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
Prioritise teachers, school and childcare staff for Covid-19 vaccination
Open from Tuesday 20th October 2020 to Tuesday 20th April 2021
508,829 signatures
Implement UK lockdown for preventing spread of COVID19
Open from Thursday 12th March 2020 to Saturday 12th September 2020
409,471 signatures
Do not rollout Covid-19 vaccine passports
Open from Wednesday 20th January 2021 to Tuesday 20th July 2021
375,206 signatures
Prevent any restrictions on those who refuse a Covid-19 vaccination
Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
337,135 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
Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work
Open from Thursday 5th March 2020 to Saturday 5th September 2020
178,820 signatures
Legalise assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults
Open from Thursday 30th December 2021 to Thursday 30th June 2022
155,802 signatures
FIONA'S LAW - Women should be allowed a yearly Cervical screening
Open from Monday 7th September 2020 to Sunday 7th March 2021
146,630 signatures
Award all Nursing Staff in the NHS a pay rise of 10% backdated to 1 April 2020
Open from Friday 29th May 2020 to Sunday 29th November 2020
141,771 signatures
Renationalise the NHS, scrap integrated care systems, and end PFI contracts
Open from Thursday 14th October 2021 to Thursday 14th April 2022
137,721 signatures
Hold a parliamentary vote on whether to reject amendments to the IHR 2005
Open from Monday 3rd April 2023 to Tuesday 3rd October 2023
116,349 signatures
Dedicate funding for research into Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP)
Open from Wednesday 7th July 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022
111,248 signatures
Increase funding for urgent research into devastating motor neurone disease
Open from Wednesday 6th January 2021 to Tuesday 6th July 2021
110,700 signatures
Referendum in the United Kingdom to abolish the Coronavirus Act.
Open from Tuesday 28th September 2021 to Monday 28th March 2022
109,720 signatures
Do not require health and social care workers to take covid-19 vaccination
Open from Friday 19th March 2021 to Sunday 19th September 2021
109,286 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
Open a Public Inquiry into Covid-19 Vaccine Safety
Open from Monday 6th December 2021 to Monday 6th June 2022
107,051 signatures
End the UK’s membership of the World Health Organization
Opened on Wednesday 18th October 2023
104,567 signatures so far
To allow non-prescribed storage of Salbutamol Inhalers in Commercial Kitchens
Open from Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Wednesday 13th October 2021
102,058 signatures
Increase funding for research into Endometriosis and PCOS.
Open from Wednesday 29th July 2020 to Friday 29th January 2021
101,909 signatures
Invest to guarantee women’s access to breast screening – now and for the future
Open from Friday 10th February 2023 to Thursday 10th August 2023
84,605 signatures
Do not vaccinate children against COVID-19 until Phase 3 trials are complete
Open from Tuesday 18th May 2021 to Thursday 18th November 2021
74,152 signatures
Scrap the compulsory £210 home test kit when arriving in U.K.
Open from Tuesday 9th March 2021 to Thursday 9th September 2021
73,009 signatures
Fund continued access to modulators drugs for Cystic Fibrosis patients
Opened on Wednesday 15th November 2023
71,181 signatures so far
Increase funding to provide support and research into Tourettes Syndrome
Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
70,962 signatures
Prioritise COVID-19 vaccines for first responders (police, fire, ambulance)
Open from Wednesday 30th December 2020 to Wednesday 30th June 2021
68,967 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
Lower the age you are offered a cervical screening (smear test) from 25 to 16
Open from Tuesday 4th August 2020 to Thursday 4th February 2021
61,443 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
Invest urgently in the NHS cancer workforce in the autumn Spending Review
Open from Monday 13th September 2021 to Sunday 13th March 2022
56,841 signatures
Do not ban gender transition treatments for under 18s
Open from Friday 3rd July 2020 to Sunday 3rd January 2021
56,287 signatures
Increase funding for NHS transgender services
Open from Thursday 4th February 2021 to Wednesday 4th August 2021
55,929 signatures
Offer healthcare workers on tier2 visa ILR after 2 years instead of 5 years
Open from Friday 20th January 2023 to Thursday 20th July 2023
52,962 signatures
Don’t ban flavoured e-liquids for e-cigarettes
Opened on Wednesday 14th February 2024
49,489 signatures so far
Ensure Student Nurses are paid whilst on placement
Open from Thursday 22nd October 2020 to Thursday 22nd April 2021
49,350 signatures
Prioritise Key Retail Workers, being offered the Covid Vaccine!
