Health services and medicine
Health services and medicine news from UK Parliament.
MPs to hold a debate on Allergy Awareness Week
MPs to hold a debate on Allergy Awareness Week
04 May 2023
Government rejects Expert Panel’s rating of inadequate progress on digitisation of the NHS
Government rejects Expert Panel’s rating of inadequate progress on digitisation of the NHS
28 April 2023
MPs to debate progress on reforms to NHS dentistry
MPs to debate progress on reforms to NHS dentistry
24 April 2023
Government agrees to Committee’s call to boost Patient Safety Commissioner’s role on redress for medical intervention harms
Committee publishes Government response to their report Follow-up on the IMMDS report and the Government’s response
24 April 2023
Government acts on workforce crisis following MPs’ recommendations
Committee publishes responses from the Government to two separate reports focusing on workforce
21 April 2023
Housing and gambling among ten areas in focus to prevent ill-health
The Health and Social Care Committee has announced ten themes to be examined in its major new inquiry into preventing ill-health.
19 April 2023
Benefits health assessments system continues to let people down, say MPs
The Work and Pensions Committee have published a report calling for the implementation of several measures to improve trust, drive down the rate of decisions reversed on appeal and reduce waiting times.
13 April 2023
MPs to examine role of new vaccines to prevent ill-health
The Health and Social Care Committee will examine the role of vaccination in preventative healthcare, hearing from two leading pharmaceutical companies
13 April 2023
Members consider the future of adult social care
Lords debates government's intended plans for social care support due in spring 2023. Catch up
31 March 2023
Urgent action needed to ensure opportunities of new health care restructure are realised, warn MPs
Health and Social Care Committee publish new report on Integrated Care Systems
29 March 2023
House of Lords Podcast: secondary education and integrating care
Find out why House of Lords committees are looking into education for 11- to 16-year-olds and integrating primary and community care.
27 March 2023
MPs to examine support for innovation in cancer diagnosis and treatment
Committee launches new inquiry into future cancer
22 March 2023
MPs to hold a debate on car parking for care workers
MPs to hold a debate on car parking for care workers
13 March 2023
MPs to hold a debate on patients with rare diseases
MPs to hold a general debate on patients with rare diseases
06 March 2023
MPs to hold a debate on National No Smoking Day
MPs to hold a debate on National No Smoking Day
06 March 2023