Health staff and professions
Health staff and professions news from UK Parliament.
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
The future of clinical research in the NHS is under threat
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has written to the Minister of State for Health and Social Care with the findings of its short inquiry into clinical academics in the NHS.
26 January 2023
2022 in the House of Lords
Catch up on a packed year in the Lords with 5,244 changes to 100 bills, plus questions and debates in over 3,350 hours of business.
19 December 2022
House of Lords Podcast: adult social care, and children and families
This month we speak to two members who have been leading investigations into improving adult social care and how the government has incompletely implemented the Children and Families Act.
08 December 2022
Government must restore doctor-patient relationship to the heart of general practice, say MPs
Health and Social Care Committee publishes report on the future of general practice
19 October 2022
Persistent understaffing of NHS a serious risk to patient safety, warn MPs
Health and Social Care Committee report on Workforce: recruitment, training, and retention in Health and Social Care published
24 July 2022
Three short debates in the Lords
Members quiz government on tropical diseases, UK artists on tour in the EU and Ukrainian refugees. Catch up
06 July 2022
MPs question how new health bodies will deliver better local care for patients
The Health and Social Care Committee has launched a new inquiry on Integrated Care Systems
06 July 2022
Short debates in the Lords
Members discuss delays at airports, calls for a UK-wide constitutional commission, tree health, costs in management of respiratory infections and access to health services for people with neurological conditions. Catch up
10 June 2022
MPs to examine challenges to train more doctors to tackle NHS workforce crisis
Health and Social Care Committee continues Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care inquiry
06 May 2022
Parliament concludes scrutiny of Health and Care Bill
Bill becomes an Act of Parliament. Catch up
27 April 2022
Government progress against commitments made on workforce to be evaluated
Expert Panel: Evaluation of Government Commitments made in the area of the health and social care workforce in England
20 April 2022
Government response to calls for urgent action on mental health unacceptable, says Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt has called for action by the Health Secretary, Sajid Javid MP
17 March 2022
Health Minister asked to explain recruitment targets to fill gaps in maternity services
The NHS has said it will recruit 1,200 more midwives but the estimated shortage is closer to 2,000.
02 March 2022
Challenges of staff recruitment to NHS and social care roles to be examined by MPs
MPs will examine the challenges of recruiting health and social care staff to relieve the pressure of endemic workforce shortages
25 February 2022