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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• Pay Carers an allowance equivalent to a fulltime job at the National Living wage
  Open from Wednesday 4th March 2020 to Friday 4th September 2020
  20,605 signatures

• Make chronic kidney disease testing available for all new-borns.
  Open from Wednesday 4th March 2020 to Friday 4th September 2020
  696 signatures

• Fund research for childhood cancers with the worst survival rates
  Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
  109,174 signatures

• Review how Social Services operate and bring in procedures to protect parents
  Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
  2,167 signatures

• Fund Kuvan (sapropterin) on the NHS for people with PKU
  Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
  19,760 signatures

• Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work
  Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
  178,820 signatures

• We ask the Government to have an NHS National Database Centre
  Open from Monday 9th March 2020 to Wednesday 9th September 2020
  152 signatures

• Fund the creation of a new hospital between Shrewsbury and Telford
  Open from Tuesday 10th March 2020 to Thursday 10th September 2020
  616 signatures

• Fund better support for women experiencing pregnancy loss and miscarriage
  Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
  476 signatures

• Enforce Moderate Social Distancing to Contain & Delay Sars-Cov-2/Coronavirus
  Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
  919 signatures

• Require recycling systems in NHS clinical areas for plastic healthcare waste
  Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
  103 signatures

• Fund more support for mental health.
  Open from Wednesday 11th March 2020 to Friday 11th September 2020
  197 signatures

• Ensure continued Universal health cover by legally committing to a minimum spend
  Open from Thursday 12th March 2020 to Saturday 12th September 2020
  6,254 signatures

• Ban large public gatherings in the UK until the coronavirus has been contained
  Open from Thursday 12th March 2020 to Saturday 12th September 2020
  202 signatures

• Implement UK lockdown for preventing spread of COVID19
  Open from Thursday 12th March 2020 to Saturday 12th September 2020
  409,471 signatures

• Provide all nhs Staff with full pay, off sick, if they have coronavirus 19.
  Open from Thursday 12th March 2020 to Saturday 12th September 2020
  206 signatures

• Provide the neighbourhood location of each new COVID 19 case on a live feed.
  Open from Thursday 12th March 2020 to Saturday 12th September 2020
  85 signatures

• Businesses to work from home for an appropriate amount of time amidst COVID19
  Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
  2,170 signatures

• Improve Maternal Mortality Rates and Health Care for Black Women in the U.K.
  Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
  187,516 signatures

• Allow Paracetamol to be sold in pack sizes of 100-250 again
  Open from Friday 13th March 2020 to Sunday 13th September 2020
  70 signatures

• More funding to ensure the safety of patients in the mental health system
  Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
  714 signatures

• Extend £5000 grant to medical and dental students
  Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
  731 signatures

• Fund Vertebral Body Tethering (VBT) on the NHS for people with scoliosis
  Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
  835 signatures

• Free Prescriptions for diagnosed Mental Health Conditions
  Open from Monday 16th March 2020 to Wednesday 16th September 2020
  326 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

• Prevent late terminations of pregnancies where a baby would have Down's Syndrome
  Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
  156 signatures

• Coronavirus: Free Hand sanitisers for everyone.
  Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
  73 signatures

• Cancel the £224 per year increase to the NHS Surcharge
  Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
  188 signatures

• Make sanitary products more easily available for women and girls around the UK
  Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
  228 signatures

• Protect the childcare element of Universal Credit from deductions
  Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
  49 signatures

• Hand washing facilities should be made compulsory in all public places
  Open from Tuesday 17th March 2020 to Thursday 17th September 2020
  77 signatures

• Commit to requisitioning private hospital beds amid the COVID-19 pandemic
  Open from Wednesday 18th March 2020 to Friday 18th September 2020
  230 signatures

• Revoke the Health and Social Care Act 2012 and renationalise the NHS
  Open from Wednesday 18th March 2020 to Friday 18th September 2020
  30,844 signatures

• Explore options for making NurOwn available to treat Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
  Open from Thursday 19th March 2020 to Saturday 19th September 2020
  65,431 signatures

• The NHS should provide free sanitary products for anyone
  Open from Thursday 19th March 2020 to Saturday 19th September 2020
  132 signatures

• Launch an online system for people to report self-isolation for Covid-19
  Open from Friday 20th March 2020 to Sunday 20th September 2020
  62 signatures

• Publish estimated figures alongside confirmed cases of covid-19
  Open from Friday 20th March 2020 to Sunday 20th September 2020
  23 signatures

• Provide all pensioners a survival pack containing essentials to last 30 days
  Open from Friday 20th March 2020 to Sunday 20th September 2020
  64 signatures

• Advise people to avoid shaking hands during COVID-19
  Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  11 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 the procurement of additional medical capacity from the private sector
  Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  15 signatures

• Create legislation requiring employers to have Mental Health First Aiders
  Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  30 signatures

• Negotiate for UK to remain part of the European Medicines Agency after 31 Dec
  Open from Monday 23rd March 2020 to Wednesday 23rd September 2020
  108 signatures

• Provide an Emergency fund for Health & Social Care Providers due to COVID-19
  Open from Tuesday 24th March 2020 to Thursday 24th September 2020
  67 signatures

• Reimburse Nursing students who are prematurely called out into the workforce
  Open from Tuesday 24th March 2020 to Thursday 24th September 2020
  159 signatures

• Purchase more heart-lung machines to fight Covid-19 coronavirus
  Open from Tuesday 24th March 2020 to Thursday 24th September 2020
  37 signatures

• We would like the government to consider social care as equally important to NHS
  Open from Tuesday 24th March 2020 to Thursday 24th September 2020
  44,982 signatures

• Make asthma prescriptions free for those in need.
  Open from Wednesday 25th March 2020 to Friday 25th September 2020
  192 signatures

