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Health services
Health services news from UK Parliament.
Mental Health Bill: call for evidence
Mental Health Bill: call for evidence
20 May 2025
Mental Health Bill reforms welcome but should go further – JCHR finds
In a report published today following legislative scrutiny, the Joint Committee on Human Rights proposed amendments to the Mental Health Bill.
19 May 2025
Closed UNRWA schools must be reopened immediately, says International Development Committee Chair
Israel must immediately reopen UNRWA-run schools and restore access for Palestinian refugees to UNRWA services in the West Bank, the International Development Committee Chair has said.
09 May 2025
Gambling-related harms: MPs call on Government to act
The Health and Social Care Committee have written to the Department of Health and Social Care, setting out measures they want the Government to take in order to better protect people from the possible harms from gambling.
08 May 2025
Andrea Leadsom and Michael Marmot to be questioned by MPs on the first 1000 days of life
The Health and Social Care Committee will hold the first evidence session of its inquiry into the first 1000 days of life at 9.30am on Wednesday 7 May.
06 May 2025
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.
04 May 2025
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
25 April 2025
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.
25 April 2025
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
25 April 2025
Lords 'tidies up' Mental Health Bill
Lords makes final checks to Mental Health Bill at third reading on 23 April 2025. Catch up
24 April 2025
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).
03 April 2025
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
03 April 2025
Call for evidence launched to mark World Autism Acceptance Day
Call for evidence launched by Committee looking into the Autism Act 2009
02 April 2025
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.
31 March 2025
Health and Social Care Committee to hear evidence on gambling-related harms
The Health and Social Care Select Committee will examine the current gambling landscape and the potential for harms caused by developments in gambling products in a one-off oral evidence session at 9.30am on Wednesday 2 April.
28 March 2025