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
Review mental health training for NHS workers
Opened on Thursday 29th February 2024
370 signatures so far
Reimburse all NHS nurses for their annual registration fees
Open from Tuesday 3rd November 2020 to Monday 3rd May 2021
369 signatures
Fund a walk-in mental health hub in every GP surgery and hospital
Open from Tuesday 17th October 2023 to Wednesday 17th April 2024
368 signatures
Fund abdominal aortic aneurysm screening for women
Open from Tuesday 22nd August 2023 to Thursday 22nd February 2024
367 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
Ban smoking in all public places used by children
Open from Monday 26th July 2021 to Wednesday 26th January 2022
365 signatures
Provide funding to reduce waiting times for ADHD assessments
Opened on Friday 19th April 2024
363 signatures so far
Fund screening for PTSD for new mothers who had complicated births
Open from Friday 7th July 2023 to Sunday 7th January 2024
363 signatures
Review NHS care for women who lose a pregnancy (miscarriage)
Open from Monday 12th April 2021 to Tuesday 12th October 2021
363 signatures
Form a statutory regulator for care, interventions & therapy for Autistic people
Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
362 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
Review how NHS responds to concerns of parents regarding unborn/newborn babies
Opened on Tuesday 16th April 2024
356 signatures so far
Commit to a 'Childhood Rare Disease Strategy' - address health inequality
Open from Wednesday 26th April 2023 to Thursday 26th October 2023
354 signatures
Increase long-term funding for NHS services for homeless people
Open from Thursday 14th April 2022 to Friday 28th October 2022
354 signatures
Review how patients are diagnosed and treated under the Mental Health Act
Open from Tuesday 19th April 2022 to Wednesday 2nd November 2022
353 signatures
Reintroduce shielding with financial support
Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
353 signatures
Require local support services for families affected by substance abuse
Open from Thursday 5th May 2022 to Saturday 19th November 2022
352 signatures
Issue birth certificates for all babies born still from 10 weeks gestation.
Open from Friday 10th March 2023 to Sunday 10th September 2023
351 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
Prioritise keyworkers being vaccinated against COVID-19 first for free
Open from Wednesday 1st July 2020 to Friday 1st January 2021
347 signatures
Extend regulation of health services to medical services at events
Open from Wednesday 1st March 2023 to Friday 1st September 2023
346 signatures
Increase funding for therapies and equipment for disabled children
Open from Thursday 16th March 2023 to Saturday 16th September 2023
344 signatures
Create a regulator for veterinary services with powers to cap fees
Open from Wednesday 2nd August 2023 to Friday 2nd February 2024
343 signatures
Review medical care and treatment for babies with failure to thrive
Open from Monday 21st March 2022 to Wednesday 5th October 2022
343 signatures
Increase the pay of all NHS staff by the same percentage
Opened on Friday 12th January 2024
341 signatures so far
Fund routine CMV virus checks at 8 weeks pregnant
Open from Tuesday 3rd October 2023 to Wednesday 3rd April 2024
340 signatures
Emergency funding increase for mental health services due to Covid -19 pandemic
Open from Friday 24th April 2020 to Saturday 24th October 2020
338 signatures
COVID-19 Vaccine religious exemption for workplaces and accessing venues
Open from Friday 17th September 2021 to Thursday 17th March 2022
336 signatures
Fund and require defibrillators in all public places
Open from Monday 21st June 2021 to Tuesday 21st December 2021
333 signatures
Make all Asthma medications exempt from prescription charges on the NHS
Open from Tuesday 19th October 2021 to Tuesday 19th April 2022
332 signatures
Set up a Royal Commission into Government planning and handling of pandemics
Open from Thursday 4th June 2020 to Friday 4th December 2020
331 signatures
Ensure speedy access to diagnostics and treatment for non-covid patients
Open from Monday 21st September 2020 to Sunday 21st March 2021
330 signatures
Invest £16 million into improving dementia diagnostics
Opened on Monday 4th December 2023
329 signatures so far
Fund cervical cancer screening from age 16, and encourage take-up of HPV vaccine
Open from Thursday 6th July 2023 to Saturday 6th January 2024
329 signatures
Make transplant patients eligible for free prescriptions
Open from Thursday 3rd November 2022 to Wednesday 3rd May 2023
329 signatures
Enable visits by relatives of care home residents using rapid Covid-19 tests
Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
329 signatures
Reimburse health care professionals for professional registration fees
Open from Friday 24th April 2020 to Saturday 24th October 2020
329 signatures
Free Prescriptions for diagnosed Mental Health Conditions
Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
326 signatures
Immediately publish guidance on care home worker vaccination exemption
Open from Tuesday 14th September 2021 to Monday 14th March 2022
325 signatures
Make displaying a “face covering exempt” sign mandatory, for the rightly exempt
Open from Tuesday 9th February 2021 to Monday 9th August 2021
325 signatures
Fund costs of replacement consumables for Community Public Access Defibrillators
Open from Friday 22nd January 2021 to Thursday 22nd July 2021
324 signatures
Exempt people with phobias of needles from any Covid-19 vaccination requirements
Open from Tuesday 14th September 2021 to Monday 14th March 2022
322 signatures
Contract independent hospital providers to enhance choice of public healthcare.
