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.
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Ministers
Introduce safe haven baby boxes in the UK
Opened on Thursday 8th February 2024
48 signatures so far
Require regular psychological screening of healthcare staff working with babies
Open from Tuesday 29th August 2023 to Thursday 29th February 2024
48 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
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 more hospitals. Employ more nurses.
Open from Tuesday 7th December 2021 to Tuesday 7th June 2022
48 signatures
Fund the NHS to provide a registered psychiatrist at all GP surgeries
Open from Friday 15th October 2021 to Friday 15th April 2022
48 signatures
Automatic Yearly Pay Rise For NHS Health Care Workers
Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
48 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
Fund tuition fees for midwives and nurses
Open from Wednesday 11th November 2020 to Tuesday 11th May 2021
48 signatures
Priority testing for students if their bubble has confirmed Covid Case
Open from Wednesday 7th October 2020 to Wednesday 7th April 2021
48 signatures
Fund free or discounted menstrual products
Open from Friday 2nd October 2020 to Friday 2nd April 2021
48 signatures
Remove VAT on Defibrillators, and related accessories and consumables
Opened on Tuesday 5th March 2024
47 signatures so far
Allow registered Clinical Scientists to prescribe medication
Opened on Thursday 7th December 2023
47 signatures so far
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
Ban care provider managers from working for multiple providers
Open from Thursday 15th June 2023 to Friday 15th December 2023
47 signatures
Improve awareness of mental health conditions and support for sufferers
Open from Friday 20th May 2022 to Sunday 4th December 2022
47 signatures
Make Covid vaccinations a requirement for Personal Assistants
Open from Thursday 16th December 2021 to Thursday 16th June 2022
47 signatures
Ban demonstrations and protests outside facilities that provide abortions
Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
47 signatures
Change requirements for managed quarantine for international students
Open from Wednesday 30th June 2021 to Thursday 30th December 2021
47 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
Fund a national screening programme to detect ovarian cancer
Open from Tuesday 15th February 2022 to Monday 15th August 2022
46 signatures
Offer the 2nd dose of a COVID vaccine to all 16 and 17 year olds
Open from Friday 8th October 2021 to Friday 8th April 2022
46 signatures
Allow Registered Paramedics, Midwives and Nurses to use Green Beacons
Open from Friday 20th August 2021 to Sunday 20th February 2022
46 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
Increase funding for mental health crisis patient aftercare
Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
46 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
Immediately fund local services to prevent mental health pandemic
Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
46 signatures
Prioritise elected representatives and the royal family for Covid-19 vaccine
Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
46 signatures
Increase funding for researching and developing cancer treatments and cures
Open from Wednesday 2nd September 2020 to Tuesday 2nd March 2021
46 signatures
Requisition Coronavirus Test Kits from private providers and redirect to the NHS
Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
46 signatures
Require a paediatrician in every medical practice
Opened on Thursday 25th April 2024
45 signatures so far
Ban pharmacies from selling e-cigarette products
Open from Wednesday 26th July 2023 to Friday 26th January 2024
45 signatures
Review the safety of Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy and the aftercare.
Open from Wednesday 17th May 2023 to Friday 17th November 2023
45 signatures
Regulate all 'pregnancy advice centres'
Open from Wednesday 8th March 2023 to Friday 8th September 2023
45 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
Review recognition, diagnosis and treatment of sepsis by the NHS
Open from Thursday 24th November 2022 to Wednesday 24th May 2023
45 signatures
Ensure student paramedics are paid for placement hours
Open from Monday 21st March 2022 to Wednesday 5th October 2022
45 signatures
Fund the provision of STI kits through the post in England
Open from Thursday 30th December 2021 to Thursday 30th June 2022
45 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
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 regular Covid-19 testing available to all fire fighters
Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
45 signatures
Increase funding for dementia and Alzheimers
Open from Wednesday 26th August 2020 to Friday 26th February 2021
45 signatures
Include Social Care within the National Health Service
Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
45 signatures
Supply and mandate the use of face masks and gloves
Open from Wednesday 29th April 2020 to Thursday 29th October 2020
45 signatures
Make toilet hand showers compulsory in all public toilets
Opened on Wednesday 1st May 2024
44 signatures so far
Fund more research into women’s health to improve care and treatment
Opened on Wednesday 20th March 2024
44 signatures so far
Prohibit latex gloves
Opened on Thursday 7th March 2024
44 signatures so far
Ban smoking in towns and cities outside of designated areas
Opened on Thursday 21st December 2023
44 signatures so far
Expand the list of medicines that paramedics can order and administer
Opened on Monday 18th December 2023
44 signatures so far
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
Do not cut investment in social care workforce
Open from Wednesday 12th April 2023 to Thursday 12th October 2023
44 signatures
Ban ear piercing under 5s
Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
44 signatures
Increase mental health care funding for children under 11s
Open from Thursday 21st July 2022 to Saturday 4th February 2023
44 signatures
NHS Dental Nurses to be entitled to an NHS pension.
