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
Make all sleeping medication prescription only
Open from Friday 23rd October 2020 to Friday 23rd April 2021
26 signatures
Make Pregnancy NIPT Tests available on the NHS
Open from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 to Monday 22nd March 2021
26 signatures
Provide stab vests for all NHS and Private frontline and patient transport crews
Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
26 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
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
Ban vaping in any vehicle with children under 18 years of age
Opened on Tuesday 2nd April 2024
25 signatures so far
Authorise Polygraph and fMRI test results in sexual assault court evidence
Opened on Friday 1st March 2024
25 signatures so far
Review the use of forceps for the delivery of babies
Opened on Wednesday 24th January 2024
25 signatures so far
Require all hospitals to have Frailty Guardians and Acute Frailty Units
Open from Friday 28th April 2023 to Saturday 28th October 2023
25 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
Require NHS recruit based on merit and fair and open competition
Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
25 signatures
Double funding for the NHS
Open from Wednesday 8th February 2023 to Tuesday 8th August 2023
25 signatures
Fund biennial full body MRI scans for all NHS patients to screen for cancer
Open from Tuesday 3rd May 2022 to Thursday 17th November 2022
25 signatures
Scrap all charges for NHS services in England
Open from Wednesday 16th February 2022 to Tuesday 16th August 2022
25 signatures
Make managed quarantine free for UK nationals
Open from Tuesday 29th June 2021 to Wednesday 29th December 2021
25 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
Make Healthy Start Vouchers available to use on ONLINE supermarket shopping
Open from Monday 18th January 2021 to Sunday 18th July 2021
25 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
Fund GPs to offer annual testicular cancer checks
Open from Thursday 10th December 2020 to Thursday 10th June 2021
25 signatures
Donate any surplus or unsuitable NHS masks to the public
Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
25 signatures
Fund self-defence training for NHS staff
Open from Wednesday 23rd September 2020 to Tuesday 23rd March 2021
25 signatures
Recognise and fully fund the RNLI as a National Emergency Service
Open from Thursday 13th August 2020 to Saturday 13th February 2021
25 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
Scrap prescription charges during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
25 signatures
Allow childminders to continue caring for children during the Coronavirus
Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
25 signatures
Fund a stroke screening programme using carotid artery scans
Opened on Tuesday 23rd April 2024
24 signatures so far
Require 10% of offerings at restaurants to be nutritious
Opened on Tuesday 26th March 2024
24 signatures so far
Increase funding for mental health and learning disability support in education
Opened on Thursday 21st March 2024
24 signatures so far
Require all care homes to have a defibrillator
Opened on Thursday 7th March 2024
24 signatures so far
Make mental health training in the workplace compulsory for all employers
Open from Wednesday 11th October 2023 to Thursday 11th April 2024
24 signatures
Hold a referendum on increasing NHS Funding 25% via ringfenced NHS taxes
Open from Monday 21st August 2023 to Wednesday 21st February 2024
24 signatures
Establish a cross-party panel to agree a plan for future NHS funding
Open from Wednesday 11th January 2023 to Tuesday 11th July 2023
24 signatures
Free flu jabs for nursery practitioners and teachers.
Open from Monday 24th October 2022 to Monday 24th April 2023
24 signatures
Increase NHS funding to provide more Plasma Donation Centres across England
Open from Monday 25th July 2022 to Wednesday 8th February 2023
24 signatures
Free prescriptions for anyone with a heart condition
Open from Tuesday 24th May 2022 to Thursday 8th December 2022
24 signatures
Keep providing free LFTs to school aged children
Open from Tuesday 1st March 2022 to Thursday 1st September 2022
24 signatures
Exempt carers from managed quarantine unless they test positive for Covid-19
Open from Monday 13th December 2021 to Monday 13th June 2022
24 signatures
Fund self-defence classes for women and girls to help them protect themselves
Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
24 signatures
Fund a Vitamin D awareness campaign with free tests and supplements for all
Open from Monday 29th November 2021 to Sunday 29th May 2022
24 signatures
Fund counselling for all adolescent victims of sexual abuse
Open from Thursday 11th November 2021 to Wednesday 11th May 2022
24 signatures
Legally Protect the titles 'Psychotherapist' and 'Counsellor' for Safeguarding
Open from Thursday 11th November 2021 to Wednesday 11th May 2022
24 signatures
Remove the smoking ban in psychiatric wards as it increases amount of incidents
Open from Wednesday 18th August 2021 to Friday 18th February 2022
24 signatures
Twice yearly health visits for 0-2year olds and yearly check in for 2-5years
Open from Monday 10th May 2021 to Wednesday 10th November 2021
24 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
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
Fund a home flu vaccination scheme for autistic children and adults
Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
24 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
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
Incorporate the rainbow into the NHS logo
Open from Tuesday 16th June 2020 to Wednesday 16th December 2020
24 signatures
Requisition capacity from the defence sector to produce medical equipment.
