Health services and medicine
Health services and medicine news from UK Parliament.
NHS England too slow to tackle misdirected correspondence
Public Accounts Committee report warns millions wasted and patient harm cannot be ruled out
06 June 2018
Vaping industry and the vaping community questioned on e-cigarettes
Science and Technology Committee examines aspects of e-cigarette policy, including regulation and advertisement
10 May 2018
Credible plan to sustain underfunded care sector needed this year
Public Accounts Committee report warns urgent action required to reverse care work's poor public image
09 May 2018
Green Paper on Child Mental Health lacks ambition
Committees publish report into Government's Green Paper on Child Mental Health provision
09 May 2018
Academics and industry questioned on obesity
Health and Social Care Committee examines current issues around childhood obesity
08 May 2018
Police response to vulnerable people examined
The Home Affairs Committee examines police response to vulnerable people and neighbourhood policing
01 May 2018
Government must do more to implement the Life Sciences Industrial Strategy
Lords Science and Technology Committee publish report on Life sciences and the industrial strategy
26 April 2018
The challenges of long-term funding for adult social care
Housing, Communities and Local Government and Health and Social Care Committees question NHS and care providers
24 April 2018
Minister questioned on Government's policy on e-cigarettes
Science and Technology Committee also questions the relevant health authorities and the advertising regulatory body
24 April 2018
Government and Ombudsman must improve handling of NHS complaints
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee publishes report on PHSO
24 April 2018
Concerns over training, IT and funding for Genomics in the NHS
Science and Technology Committee publishes report on Genomics and Genome Editing in the NHS
20 April 2018
Faster action needed on lessons of WannaCry attack
Public Accounts Committee report sets deadline for update on costed plans for vital security investment
18 April 2018
NHS Digital failing to uphold patient interest
Health and Social Care Committee raises concern of ability of NHS Digital to protect patient data
15 April 2018
Post-Brexit failure to replace European Social Fund would be disastrous
Work and Pensions Committee publishes report on the future of the European Social Fund
04 April 2018
Report urges Government for clarity on EU reciprocal healthcare
EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee publishes report on Brexit: reciprocal healthcare
28 March 2018