Open from Friday 4th February 2022 to Thursday 4th August 2022
44 signatures
Fund free same-day PCR testing for people with vulnerable relatives
Open from Wednesday 5th January 2022 to Tuesday 5th July 2022
44 signatures
Let non-NHS social care workers paid under £35k pa join the NHS pension scheme
Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
44 signatures
Fund free anti-depressants through the NHS
Open from Tuesday 18th May 2021 to Thursday 18th November 2021
44 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
Ban the sale and use of all cigarettes (including e-cigarettes) by 2030.
Open from Wednesday 29th April 2020 to Thursday 29th October 2020
44 signatures
Set time limits for funerals in England
Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
43 signatures
Remove requirements for UK arrivals to enter quarantine in a managed hotel
Open from Thursday 9th December 2021 to Thursday 9th June 2022
43 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
Introduce Mass Rapid Testing to Birmingham
Open from Thursday 3rd December 2020 to Thursday 3rd June 2021
43 signatures
Provide free 'flu jabs to workers who are not working from home this winter.
Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
43 signatures
Scientific Advisors to hold more power in times of National Health Crisis
Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
43 signatures
Give TV Licensing money to our NHS
Open from Wednesday 27th May 2020 to Friday 27th November 2020
43 signatures
Mandatory testing for all 3 Emergency Services for COVID-19
Open from Tuesday 7th April 2020 to Wednesday 7th October 2020
43 signatures
Fund improved care and support for individuals with FASD
Opened on Friday 10th May 2024
42 signatures so far
Run a competition to commission an NHS logo which incorporates the George Cross
Opened on Wednesday 10th April 2024
42 signatures so far
Backdate £5,000 payment for nursing students to September 2017
Open from Thursday 4th May 2023 to Saturday 4th November 2023
42 signatures
Fund NHS fertility treatment for women over 42
Open from Wednesday 29th March 2023 to Friday 29th September 2023
42 signatures
Make High Blood Pressure tablets and High cholesterol tablets free on the NHS
Open from Thursday 24th February 2022 to Wednesday 24th August 2022
42 signatures
Fund research into any effects of COVID vaccines on the menstrual cycle
Open from Tuesday 21st December 2021 to Tuesday 21st June 2022
42 signatures
Commission a review into the safety of contraceptive pills
Open from Thursday 5th August 2021 to Saturday 5th February 2022
42 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
A law to make spitting at sporting events illegal to stop the spread of diseases
Open from Friday 25th September 2020 to Thursday 25th March 2021
42 signatures
Government to produce and implement a strategy for eradicating Covid-19
Open from Thursday 30th July 2020 to Saturday 30th January 2021
42 signatures
Fund free travel and reduce rate parking for NHS staff.
Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
42 signatures
Ban the sale of tobacco during the covid-19 outbreak
Open from Wednesday 6th May 2020 to Friday 6th November 2020
42 signatures
Provide more funding for treatment of sickle cell disease
Opened on Tuesday 19th December 2023
41 signatures so far
Fund egg freezing on the NHS for women with MRKH/DSD
Open from Monday 30th October 2023 to Tuesday 30th April 2024
41 signatures
Make mental health medication free for all ages
Open from Friday 17th March 2023 to Sunday 17th September 2023
41 signatures
Make ASD and ADHD screening available to all children of nursery age
Open from Thursday 27th January 2022 to Wednesday 27th July 2022
41 signatures
Make Vapes only available on prescription
Open from Tuesday 7th December 2021 to Tuesday 7th June 2022
41 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
Make female sterilisation available on demand to all women aged 16 and over
Open from Tuesday 26th January 2021 to Monday 26th July 2021
41 signatures
Provide regular Covid testing for hospice staff
Open from Tuesday 5th January 2021 to Monday 5th July 2021
41 signatures
Ban the sale of energy drinks to under 18s
Open from Wednesday 28th October 2020 to Wednesday 28th April 2021
41 signatures
Fund an increase in GP surgeries to ensure access
Open from Tuesday 29th September 2020 to Monday 29th March 2021
41 signatures
Ban hostile architecture that affects the homeless
Opened on Wednesday 24th April 2024
40 signatures so far
Require all NHS bodies to be managed by medical staff
Open from Thursday 14th September 2023 to Thursday 14th March 2024
40 signatures
Fund research into and increased awareness of Depersonalisation Disorder
Open from Friday 14th April 2023 to Saturday 14th October 2023
40 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
Hold Public Inquiry on the Safety of Mental Health Services for the vulnerable
Open from Wednesday 9th November 2022 to Tuesday 9th May 2023
40 signatures
Inquiry into the effectiveness of urgent NHS mental health support
Open from Tuesday 19th July 2022 to Thursday 2nd February 2023
40 signatures
Publish data on the deaths of health care staff from Covid 19 by ethnicity
Open from Thursday 21st July 2022 to Saturday 4th February 2023
40 signatures
Provide baby boxes for all newborn children in England
Open from Wednesday 1st June 2022 to Thursday 15th December 2022
40 signatures
Home quarantine for families with under 5s arriving from red list countries
Open from Friday 3rd December 2021 to Friday 3rd June 2022
40 signatures
Require GP surgeries to accept repeat prescription orders by phone
Open from Wednesday 1st December 2021 to Wednesday 1st June 2022
40 signatures
Fund recruitment of additional NHS counsellors to support public mental health
Open from Thursday 28th January 2021 to Wednesday 28th July 2021
40 signatures
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