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
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
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
Fund Spinraza for all SMA patients on the NHS
Open from Wednesday 21st October 2020 to Wednesday 21st April 2021
5,004 signatures
Fund a national screening programme for Prostate Cancer
Open from Wednesday 7th September 2022 to Tuesday 21st March 2023
4,967 signatures
Ban the use of Piercing Guns in the UK
Open from Thursday 13th May 2021 to Saturday 13th November 2021
4,950 signatures
Prioritise carers of vulnerable people to receive a Covid vaccine when available
Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
4,795 signatures
Award Covid-19 medals to all emergency services and involved armed forces
Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
4,759 signatures
Fund research into Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW)
Open from Wednesday 7th July 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022
4,745 signatures
Support provision of lipreading and hearing aid friendly face masks
Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
4,695 signatures
Fund increased support for Avoidance Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)
Open from Tuesday 6th July 2021 to Thursday 6th January 2022
4,643 signatures
Provide funding so all type 1 diabetics can receive Flash or CGM
Open from Wednesday 31st March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
4,591 signatures
Review and fund improved testing and treatment for urinary tract infections
Open from Friday 11th March 2022 to Sunday 25th September 2022
4,527 signatures
Create a Government compensation scheme for all mesh implant recipients
Open from Friday 13th November 2020 to Thursday 13th May 2021
4,505 signatures
Continue providing Lateral Flow / Self Test Kits free by post and at pharmacies
Open from Wednesday 25th August 2021 to Friday 25th February 2022
4,433 signatures
Revoke compulsory wearing of facemasks on public transport and in shops
Open from Friday 3rd December 2021 to Friday 3rd June 2022
4,406 signatures
Introduce a fourth emergency service 'mental health rescue'
Open from Thursday 13th October 2022 to Thursday 13th April 2023
4,361 signatures
Reverse measures allowing women to access at home abortion.
Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
4,326 signatures
Regulate the sale and advertising of diet products
Open from Friday 11th December 2020 to Friday 11th June 2021
4,313 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
Publish daily figures of all deaths within 28 days of receiving a Covid vaccine
Open from Wednesday 27th October 2021 to Wednesday 27th April 2022
4,262 signatures
Fund a campaign to raise awareness about bile duct cancer
Open from Monday 16th August 2021 to Wednesday 16th February 2022
4,253 signatures
Fund Ayurveda treatment on the NHS as a complementary and alternative medicine
Open from Wednesday 6th April 2022 to Thursday 20th October 2022
4,207 signatures
Publish data on Covid-19 infections in schools
Open from Friday 4th June 2021 to Saturday 4th December 2021
4,174 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
4,140 signatures
Review and reform Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Open from Wednesday 12th January 2022 to Tuesday 12th July 2022
4,092 signatures
Review and fund improved diagnosis and treatment of ADHD/ASD
Open from Tuesday 3rd August 2021 to Thursday 3rd February 2022
4,084 signatures
Fund fully trained lactation consultants on maternity wards
Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
3,935 signatures
Reduce the age ambulance workers can draw their NHS pension to 55
Open from Friday 23rd June 2023 to Saturday 23rd December 2023
3,904 signatures
Fund routine genetic testing in pregnancy
Opened on Monday 18th March 2024
3,800 signatures so far
Remove the urgency procedure from the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act1984
Open from Monday 20th June 2022 to Tuesday 3rd January 2023
3,798 signatures
Do not reduce funding for Covid research
Open from Thursday 17th March 2022 to Saturday 1st October 2022
3,762 signatures
Review and reform Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
3,739 signatures
Consider chronic UTIs in Women’s Health Strategy
Opened on Friday 29th December 2023
3,624 signatures so far
Increase funding for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Open from Monday 15th March 2021 to Wednesday 15th September 2021
3,622 signatures
Review prescribing of topical corticosteroids
Opened on Tuesday 5th March 2024
3,553 signatures so far
Require integrated care systems to have a specialist allergy nurse and dietician
Open from Thursday 27th April 2023 to Friday 27th October 2023
3,537 signatures
Increase Funding for Diagnosis and Care of People with Severe Aortic Stenosis
Open from Thursday 4th August 2022 to Saturday 18th February 2023
3,535 signatures
Commission an independent safety audit of MHRA on medicine & device approval
Open from Tuesday 23rd May 2023 to Thursday 23rd November 2023
3,533 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
Do not make covid-19 or flu vaccine a condition of deployment for NHS workers
Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
3,453 signatures
Fund Immunotherapy for Cervical Cancer patients under the NHS
Open from Thursday 7th October 2021 to Thursday 7th April 2022
3,426 signatures
Make MHRA Yellow Card reporting mandatory for all medical professionals
Open from Friday 11th June 2021 to Saturday 11th December 2021
3,425 signatures
Fund surgery for lipoedema on the NHS
Open from Tuesday 29th December 2020 to Tuesday 29th June 2021
3,341 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
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
Fund free fall alarms for people who suffer from epilepsy or seizures
Open from Friday 31st July 2020 to Sunday 31st January 2021
3,264 signatures
Create an ‘Adult ADHD strategy’ to improve diagnosis and treatment
Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
3,254 signatures
Enable Dental Care Professionals to claim an NHS pension
Open from Tuesday 23rd February 2021 to Monday 23rd August 2021
3,229 signatures
Extend shielding until further notice
Open from Wednesday 22nd July 2020 to Friday 22nd January 2021
3,213 signatures
Fund access to Kaftrio for CF patients in England in line with other UK nations
Open from Wednesday 3rd February 2021 to Tuesday 3rd August 2021
3,199 signatures
Make the Covid Pass available to all fully vaccinated, including 12-15 year olds
Open from Thursday 9th September 2021 to Wednesday 9th March 2022
3,184 signatures
Fund Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW) Research and Provide Support for Sufferers
Opened on Friday 19th April 2024
3,181 signatures so far
Fund Immunotherapy for Cervical Cancer patients under the NHS
Ban Applied Behavioural Analysis for autistic people
Open from Friday 23rd April 2021 to Saturday 23rd October 2021
3,146 signatures
Increase Funding to Support ARFID Sufferers
Open from Monday 10th January 2022 to Sunday 10th July 2022
3,132 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
Hold a Public Inquiry into the shortage of ADHD medication
Opened on Thursday 16th November 2023
3,085 signatures so far
Fund cancer immunotherapy treatments beyond 2 years and for rechallenge
Open from Monday 6th June 2022 to Tuesday 20th December 2022
2,956 signatures
Access to specialist mental health support for bereaved parents after baby loss.
