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Health services and medicine
Health services and medicine news from UK Parliament.
Mental Health Bill: call for evidence
Mental Health Bill: call for evidence
20 May 2025
Mental Health Bill reforms welcome but should go further – JCHR finds
In a report published today following legislative scrutiny, the Joint Committee on Human Rights proposed amendments to the Mental Health Bill.
19 May 2025
Women and Equalities Committee to hear evidence on the health impacts of breast implants and other cosmetic procedures
The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) will hear from academics, medical professionals and campaigners on the health impacts of breast implants and other cosmetic procedures during an evidence session in Parliament on Wednesday, 14 May.
09 May 2025
Closed UNRWA schools must be reopened immediately, says International Development Committee Chair
Israel must immediately reopen UNRWA-run schools and restore access for Palestinian refugees to UNRWA services in the West Bank, the International Development Committee Chair has said.
09 May 2025
Gambling-related harms: MPs call on Government to act
The Health and Social Care Committee have written to the Department of Health and Social Care, setting out measures they want the Government to take in order to better protect people from the possible harms from gambling.
08 May 2025
Andrea Leadsom and Michael Marmot to be questioned by MPs on the first 1000 days of life
The Health and Social Care Committee will hold the first evidence session of its inquiry into the first 1000 days of life at 9.30am on Wednesday 7 May.
06 May 2025
Casey Commission reforms doomed to fail, unless Government measures true cost of inaction on social care, say MPs
Reporting on the problems of England’s social care sector, MPs say that too much emphasis is put on the cost of change and not enough consideration is given to the human and financial cost of inaction.
04 May 2025
Unpacking The Evidence: a new podcast from the House of Lords
Fixing Our Broken Food System: a new podcast from the House of Lords exploring a public health emergency. Find out more
01 May 2025
Health impact of pensioner poverty: MPs to take evidence from Marmot Review author
Professor Sir Michael Marmot, the author of a 2010 review that warned of rising health inequalities if relative poverty was not addressed, will give evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee as part of its Pensioner Poverty inquiry.
25 April 2025
Government shares calculation for £45 billion annual savings from digitisation of public sector
Government shares calculation for £45 billion annual savings from digitisation of public sector
25 April 2025
MPs approve preferred candidate for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
The preferred candidate for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO), Paula Sussex CBE, has been approved by the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee.
25 April 2025
Short debates in the Lords
Members debate single-sex spaces for NHS staff, using frozen Libyan assets, prosthetics for amputees and improving access to banking and finance for small businesses. Find out more
25 April 2025
Lords 'tidies up' Mental Health Bill
Lords makes final checks to Mental Health Bill at third reading on 23 April 2025. Catch up
24 April 2025
Committee to explore how local government and the third sector address the wider social needs of people with severe mental illness
The Health and Social Care Committee will hold the third session of its community mental health services inquiry, at 9.30am on Wednesday 23 April.
22 April 2025
Tobacco and Vapes Bill considered by Lords
Members debate “smoke-free generation” legislation at second reading. Find out more
17 April 2025