• Allow National Lottery revenue to be used to fund the NHS
  Open from Thursday 26th March 2020 to Saturday 26th September 2020
  139 signatures

• Make Covid-19 testing available for all healthcare professionals
  Open from Monday 30th March 2020 to Wednesday 30th September 2020
  1,148 signatures

• Provide adequate PPE equipment for medical professionals working with COVID-19
  Open from Wednesday 1st April 2020 to Thursday 1st October 2020
  6,651 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

• Fund free meals for NHS staff whilst on duty during the COVID19 Pandemic
  Open from Thursday 2nd April 2020 to Friday 2nd October 2020
  34 signatures

• Temporary nationalisation of private hospitals amid coronavirus pandemic - UK
  Open from Monday 6th April 2020 to Tuesday 6th October 2020
  18 signatures

• Improve mental health services for young people (children and adolescents)
  Open from Monday 6th April 2020 to Tuesday 6th October 2020
  1,160 signatures

• Implement a Covid-19 contact tracing app now.
  Open from Tuesday 7th April 2020 to Wednesday 7th October 2020
  64 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

• Mandatory testing for all 3 Emergency Services for COVID-19
  Open from Tuesday 7th April 2020 to Wednesday 7th October 2020
  43 signatures

• Make COVID19 testing available to teaching staff caring for pupils.
  Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
  35,789 signatures

• Require all vulnerable and at risk people to stop going to work
  Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
  30 signatures

• COVID-19 tests for everyone working in Social Care.
  Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
  371 signatures

• Complete UK lockdown of all business but those essential to our survival
  Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
  198 signatures

• Make it mandatory to wear a face mask in public during Covid-19 Pandemic
  Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
  16,688 signatures

• Allow childminders to continue caring for children during the Coronavirus
  Open from Wednesday 8th April 2020 to Thursday 8th October 2020
  25 signatures

• Close all shops including supermarkets during covid 19
  Open from Tuesday 14th April 2020 to Wednesday 14th October 2020
  19 signatures

• Requisition capacity from the defence sector to produce medical equipment.
  Open from Wednesday 15th April 2020 to Thursday 15th October 2020
  24 signatures

• Fund the NHS to provide increased reimbursement for community nurse mileage
  Open from Thursday 16th April 2020 to Friday 16th October 2020
  99 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

• Rename the Mental Health Act to the Mind Health Act.
  Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
  13 signatures

• Fund and provide safety clothing for the supermarket staff on the frontline
  Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
  28 signatures

• Review the Equality Act as part of work on the National Disability Strategy.
  Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
  668 signatures

• Revoke emergency powers relevant to the coronavirus as soon as the crisis ends.
  Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
  51 signatures

• Scrap prescription charges during the Covid-19 outbreak.
  Open from Friday 17th April 2020 to Saturday 17th October 2020
  25 signatures

• Government to fund parallel running of mass production for all Covid-19 trials.
  Open from Monday 20th April 2020 to Tuesday 20th October 2020
  13 signatures

• Frontline pharmacy staff given same protective wear as hospital frontline.
  Open from Monday 20th April 2020 to Tuesday 20th October 2020
  36 signatures

• Stop the planned increase to the Immigration Health Surcharge
  Open from Wednesday 22nd April 2020 to Thursday 22nd October 2020
  1,944 signatures

• Create a symptom reporting site, where people with Covid-19 symptoms self-report
  Open from Thursday 23rd April 2020 to Friday 23rd October 2020
  21 signatures

• Fund increased death in service benefits for NHS staff who die during Covid-19
  Open from Thursday 23rd April 2020 to Friday 23rd October 2020
  232 signatures

• Take immediate action to find and isolate COVID-19 cases and recent contacts
  Open from Friday 24th April 2020 to Saturday 24th October 2020
  79 signatures

• Reimburse health care professionals for professional registration fees
  Open from Friday 24th April 2020 to Saturday 24th October 2020
  329 signatures

• Protect the NHS and healthcare workers from legal action during COVID19
  Open from Friday 24th April 2020 to Saturday 24th October 2020
  68 signatures

• Make parking for all NHS staff free all of the time.
  Open from Friday 24th April 2020 to Saturday 24th October 2020
  59,834 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

• Provide all workers dealing with the public PPE to be protected from COVID-19
  Open from Monday 27th April 2020 to Tuesday 27th October 2020
  50 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

• Give single parents the right to stay at home due to Covid-19
  Open from Monday 27th April 2020 to Tuesday 27th October 2020
  34 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

• During Covid-19 pandemic, make PPE on prescription for those most at risk.
  Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
  21 signatures

• Help international healthcare professionals to join the NHS
  Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
  195 signatures

• Provide 'safe supply' of drugs to people with addiction during COVID-19 shutdown
  Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
  35 signatures

• Fund free TV for all patients in NHS hospitals.
  Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
  51 signatures

• Provide airport key workers with masks for personal protection
  Open from Tuesday 28th April 2020 to Wednesday 28th October 2020
  32 signatures

• Introduce Fines for people wasting NHS time during the Corona virus Outbreak
  Open from Wednesday 29th April 2020 to Thursday 29th October 2020
  21 signatures

• Supply and mandate the use of face masks and gloves
  Open from Wednesday 29th April 2020 to Thursday 29th October 2020
  45 signatures

• Supply surgical masks to be used by the general public
  Open from Wednesday 29th April 2020 to Thursday 29th October 2020
  39 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

• Delay the ban on Menthol Cigarettes until after the COVID-19 Pandemic
  Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
  96 signatures

• Require Social Services to Record All Meetings
  Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
  288 signatures

• Extend access to an NHS funded pension to Retail Community Pharmacists
  Open from Thursday 30th April 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
  1,134 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

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