Health services and medicine
Health services and medicine news from UK Parliament.
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
MPs say compelling case for weekly testing of NHS staff to stop NHS becoming a Covid-only service in second wave
Committee publish their report Delivering core NHS and care services during the pandemic and beyond
01 October 2020
MPs to debate the impact of Covid-19 on maternity and parental leave
MPs to debate a petition calling on the Government to extend maternity leave by three months with pay in light of COVID-19
01 October 2020
Lords debates Coronavirus Act 2020
COVID-19 measures under spotlight
29 September 2020
Morecambe Bay and East Kent maternity investigations Chairman gives evidence to MPs
The hearing into the safety of maternity services in England will seek an overview of the recurrent issues in maternity care from key witnesses
25 September 2020
Restrictions on disabled people’s rights must not become the new normal
Women and Equalities Committee publish Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services interim report
25 September 2020
Changing the perfect picture: what can be done about poor body image?
Women and Equalities Committee examines what can be done about poor body image
23 September 2020
Fears of “emerging crisis” in nursing after Covid
Committee publish their report NHS nursing workforce
22 September 2020