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Health services and medicine

Health services and medicine news from UK Parliament.

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.

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

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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.

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

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.

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

Lords 'tidies up' Mental Health Bill

Lords makes final checks to Mental Health Bill at third reading on 23 April 2025. Catch up

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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.

Tobacco and Vapes Bill considered by Lords

Members debate “smoke-free generation” legislation at second reading. Find out more

Legislation alone not enough to fix Armed Forces Covenant that is "falling short"

The Defence Committee today (Tuesday 8 April) publishes its report “The Armed Forces Covenant”.

No future for NHS dentistry without reform, warns PAC, as Govt efforts fail to halt decline

Verdict delivered on dental contract as not fit for purpose as patients continue to suffer and PAC calls for transparency on necessary fundamental reform

Secretary of State Wes Streeting to face questions on NHS England reorganisation

On Tuesday 8 April, MPs will question the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the Government's plan to abolish NHS England (NHSE) and merge it with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Lords makes further checks to Mental Health Bill

Members of the House of Lords continue to make further checks to the Mental Health Bill at report stage. Catch up

Call for evidence launched to mark World Autism Acceptance Day

Call for evidence launched by Committee looking into the Autism Act 2009

GIG: Pwyllgor yn gofyn am gynlluniau'r llywodraeth i atal oedi mewn gofal iechyd trawsffiniol

Mae'r Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig wedi gofyn i Lywodraethau'r DU a Chymru am ragor o fanylion am eu cynlluniau i wella gofal iechyd trawsffiniol rhwng Cymru a Lloegr.

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