Health services and medicine
Health services and medicine news from UK Parliament.
Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill to hold first oral evidence session
Joint Committee to hold its first oral evidence session
07 October 2022
Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill release Easy read survey
Committee issues an Easy read survey to inform its scrutiny of the draft mental health bill
30 September 2022
Inquiry launched into access to emergency services
The House of Lords Public Services Committee launches an inquiry into access to emergency services
22 September 2022
Lords debates primary and community care
Members discuss the role of primary and community care in improving patient outcomes, and the need for reform. Catch up
07 September 2022
Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill call for evidence
The Joint Committee has issued a call for evidence and a survey for their inquiry into the draft Mental Health Bill
01 August 2022
Government response to report on the treatment of autistic people and people with learning disabilities published
The Health and Social Care Committee has published the Government Response to its report on the treatment of autistic people and people with learning disabilities
27 July 2022
Applications open: Expert Panel to recruit two additional members
The Health and Social Care Committee is recruiting two additional members to sit on their Expert Panel
26 July 2022
Expert Panel’s report rates government overall progress ‘inadequate’ on key workforce commitments
The Expert Panel has published its report on the government's overall progress on key workforce commitments
25 July 2022
Persistent understaffing of NHS a serious risk to patient safety, warn MPs
Health and Social Care Committee report on Workforce: recruitment, training, and retention in Health and Social Care published
24 July 2022
Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on forced labour and NHS PPE supply chains
MPs to hold a general debate on forced labour and NHS PPE supply chains
12 July 2022
Ministers questioned on rural mental health issues
The EFRA Committee hears from ministers in the final evidence session of its inquiry into rural mental health
07 July 2022
Committee hears from Minister on the future of general practice
The Committee hears from Health Minister James Morris MP on the future of general practice
07 July 2022
Lords debates health and food
The relationship between improving the overall health of the nation and good food production in the spotlight. Catch up
06 July 2022
Three short debates in the Lords
Members quiz government on tropical diseases, UK artists on tour in the EU and Ukrainian refugees. Catch up
06 July 2022
Committee approves appointment of Dr Henrietta Hughes as first Patient Safety Commissioner
MPs have confirmed the appointment of Dr Henrietta Hughes as the first Patient Safety Commissioner
06 July 2022