Health services and medicine
Health services and medicine news from UK Parliament.
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
MPs question how new health bodies will deliver better local care for patients
The Health and Social Care Committee has launched a new inquiry on Integrated Care Systems
06 July 2022
Lords campaigning on folic acid
Find out about Lord Rooker's campaigning in the House of Lords to fortify UK flour with folic acid
05 July 2022
Lords conclude check of Social Security (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill
Members discuss progress of bill as Lords stages conclude. Find out more
23 June 2022
General debate on the future of Motor Neurone Disease
MPs will hold a general debate on the future of Motor Neurone Disease
22 June 2022
General debate on the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on people with heart and circulatory diseases
Westminster Hall to hold a general debate on the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on people with heart and circulatory diseases.
22 June 2022
Health experts questioned on future pandemic threats
Science and Technology Committee examines the threat posed by superbugs and antimicrobial resistance compared against other diseases with the potential to become a pandemic
17 June 2022
Government rejects MPs’ warning on early cancer diagnosis
The Health and Social Care Committee has published the Government Response to its report on Cancer services.
13 June 2022