Open from Tuesday 13th October 2020 to Tuesday 13th April 2021
2,928 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
Fund improved training on and care provision for ME/CFS as recommended
Open from Monday 1st August 2022 to Wednesday 15th February 2023
2,898 signatures
Require Drs to give patient information leaflets prior to giving vaccinations.
Open from Tuesday 7th April 2020 to Wednesday 7th October 2020
2,895 signatures
Nullify non-disclosure agreements/gagging orders for NHS staff for covid-19
Open from Wednesday 7th October 2020 to Wednesday 7th April 2021
2,889 signatures
Fund free female sanitary products, such as sanitary towels and tampons
Open from Wednesday 4th November 2020 to Tuesday 4th May 2021
2,887 signatures
Forever Free Parking for NHS and Care Workers
Open from Friday 22nd May 2020 to Sunday 22nd November 2020
2,887 signatures
Fund Cancer Drugs Fund immunotherapy drugs to extend NICE’s 2 year limit
Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
2,860 signatures
Reform the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme (VDPS) to improve support
Open from Monday 15th May 2023 to Wednesday 15th November 2023
2,859 signatures
Allow people with medicinal cannabis prescriptions to grow their own cannabis
Open from Monday 13th September 2021 to Sunday 13th March 2022
2,853 signatures
Permanently abolish NHS pension abatement rules
Open from Wednesday 13th April 2022 to Thursday 27th October 2022
2,825 signatures
Provide more funding for in-training counselling psychologists working in NHS
Opened on Tuesday 12th March 2024
2,822 signatures so far
Fund 3 rounds of IVF for all couples who cannot conceive naturally
Open from Tuesday 19th April 2022 to Wednesday 2nd November 2022
2,781 signatures
Offer ultrasound scans to women as soon as they have a positive pregnancy test
Open from Tuesday 30th March 2021 to Thursday 30th September 2021
2,767 signatures
Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settings
Opened on Wednesday 17th January 2024
2,758 signatures so far
Require hospitals to permit partners to stay overnight with new birth givers
Opened on Friday 16th February 2024
2,751 signatures so far
Publish how many people have died solely from Covid-19
Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
2,747 signatures
NHS dental nurses to be entitled to an NHS pension
Opened on Friday 22nd December 2023
2,742 signatures so far
Fund increased support for people with eating disorders
Open from Friday 12th February 2021 to Thursday 12th August 2021
2,734 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
Fund research into Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Open from Tuesday 22nd September 2020 to Monday 22nd March 2021
2,718 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
Write off all student loans for all NHS staff fighting COVID19
Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
2,680 signatures
Offer the smear test to over-16s
Open from Monday 15th February 2021 to Sunday 15th August 2021
2,588 signatures
Ban all flavoured vapes
Open from Thursday 21st September 2023 to Thursday 21st March 2024
2,572 signatures
Fund increased care and support for people with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
Opened on Friday 29th December 2023
2,568 signatures so far
Provide funding to make bevacizumab and biosimilars available on NHS
Open from Thursday 8th October 2020 to Thursday 8th April 2021
2,559 signatures
Fund placenta measurements for all pregnant women on the NHS
Open from Monday 18th July 2022 to Wednesday 1st February 2023
2,555 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
Ban the import, manufacture, and sale of disposable e-cigarettes or vapes
Open from Wednesday 31st May 2023 to Thursday 30th November 2023
2,533 signatures
Ensure all Health Care Students are paid during placements during Covid-19
Open from Monday 26th October 2020 to Monday 26th April 2021
2,518 signatures
Ensure student nurses are paid whilst they are on clinical placement
Open from Monday 23rd October 2023 to Tuesday 23rd April 2024
2,514 signatures
Increase funding for research into Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
Open from Tuesday 1st March 2022 to Thursday 1st September 2022
2,499 signatures
Provide support for sufferers of long term effects of Covid-19
Open from Thursday 27th August 2020 to Saturday 27th February 2021
2,480 signatures
Fund research into metabolism testing for brain tumour patients
Open from Thursday 15th October 2020 to Thursday 15th April 2021
2,461 signatures
Create a National Taskforce to end Breast Cancer deaths
Open from Thursday 25th March 2021 to Saturday 25th September 2021
2,455 signatures
Provide publicly accessible testing for the covid-19 virus around the UK now.
Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
2,440 signatures
Commission an independent review into GP access
Open from Monday 18th October 2021 to Monday 18th April 2022
2,351 signatures
Compensate all infected blood victims and their families without delay
Opened on Wednesday 31st January 2024
2,337 signatures so far
Voucher scheme for those with Coeliacs Disease for gluten-free food
Open from Friday 5th August 2022 to Sunday 19th February 2023
2,334 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
2,333 signatures
Provide funding and improve procedures for survivors with PTSD/CPTSD
Open from Thursday 1st October 2020 to Thursday 1st April 2021
2,297 signatures
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