Health services and medicine
Health services and medicine news from UK Parliament.
Health Committee Chair Comment on evidence session with NHS leadership
The Health and Social Care Committee this morning held an evidence session with the CEO of the NHS, Amanda Pritchard, its CFO, Julian Kelly, and the Chief Nursing Officer for England, Duncan Burton.
29 January 2025
Future of the NHS: Health officials out of ideas and remarkably complacent, PAC finds
Report finds lack of fresh thinking and decisive action within NHS England and DHSC paired with overly optimistic planning assumptions as financial position continues to worsen
29 January 2025
Lords continues detailed check of Mental Health Bill
Members discuss changes to draft law on mental health. Catch up
28 January 2025
CEO of NHS to appear before the Health and Social Care Committee
MPs will ask the senior leadership of NHS England whether the NHS is well placed to implement the Government’s three healthcare shifts, in an evidence session at 9:30am on Wednesday 29 January.
23 January 2025
Gofal iechyd trawsffiniol, rheilffyrdd a Chaergybi ymhlith y sesiynau sydd ar y gweill ar gyfer y Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig
Dros y pedair wythnos nesaf, bydd y Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig yn archwilio nifer o faterion proffil uchel sy’n effeithio ar Gymru, gan gynnwys gofal iechyd trawsffiniol, y seilwaith rheilffyrdd a Chaergybi.
21 January 2025
Urgent action needed to tackle the spiralling costs of the health benefit trap
Economic Affairs Committee publishes letter to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
20 January 2025
Government response to Health and Social Care Committee’s Expert Panel evaluation on patient safety
The Health and Social Care Committee has today published the Government’s response to the Committee’s Independent Expert Panel’s evaluation of the Government’s progress on meeting patient safety recommendations.
17 January 2025
Health and Social Care Committee Chair Comment
The Health and Social Care Committee this morning held an evidence session with the Chair of the Care Quality Commission (CQC), Ian Dilks, and its Chief Executive, Sir Julian Hartley.
15 January 2025
Health and Social Care Committee asks its Expert Panel to undertake evaluation of the state of palliative care in England
The Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, Layla Moran MP, and the Chair of the Committee’s Expert Panel, Professor Dame Jane Dacre, have written to the Health and Social Care Secretary, to inform him that the Expert Panel will be conducting an independent evaluation of the state of palliative care in England.
14 January 2025
Committee to investigate Glasgow’s pilot Safer Drug Consumption Facility
The Scottish Affairs Committee launches an inquiry examining the pilot Safer Drug Consumption Facility (SDCF) which opens in Glasgow’s East End today.
13 January 2025
MPs write to Health and Social Care Secretary on winter pressures
The Committee’s letter asks what support will be provided to NHS Trusts that have declared a critical incident, including after the incidents end, to mitigate the impact on elective procedures.
10 January 2025
Health and Social Care Committee publishes Government response to Pharmacy report and writes follow up letter to the Department
The Health and Social Care Committee has today published the Government’s response to the predecessor committee’s report on Pharmacy and has written back to the Minister of State for Care, Stephen Kinnock, to follow up on particular issues raised in the report and response.
10 January 2025
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: call for evidence
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: call for evidence
06 January 2025
Health and Social Care Committee Chair Comment
In response to the announcement of a new independent commission on social care, the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, Layla Moran MP, said:
03 January 2025
MPs to hold a debate on backlogs in the NHS
On Monday 6 January, MPs will hold a debate on backlogs in the NHS.
02 January 2025