Open from Wednesday 8th November 2023 to Wednesday 8th May 2024
321 signatures
Increase funding to ensure all adults in England have access to an NHS dentist
Open from Wednesday 26th January 2022 to Tuesday 26th July 2022
320 signatures
Fund Kuvan (sapropterin) on the NHS for people with PKU
Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
320 signatures
Fund free parking and at-cost meals at work for all NHS staff
Open from Wednesday 21st December 2022 to Wednesday 21st June 2023
312 signatures
Establish a Healthcare Workers Employment Ombudsman
Open from Thursday 5th November 2020 to Wednesday 5th May 2021
311 signatures
Recognise immune response to Covid-19 in the Covid pass
Open from Tuesday 9th November 2021 to Monday 9th May 2022
306 signatures
Run an awareness campaign and provide additional funding for PMDD
Open from Monday 4th October 2021 to Monday 4th April 2022
306 signatures
Fund mental health support for people who administered first aid
Open from Thursday 13th April 2023 to Friday 13th October 2023
304 signatures
Fund increased research into and public awareness of rarer cancers
Open from Wednesday 23rd February 2022 to Tuesday 23rd August 2022
304 signatures
Fund improved diagnostic pathways and support for neurodivergent children
Open from Monday 9th May 2022 to Wednesday 23rd November 2022
302 signatures
Create a Task Force to Oversee Drug Procurement for ALL Post Viral Conditions
Open from Thursday 20th May 2021 to Saturday 20th November 2021
301 signatures
Change the shingles vaccine age scheme so older people get it first
Open from Monday 9th October 2023 to Tuesday 9th April 2024
300 signatures
Increase funding for NHS transgender services
Open from Wednesday 18th May 2022 to Friday 2nd December 2022
300 signatures
Include current third year nursing students in the £5,000 nursing grant
Open from Thursday 16th July 2020 to Saturday 16th January 2021
298 signatures
Make Covid-19 antibody tests available for everyone
Open from Monday 1st March 2021 to Wednesday 1st September 2021
296 signatures
Once priority groups in the UK are vaccinated redirect Covid-19 vaccines abroad
Open from Thursday 4th February 2021 to Wednesday 4th August 2021
296 signatures
Give carers a right to paid leave to support attendance at medical appointments
Opened on Thursday 4th January 2024
295 signatures so far
End current PIP assessments and consider claims on medical advice alone
Open from Thursday 19th October 2023 to Friday 19th April 2024
295 signatures
Free flu vaccine for teachers, teaching assistants and early years educators
Open from Tuesday 3rd November 2020 to Monday 3rd May 2021
290 signatures
Fund better mental health care for personality disorder in England.
Open from Friday 18th September 2020 to Thursday 18th March 2021
289 signatures
Require Social Services to Record All Meetings
Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
288 signatures
Require full sick pay for staff with long-term health issues, such as cancer
Open from Monday 19th June 2023 to Tuesday 19th December 2023
284 signatures
Offer parents the choice to vaccinate their children against covid-19
Open from Friday 28th April 2023 to Saturday 28th October 2023
283 signatures
Boost Immunity by cutting vitamin D deficiency
Open from Monday 10th August 2020 to Wednesday 10th February 2021
283 signatures
Give NHS staff a pay rise in line with MPs pay increase.
