Health services and medicine
Health services and medicine news from UK Parliament.
MPs to debate a petition relating to trade deals and the NHS
MPs to debate a petition relating to trade deals and the NHS
12 November 2020
Jeremy Hunt welcomes go-ahead for asymptomatic testing for NHS staff following repeated calls by Committee
Chair welcomes the decision to introduce the asymptomatic testing of all patient-facing NHS staff.
10 November 2020
Pharmaceutical industry to answer questions on post-Brexit NI drug supply
Questions will be put to senior officials from the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
09 November 2020
Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on the effect of the Covid-19 outbreak on breast cancer diagnosis and the future of breast cancer services
MPs to hold a debate on the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on breast cancer diagnosis and the future of breast cancer services in Westminster Hall
09 November 2020
Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on obesity and the Covid-19 outbreak
MPs to hold a debate on obesity and the Covid-19 outbreak in Westminster Hall
06 November 2020
Baroness Harding to face coronavirus joint inquiry on test and trace performance
MPs to question Baroness Harding about the performance of the NHS Test and Trace programme
06 November 2020
DHSC and NHS need to move on from their track record of failed IT programmes
Public Accounts Committee publish their report Digital transformation in the NHS
06 November 2020
Concerns about the supply of pharmaceuticals to Northern Ireland
The EU Environment Sub-Committee writes to Edward Agar MP, Minister at the Department for Health and Social Care with their concerns for the supply of pharmaceuticals to Northern Ireland
29 October 2020
Committee asks what increasingly digital lives will mean for our wellbeing
Inquiry on the impact of digitalisation on peoples lives launched
28 October 2020
MPs call for £7bn annual increase in social care funding as a starting point for reform – doing nothing ‘no longer an option’
The Health and Social Care Committee publishes report on social care funding
22 October 2020
New arrangements for UK nutrition policy scrutinised by committee
The Committee has written to Health Minister on the Provisional Framework on Nutrition Labelling, Composition and Standards (NLCS)
21 October 2020
Second evidence session on coronavirus: lessons learnt to be held
Science and Technology and Health and Social Care Committees to hold their second evidence session into the inquiry Coronavirus: lessons learnt
16 October 2020
Parliamentary Committees join forces: Inquiry launched to scrutinise Government response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Committees launch joint inquiry into lessons learned from the Government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic
08 October 2020
Parliamentary Committees join forces: Inquiry launched to scrutinise Government response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Committees launch joint inquiry into lessons learned from the Government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic
08 October 2020
Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on mental health support for frontline staff
On Thursday 8 October MPs will hold a debate on the mental health support for frontline staff in Westminster Hall.
05 October 2020