Open from Friday 8th January 2021 to Thursday 8th July 2021
47,938 signatures
Amend the Health and Care Bill to protect the NHS.
Open from Monday 6th September 2021 to Sunday 6th March 2022
46,722 signatures
Protect free NHS prescriptions for over 60s
Open from Wednesday 18th August 2021 to Friday 18th February 2022
46,489 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
Do not put fluoride in all tap water.
Open from Tuesday 28th September 2021 to Monday 28th March 2022
44,853 signatures
Fund NHS scheme for women with Endometriosis to freeze their eggs
Open from Monday 22nd March 2021 to Wednesday 22nd September 2021
41,761 signatures
Launch a Public Inquiry into the approval process for covid-19 vaccines
Open from Thursday 24th November 2022 to Wednesday 24th May 2023
41,502 signatures
Repeal the decision to implement compulsory face coverings in English shops.
Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
39,612 signatures
Ensure access to treatment and screening for all cancer patients during Covid-19
Open from Tuesday 6th October 2020 to Tuesday 6th April 2021
37,630 signatures
Ensure student nurses and midwives are paid for working during Covid-19
Open from Wednesday 11th November 2020 to Tuesday 11th May 2021
36,067 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
Fund OPTUNE brain cancer treatment for NHS patients
Open from Friday 11th March 2022 to Sunday 25th September 2022
35,573 signatures
Ban the use of dogs for testing and research purposes in the UK
Opened on Friday 6th October 2023
32,162 signatures so far
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
Include Sickle Cell Anemia in the List of Illnesses Eligible for a MedEx Card
Open from Tuesday 11th August 2020 to Thursday 11th February 2021
30,361 signatures
Ensure all NHS bank staff in England receive non-consolidated payments
Open from Thursday 18th May 2023 to Saturday 18th November 2023
29,572 signatures
Prioritise special school staff in Covid 19 vaccinations.
Open from Thursday 7th January 2021 to Wednesday 7th July 2021
29,438 signatures
Add Sickle Cell to the Prescription Charge Exemption List
Open from Thursday 17th June 2021 to Friday 17th December 2021
28,963 signatures
Recall Parliament to debate vaccination of children before this is rolled out
Open from Friday 6th August 2021 to Sunday 6th February 2022
28,817 signatures
Provide dedicated funding for diagnosis/treatment of hypermobile EDS and HSD
Open from Tuesday 2nd May 2023 to Thursday 2nd November 2023
28,699 signatures
Do not increase visa fees and the Immigration Health Surcharge
Open from Wednesday 19th July 2023 to Friday 19th January 2024
28,570 signatures
Improve care, support and treatment for children with rare diseases
Open from Monday 20th July 2020 to Wednesday 20th January 2021
28,330 signatures
Do not make vaccination against Covid-19 mandatory
Open from Wednesday 8th December 2021 to Wednesday 8th June 2022
27,501 signatures
Increase funding for NHS Transgender Services.
Open from Tuesday 21st July 2020 to Thursday 21st January 2021
26,796 signatures
No hotel quarantine for UK citizens, permanent residents and their families
Open from Tuesday 16th February 2021 to Monday 16th August 2021
26,267 signatures
Prioritise vaccinations for people with a learning disability
Open from Tuesday 8th December 2020 to Tuesday 8th June 2021
26,127 signatures
Create a new regulatory body to hold NHS managers accountable
Open from Tuesday 22nd August 2023 to Thursday 22nd February 2024
26,043 signatures
Investigate UK excess deaths not related to Covid.
Open from Thursday 24th November 2022 to Wednesday 24th May 2023
25,215 signatures
Make people on disability benefits eligible for the £650 one off payment.
