2022
  65 signatures

• Abolish prescription fees
  Open from Tuesday 20th July 2021 to Thursday 20th January 2022
  185 signatures

• Fund more support for expectant parents who have suffered with baby loss
  Open from Wednesday 21st July 2021 to Friday 21st January 2022
  1,135 signatures

• Fund free PCR Home Covid tests for key workers entering the UK
  Open from Wednesday 21st July 2021 to Friday 21st January 2022
  18 signatures

• Increase funding for Herpes (HSV) education, testing and research
  Open from Wednesday 21st July 2021 to Friday 21st January 2022
  461 signatures

• Allow UK vaccinated residents to transit through France with no quarantine
  Open from Thursday 22nd July 2021 to Saturday 22nd January 2022
  75 signatures

• Allow under 18s returning from red list countries to quarantine at home
  Open from Thursday 22nd July 2021 to Saturday 22nd January 2022
  11 signatures

• Allow fully vaccinated people from France to travel to UK without quarantine.
  Open from Friday 23rd July 2021 to Sunday 23rd January 2022
  2,546 signatures

• Create a religious exemption to any vaccine passport requirements
  Open from Friday 23rd July 2021 to Sunday 23rd January 2022
  9,963 signatures

• Do not require Covid vaccination passports for crowded events
  Open from Friday 23rd July 2021 to Sunday 23rd January 2022
  10,641 signatures

• Self isolation rules to be the same for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people
  Open from Monday 26th July 2021 to Wednesday 26th January 2022
  1,349 signatures

• Ban smoking in all public places used by children
  Open from Monday 26th July 2021 to Wednesday 26th January 2022
  365 signatures

• Give women a legal right to have two birthing partners at births
  Open from Monday 26th July 2021 to Wednesday 26th January 2022
  666 signatures

• Give a 10% pay increase to all NHS staff back dated to March 2020
  Open from Tuesday 27th July 2021 to Thursday 27th January 2022
  58 signatures

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