Health services and medicine
Health services and medicine news from UK Parliament.
MPs to examine challenges to train more doctors to tackle NHS workforce crisis
Health and Social Care Committee continues Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care inquiry
06 May 2022
MPs urge radical reforms to negligence compensation system that costs NHS billions each year
Health and Social Care Committee publishes report on NHS litigation reform
27 April 2022
Parliament concludes scrutiny of Health and Care Bill
Bill becomes an Act of Parliament. Catch up
27 April 2022
MPs launch survey on body image and access to NHS services
The Health and Social Care Committee survey will contribute to the ongoing inquiry into the impact of body image on mental and physical health
25 April 2022
Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on dialysis care outcomes
MPs to hold a general debate on dialysis care outcomes
25 April 2022
Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on progress towards the Government’s smokefree 2030 ambition
MPs to hold a general debate on progress towards the Government’s smokefree 2030 ambition
25 April 2022
MPs to hold a general debate on childhood cancer outcomes
MPs to hold a general debate on childhood cancer outcomes
25 April 2022
Set 40 year deadline for non-domestic building asbestos removal, MPs say
Work and Pensions Committee publish report on the Health and Safety Executive’s approach to asbestos management
20 April 2022
Government progress against commitments made on workforce to be evaluated
Expert Panel: Evaluation of Government Commitments made in the area of the health and social care workforce in England
20 April 2022
MPs examine governance of personal health data
Science and Technology Committee explores the right to privacy: digital data
07 April 2022
Lack of ‘serious effort’ on cancer workforce shortages risks reversal of survival rates
The Health and Social Care Committee publishes its report on cancer services in England
05 April 2022
Adult Social Care Committee publishes call for evidence
The House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee today publishes its call for evidence, inviting the public to provide their views on what needs to change to create a fair, resilient and sustainable care system
03 April 2022
Committee Chair comments on Ockenden Report
Comment on the final report of the Independent Review of Maternity Services at the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, chaired by Donna Ockenden
30 March 2022
Lords debates five private members’ bills
Members discuss pensions, British Sign Language, game birds, glue traps and approved premises for substance testing. Catch up
28 March 2022
MPs scrutinise unequal maternal health outcomes
MPs will explore the efforts made so far to tackle disparity and areas that need urgent attention.
24 March 2022