Open from Monday 6th June 2022 to Tuesday 20th December 2022
24,649 signatures
Create an Emergency Carers Support Fund to increase care worker wages
Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
24,633 signatures
Remove all COVID requirements for international travel to the UK
Open from Monday 17th January 2022 to Sunday 17th July 2022
22,553 signatures
End the UK’s membership of the World Health Organisation
Open from Tuesday 7th June 2022 to Wednesday 21st December 2022
22,497 signatures
Do not implement proposed changes to Human Medicine Regulations
Open from Wednesday 9th September 2020 to Tuesday 9th March 2021
22,082 signatures
Create an emergency fund for ASD (autism) & ADHD assessments
Open from Wednesday 30th June 2021 to Thursday 30th December 2021
21,150 signatures
Fund the drug bevacizumab (Avastin) on the NHS to treat colorectal cancer
Open from Tuesday 21st June 2022 to Wednesday 4th January 2023
20,822 signatures
Make children exempt from coronavirus "rule of six"
Open from Tuesday 15th September 2020 to Monday 15th March 2021
20,677 signatures
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
Appoint an Allergy Tsar as a champion for people living with allergies
Open from Monday 19th July 2021 to Wednesday 19th January 2022
20,517 signatures
Free prescriptions for those with a long term and/or chronic condition.
Open from Wednesday 9th February 2022 to Tuesday 9th August 2022
20,260 signatures
Recognise all members of NHS nursing profession by giving them a 12.5% pay rise
Open from Monday 7th December 2020 to Monday 7th June 2021
20,250 signatures
Change legal definition of stillborn to include all delivered babies
Open from Friday 13th May 2022 to Sunday 27th November 2022
20,225 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
Create a legal right for patients to receive timely face-to-face GP appointments
Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
19,301 signatures
Fund Evusheld the preventative COVID19 antibody for immunocompromised
Open from Friday 25th March 2022 to Sunday 9th October 2022
18,916 signatures
Reform the VDPA 1979 to improve support for those harmed by covid-19 vaccines
Open from Thursday 3rd June 2021 to Friday 3rd December 2021
18,782 signatures
Fund routine breast cancer screening from the age of 25
Open from Monday 18th September 2023 to Monday 18th March 2024
18,655 signatures
Require vaccine history be recorded on death certificates
Open from Friday 4th June 2021 to Saturday 4th December 2021
18,563 signatures
Fund non-consolidated payments for organisations providing NHS funded services
Open from Thursday 1st June 2023 to Friday 1st December 2023
18,558 signatures
Stop the plan to include calorie counts on menus
Open from Monday 3rd August 2020 to Wednesday 3rd February 2021
18,288 signatures
Provide funding for surgical correction of Pectus Excavatum
Open from Friday 4th September 2020 to Thursday 4th March 2021
16,916 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
Make parking at work permanently free for all NHS workers
Open from Monday 4th April 2022 to Tuesday 18th October 2022
16,336 signatures
To pay every NHS and Social Care Worker in England a £500 "Thank You" Bonus
Open from Friday 4th December 2020 to Friday 4th June 2021
16,276 signatures
Fund improved support for people with communication and swallowing needs
Open from Wednesday 9th June 2021 to Thursday 9th December 2021
16,101 signatures
Remove indemnity from the manufacturers of covid-19 vaccines
Open from Monday 4th July 2022 to Wednesday 18th January 2023
16,079 signatures
Increase dedicated funding for childhood cancer research
Open from Tuesday 28th September 2021 to Monday 28th March 2022
16,026 signatures
Protect the NHS, Press Pause on the White Paper for Health and Social care
Open from Thursday 1st April 2021 to Friday 1st October 2021
16,022 signatures
Commission NICE to Review Guidelines on Chronic Pain (Published April 2021)
Open from Tuesday 15th March 2022 to Thursday 29th September 2022
15,847 signatures
Make provisions for telemedicine for early abortions permanent in England
Open from Monday 28th February 2022 to Sunday 28th August 2022
15,827 signatures
Prioritise funding for a new hospital for King's Lynn & West Norfolk
Open from Wednesday 7th July 2021 to Friday 7th January 2022
15,818 signatures
Free prescriptions for all cystic fibrosis (CF) patients
Open from Monday 27th February 2023 to Sunday 27th August 2023
15,486 signatures
Fund a second General Hospital including an A&E department in Cornwall
Open from Thursday 20th May 2021 to Saturday 20th November 2021
14,853 signatures
Fund research into Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW)
Open from Tuesday 29th March 2022 to Thursday 13th October 2022
14,675 signatures
Fund the reopening of the three state-of-the-art Rutherford Cancer Centres
Opened on Monday 2nd October 2023
14,265 signatures so far
Launch a Public Inquiry into excess mortality in England and Wales
Open from Wednesday 7th June 2023 to Thursday 7th December 2023
14,113 signatures
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