Health services and medicine
Health services and medicine news from UK Parliament.
Short debates in the Lords
Members discuss the migration as a result of climate change, prescribing of controlled drugs and bloodstock industries.
15 September 2023
Chair comment on publication of NHS waiting list data
Health and Social Care Committee Chair Steve Brine MP responds to today’s publication of the latest data on July waiting times for hospital care
14 September 2023
MPs launch new inquiry on the work of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee today launches its yearly review of the PHSO annual report and accounts for 2022-23
13 September 2023
Chair Comment on UK rejoining the Horizon science research programme:
Chair Comment on UK rejoining the Horizon science research programme:
07 September 2023
Government rejects action to boost NHS specialist digital workforce
Government responds to the Health and Social Care Committee's report, Digital Transformation in the NHS
06 September 2023
MPs to hold a debate on community pharmacies
MPs to hold a debate on community pharmacies
06 September 2023
MPs to debate PANS and PANDAS
MPs to debate PANS (Pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome) and PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections)
06 September 2023
MPs to debate football and sport-related neurodegenerative disease
MPs to debate football and sport-related neurodegenerative disease
06 September 2023
COVID business support fraud: Government slow to take action to recover estimated £1.1bn losses
COVID business support fraud: Government slow to take action to recover estimated £1.1bn losses
05 September 2023
Preventing ill-health: MPs to consider impact of poor housing on health
MPs to explore how housing can be designed to improve people’s health
31 August 2023
MPs to hold a debate on hormone pregnancy tests
MPs to debate a motion on hormone pregnancy tests.
29 August 2023
Private members' bills in the Lords in the 2022-23 session
Follow the progress of private members' bills in the House of Lords during the 2022-23 session of Parliament
25 August 2023
UK’s world-leading role on vaccination at risk, warn MPs
Committee publishes their report on Prevention in health and social care: vaccination
27 July 2023
MPs to examine women’s reproductive health in new inquiry
The Women and Equalities Committee today launches a new inquiry on women’s menstrual and gynaecological health, to understand the challenges women face during diagnosis and treatment of reproductive health issues
25 July 2023
Government progress on pharmacy ‘requires improvement’, warns Expert Panel
The Committee’s independent Expert Panel evaluating Government commitments on pharmacy has found that overall progress ‘requires improvement’ across a number of areas.
24 July 2023