We support ministers in leading the nation’s health and social care to help people live more independent, healthier lives for longer.
Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
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Other Commons Chamber appearances can be:Westminster Hall debates are performed in response to backbench MPs or e-petitions asking for a Minister to address a detailed issue
Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
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| Oct. 06 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Sep. 15 | Urgent Questions | Coronavirus |
| Oct. 08 | Westminster Hall | Mental Health Support: Frontline Staff |
| Oct. 22 | Adjournment Debate | Down Syndrome Awareness Month |
| Title | Last Event | Next Event Date | Last Updated | |
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| NHS Funding Act 2020 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 16 March, 2020 | 17 Mar 2020, 9:32 a.m. | ||
| To make provision regarding the funding of the health service in England in respect of each financial year until the financial year that ends with 31 March 2024. | ||||
| Coronavirus Act 2020 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 25 March, 2020 | 26 Mar 2020, 11:03 a.m. | ||
| A Bill to make provision in connection with coronavirus; and for connected purposes. | ||||
| Medicines and Medical Devices Bill 2019-21 | Committee: 1st sitting (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 19 October, 2020 |
Committee stage: House of Lords 26 Oct 2020 |
23 Oct 2020, 7:38 p.m. | |
| A Bill to confer power to amend or supplement the law relating to human medicines, veterinary medicines and medical devices; make provision about the enforcement of regulations, and the protection of health and safety, in relation to medical devices; and for connected purposes. | ||||
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Laid 22 Oct 2020 In Force 27 Oct 2020 |
Department of Health and Social Care | National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) (No.3) Regulations 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Made negative procedure |
| These Regulations amend regulation 10 of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/238) (“the Principle Regulations”). The Principle Regulations provide for the making and recovery of charges for certain services under the National Health Service Act 2006 to certain persons not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom. | |||
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Laid 22 Oct 2020 In Force Not stated |
Department of Health and Social Care | Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium, High and Very High) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation | Made affirmative procedure |
| These Regulations subject a number of areas to the restrictions set out in the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Very High) (England) Regulations 2020 (the “Very High Regulations”), and make corresponding amendments to remove those areas from the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (High) (England) Regulations 2020 (the “High” Regulations”), subject a number of areas to the restrictions set out in the High Regulations and impose closures on additional businesses in the areas concerned. They also make minor amendments to the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Local COVID-19 Alert Level) (Medium) (England) Regulations 2020, the High Regulations and the Very High Regulations. | |||
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238,769 Petition Closed |
Stop the privatisation of NHS services Gov Responded - 20 Feb 2018 Debated on - 23 Apr 2018 |
17 May 2018 closed 2 years, 5 months ago |
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We call for a ban on the outsourcing (privatisation) of NHS services, and stop the renewal of any outsourcing contracts already signed. Companies should not be profiteering from NHS contracts, when every pound of NHS budgets is desperately needed for more doctors and nurses, and to pay them more. |
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205,359 Petition Closed |
Lower the age for smear tests from 25 to 18 to prevent cervical cancer. Gov Responded - 13 Sep 2018 Debated on - 28 Jan 2019 |
3 Feb 2019 closed 1 year, 8 months ago |
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Hi I'm Natasha, I am making this petition because I want to make a difference to all woman living in the UK. I am 30 years old and I have metastatic cervical cancer. I believe that the age of screening should be lowered to age 18 to enable all woman to detect cell changes and prevent cancer. |
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178,820 Petition Closed |
Increase pay for NHS healthcare workers and recognise their work Gov Responded - 4 May 2020 Debated on - 25 Jun 2020 |
5 Sep 2020 closed 1 month, 2 weeks ago |
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I would like the government to review and increase the pay for healthcare workers to recognise the work that they do. |
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Department of Health and Social Care Select Committee Home Page
Select Committees are a formally established cross-party group of backbench MPs tasked with holding a Government department to account.
At any time there will be number of ongoing investigations into the work of the Department, or issues which fall within the oversight of the Department. Witnesses can be summoned from within the Government and outside to assist in these inquiries, and the Select Committee will occasionally publish formal reports of their findings.
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| Oct. 23 | Lower tier local authority watchlist: epidemiological data, 23 October 2020 | Transparency |
| Oct. 23 | COVID-19: guidance for arranging or attending a funeral during the coronavirus pandemic | Guidance and Regulation |
| Oct. 23 | Personal protective equipment (PPE): local contacts for care providers | Guidance and Regulation |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
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| 23 Oct 2020, 3:17 p.m. | Derek Thomas MP (Conservative - St Ives) | Derek Thomas MP (Conservative - St Ives) |
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Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that integrated care systems and sustainability and transformation partnerships have up-to-date guidance on the increased risk to people with uncontrolled diabetes of covid-19; and what steps he is taking to ensure that regional NHS teams are monitoring their plans to (a) identify and (b) protect those people most at risk. Answered by Jo Churchill - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) As part of the COVID-19 response from NHS England and NHS Improvement, weekly calls were established with regional Diabetes Clinical Network teams, the Primary Care Diabetes Society, Association of British Diabetologists and Diabetes UK, which supported the development and sharing of a range of up-to-date guidance on the increased risk of COVID-19 for people with diabetes as well as key resources to support clinical teams in the maintenance of essential diabetes services. To support people living with diabetes during the pandemic, NHS England and NHS Improvement have also provided a range of tools to support people to manage their condition. This includes making available a new helpline for adults living with diabetes who are insulin dependent, as well as providing access to a variety of online self-management tools. |
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