Open from Wednesday 15th April 2020 to Thursday 15th October 2020
24 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
Fund free care homes for all, irrespective of personal finances
Opened on Friday 19th April 2024
23 signatures so far
Require hospitals to offer private rooms to vulnerable patients
Opened on Thursday 1st February 2024
23 signatures so far
Fund COVID vaccines / boosters at a subsidised cost
Open from Wednesday 4th October 2023 to Thursday 4th April 2024
23 signatures
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 NHS use an "opt-in" system to use patient data for planning or research
Open from Monday 4th April 2022 to Tuesday 18th October 2022
23 signatures
Provide bonuses to NHS staff for their hard work during the Covid pandemic.
Open from Monday 21st March 2022 to Wednesday 5th October 2022
23 signatures
Increase funding for radiotherapy equipment for the NHS
Open from Thursday 17th February 2022 to Wednesday 17th August 2022
23 signatures
Review barriers to and support for sufferers of Amblyopia or ‘Lazy Eye’
Open from Wednesday 22nd December 2021 to Wednesday 22nd June 2022
23 signatures
Extend the NHS £5000 grant to medicine and dentistry students
Open from Tuesday 1st June 2021 to Wednesday 1st December 2021
23 signatures
Make painkillers only available over the counter
Open from Friday 21st May 2021 to Sunday 21st November 2021
23 signatures
Clear any NHS student debt accrued during the covid 19 pandemic
Open from Monday 25th January 2021 to Sunday 25th July 2021
23 signatures
Review the role and membership of the SAGE group
Open from Thursday 14th January 2021 to Wednesday 14th July 2021
23 signatures
Ban smoking in parks and recreation ground including sports grounds
Open from Wednesday 2nd December 2020 to Wednesday 2nd June 2021
23 signatures
Fund greater provision of emergency dental care
Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
23 signatures
Ban the use of RFID chips in humans.
Open from Thursday 3rd September 2020 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021
23 signatures
Reward NHS Workers with a Long Service Medal
Open from Thursday 6th August 2020 to Saturday 6th February 2021
23 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
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
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
Pay NHS Agency Nurses, Doctors and Healthcare staff a wage if they self isolate
Open from Wednesday 6th May 2020 to Friday 6th November 2020
23 signatures
Publish estimated figures alongside confirmed cases of covid-19
Open from Friday 20th March 2020 to Sunday 20th September 2020
23 signatures
Fund pay and course fees for medical students who work on clinical placements
Opened on Thursday 25th April 2024
22 signatures so far
Fund Amicapsil on the NHS for people with pressure sores/ulcers
Opened on Tuesday 19th March 2024
22 signatures so far
Create a free service for adopted people to check their DNA and find relatives
Opened on Tuesday 21st November 2023
22 signatures so far
Provide funding for free first aid training on how to deal with stab wounds
Open from Tuesday 10th October 2023 to Wednesday 10th April 2024
22 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
Remove Nigeria from the Healthcare UK Red List
Open from Wednesday 5th April 2023 to Thursday 5th October 2023
22 signatures
Fund cochlea implants for everyone with hearing loss
Open from Friday 10th March 2023 to Sunday 10th September 2023
22 signatures
To set a minimum age limit for ear piercing
Open from Monday 8th November 2021 to Sunday 8th May 2022
22 signatures
Allow free changes to birth certificates up to 7 days after registration
Open from Wednesday 3rd November 2021 to Tuesday 3rd May 2022
22 signatures
Exempt fully vaccinated transiting through UK from managed quarantine
Open from Thursday 16th September 2021 to Wednesday 16th March 2022
22 signatures
Public inquiry into UK residents incorrectly being charged for NHS services
Open from Thursday 24th September 2020 to Wednesday 24th March 2021
22 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
Government to fully fund both Adult and Children Hospices
Open from Wednesday 17th June 2020 to Thursday 17th December 2020
22 signatures
Provide urgent support and PPE to carers during coronavirus crisis
Open from Thursday 21st May 2020 to Saturday 21st November 2020
22 signatures
Pay all NHS Staff at least the Real Living Wage!
Open from Monday 11th May 2020 to Wednesday 11th November 2020
22 signatures
Supply NHS key frontline staff working during Covid-19 healthy food hampers
Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
22 signatures
Impose mandatory 2-week quarantine on all arrivals from China, Hong Kong & Macau
Open from Tuesday 10th January 2023 to Monday 10th July 2023
21 signatures
Provide funding for nation-wide substance abuse residential rehab centres
Open from Monday 21st November 2022 to Sunday 21st May 2023
21 signatures
Review how the NHS determine whether people are a healthy weight
Open from Tuesday 28th June 2022 to Wednesday 11th January 2023
21 signatures
Review how the PHSO handles complaints of medical negligence that lead to death
Open from Monday 9th May 2022 to Wednesday 23rd November 2022
21 signatures
Remove value of homes from ability to pay for social care means test
Open from Friday 25th March 2022 to Sunday 9th October 2022
21 signatures
Charge anyone needing emergency care due to excessive alcohol £100 for treatment
Open from Friday 4th February 2022 to Thursday 4th August 2022
21 signatures
Include single-jabbed individuals in quarantine exemption plans.
Open from Tuesday 13th July 2021 to Thursday 13th January 2022
21 signatures
Prevent Covid vaccine rollout to children until there is long-term safety data
Prioritise providing excess vaccines to Commonwealth countries.
Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
21 signatures
Reintroduce waiting time targets for seeing a GP
Open from Monday 2nd November 2020 to Sunday 2nd May 2021
21 signatures
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