Health services and medicine
Health services and medicine news from UK Parliament.
Committee to discuss digital technology and the delivery of healthcare services
The COVID-19 Committee will hear from the British Medical Association, Healthwatch England, The King’s Fund and Professor Ruth Chambers
19 November 2020
Post-Brexit nutrition rules require ongoing parliamentary scrutiny
Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee writes to the Minister for Health
18 November 2020
MPs to hear experiences of NHS and social care staff and the impact on their mental health during pandemic
MPs will investigate the toll of burnout and excessive workload on the mental wellbeing of NHS and care staff
13 November 2020
Lessons from COVID−19: major report on public services launched
A critical juncture for public services: lessons from COVID-19 report published
13 November 2020
Chair criticises lack of urgency to safeguard patient care
Chair writes to Secretary of State Matt Hancock
12 November 2020
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