Health services
Health services news from UK Parliament.
Mental Health Units (Use of Force) Bill: Lords third reading
Bill provides for increased oversight and police surveillance
31 October 2018
Lords private members' bills
Peers discuss healthcare data, Duchy of Cornwall and mobile phones in prisons
29 October 2018
Council squeeze blocking progress on health and care integration
Integrating health and social care provision is essential for better services, but a challenge if local authorities lack the budgets to provide joined-up, co-ordinated care
19 October 2018
Shadow Health Secretary presses on NHS clinical waste incineration
Jonathan Ashworth asking urgent question in the House of Commons
16 October 2018
Government questioned on dangerous waste from NHS patients
Shadow Health Secretary questioned the Government on dangerous waste from NHS patients
09 October 2018
Lords debates 40 years of in vitro fertilisation
Peers discuss anniversary of first successful birth
14 September 2018
Lords debates NHS and healthcare data
Peers discuss use of data to improve public health
05 September 2018
NHS England must rethink outsourcing after contract shambles
Public Accounts Committee finds short-sighted rush to achieve savings paid no heed to impact
25 July 2018
Minister questioned on mental healthcare in prisons
Health and Social Care Committee hears from Jackie Doyle-Price MP, and National Prison Healthcare Board
10 July 2018
Brexit: reciprocal healthcare report debated by Lords
Lords debate Brexit: reciprocal healthcare report
02 July 2018
Prison health and social care experts questioned on services
The Prison and Probation Ombudsman, charities, and regulators are questioned on health and wellbeing issues of prisoners
29 June 2018
Government and NHS must improve communication of health and care reforms
Health and Social Care Committee publishes report on Integrated care
11 June 2018
Government must improve preventive care outside hospitals
Public Accounts Committee report warns health services and social care need to work together more effectively
08 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
Green Paper on Child Mental Health lacks ambition
Committees publish report into Government's Green Paper on Child Mental Health provision
09 May 2018