Open from Tuesday 26th May 2020 to Thursday 26th November 2020
283 signatures
Fund free sanitary products for homeless women
Open from Thursday 16th March 2023 to Saturday 16th September 2023
282 signatures
Replace self-isolation requirements for school students with daily testing
Open from Friday 2nd July 2021 to Sunday 2nd January 2022
281 signatures
Commission & fund a National Pandemic Memorial, Institute & annual commemoration
Open from Wednesday 3rd June 2020 to Thursday 3rd December 2020
280 signatures
Do not strip GPs of the right to sign patients off sick
Opened on Wednesday 24th April 2024
279 signatures so far
Permit the use of NHS Covid-19 lateral flow tests for international travel
Open from Wednesday 20th October 2021 to Wednesday 20th April 2022
278 signatures
Fund NHS fertility treatment for couples with existing children
Opened on Thursday 25th April 2024
277 signatures so far
Give all NHS staff a minimum 15% backdated pay rise - including junior doctors.
Open from Tuesday 27th July 2021 to Thursday 27th January 2022
277 signatures
Increase funding for care for people with Spinal Cord Injury
Open from Wednesday 9th February 2022 to Tuesday 9th August 2022
276 signatures
Fund more frequent baby scans for pregnant women
Open from Monday 16th August 2021 to Wednesday 16th February 2022
274 signatures
Please give the NHS Covid Heroes a bigger pay rise.
Open from Monday 8th March 2021 to Wednesday 8th September 2021
274 signatures
Make it mandatory for children's social care to record the religion of children
Open from Monday 23rd October 2023 to Tuesday 23rd April 2024
273 signatures
Give £14k pay rise to all NHS workers pursuant to the Brexit bus's £350m figure
Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
273 signatures
Abolish the 3-month ban on donating blood for men who have had sex with men
Open from Monday 23rd November 2020 to Sunday 23rd May 2021
273 signatures
Refund UK citizens and residents required to hotel quarantine from November 2021
Open from Wednesday 22nd December 2021 to Wednesday 22nd June 2022
272 signatures
Ban spitting in the street especially in light of the covid-19 threat
Open from Monday 27th April 2020 to Tuesday 27th October 2020
272 signatures
Publish data on covid-19 vaccination reactions for children
Open from Wednesday 9th February 2022 to Tuesday 9th August 2022
271 signatures
Fund routine early testing of pregnant women for Group B Strep
Open from Friday 11th September 2020 to Thursday 11th March 2021
271 signatures
Create a voucher scheme for bras and breast prostheses
Opened on Tuesday 14th May 2024
270 signatures so far
Make congenital heart disease scans available at birth
Open from Monday 14th November 2022 to Sunday 14th May 2023
269 signatures
Make university students in England exempt from prescription charges
Open from Tuesday 15th February 2022 to Monday 15th August 2022
269 signatures
Do not support the Health and Equality Acts (Amendment) Bill
Opened on Friday 5th April 2024
268 signatures so far
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
Increase funding for crisis and acute mental health services
Open from Friday 5th November 2021 to Thursday 5th May 2022
266 signatures
Fund more treatment, support and research for those who suffer from agoraphobia
Opened on Tuesday 12th March 2024
265 signatures so far
Review the diagnosis and treatment of myocarditis on the NHS
Open from Friday 18th February 2022 to Thursday 18th August 2022
265 signatures
Make mental health crisis support available through 999
Open from Monday 10th January 2022 to Sunday 10th July 2022
265 signatures
Allow the collection & redemption of store points when buying stage 1 formula
Open from Monday 13th December 2021 to Monday 13th June 2022
264 signatures
Set up nationalised manufacturing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Open from Thursday 4th June 2020 to Friday 4th December 2020
264 signatures
Fund bowel cancer screening from age 30
Open from Friday 8th July 2022 to Sunday 22nd January 2023
262 signatures
Provide financial support & fund research into interventions to treat long COVID
Open from Wednesday 14th April 2021 to Thursday 14th October 2021
262 signatures
Provide funding for barriers on bridges to prevent suicide
Opened on Friday 12th January 2024
260 signatures so far
Provide FREE Social Care to all in the Armed Forces and Emergency Services.
Open from Tuesday 25th August 2020 to Thursday 25th February 2021
259 signatures
Require mental health hospitals contact next of kin before releasing patients
Open from Monday 10th July 2023 to Wednesday 10th January 2024
255 signatures
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