Health services and medicine
Health services and medicine news from UK Parliament.
MPs to examine role of new vaccines to prevent ill-health
The Health and Social Care Committee will examine the role of vaccination in preventative healthcare, hearing from two leading pharmaceutical companies
13 April 2023
Members consider the future of adult social care
Lords debates government's intended plans for social care support due in spring 2023. Catch up
31 March 2023
Urgent action needed to ensure opportunities of new health care restructure are realised, warn MPs
Health and Social Care Committee publish new report on Integrated Care Systems
29 March 2023
House of Lords Podcast: secondary education and integrating care
Find out why House of Lords committees are looking into education for 11- to 16-year-olds and integrating primary and community care.
27 March 2023
MPs to examine support for innovation in cancer diagnosis and treatment
Committee launches new inquiry into future cancer
22 March 2023
MPs to hold a debate on car parking for care workers
MPs to hold a debate on car parking for care workers
13 March 2023
MPs to hold a debate on patients with rare diseases
MPs to hold a general debate on patients with rare diseases
06 March 2023
MPs to hold a debate on National No Smoking Day
MPs to hold a debate on National No Smoking Day
06 March 2023
MPs to debate brain tumour research funding
MPs to debate brain tumour research funding
06 March 2023
How could primary and community care be integrated further?
The Integration of Primary and Community Care Committee publishes its call for evidence, inviting the public to provide their views on the delivery of integrated primary and community care services as part of its inquiry.
03 March 2023
MPs to hold a debate on Eating Disorders Awareness Week
MPs to hold a debate on Eating Disorders Awareness Week
24 February 2023
Three short debates in the Lords
Members discuss Police & Crime Panels, rural health care and UK-Iran relations. Catch up
24 February 2023
Medicines must not be forgotten as outcome of Protocol negotiations is awaited, urges Committee
The House of Lords Sub-Committee on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland has written to the Foreign Secretary on its follow-up investigation into the provision of medicines to Northern Ireland.
24 February 2023
MPs to debate the future of the NHS, its funding and staffing
MPs to debate the future of the NHS, its funding and staffing
20 February 2023
Government progress on digitising the NHS rated ‘inadequate’ by Expert Panel
Committee publishes report on Evaluation of Government commitments made on the digitisation of the NHS
17 February 2023