Health services and medicine

The Defence Committee today (Tuesday 8 April) publishes its report “The Armed Forces Covenant”.

Verdict delivered on dental contract as not fit for purpose as patients continue to suffer and PAC calls for transparency on necessary fundamental reform

On Tuesday 8 April, MPs will question the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the Government's plan to abolish NHS England (NHSE) and merge it with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Members of the House of Lords continue to make further checks to the Mental Health Bill at report stage. Catch up

Call for evidence launched by Committee looking into the Autism Act 2009

Mae'r Pwyllgor Materion Cymreig wedi gofyn i Lywodraethau'r DU a Chymru am ragor o fanylion am eu cynlluniau i wella gofal iechyd trawsffiniol rhwng Cymru a Lloegr.

Growth, welfare reforms and health plus international affairs and defence will feature in the Liaison Committee session with Sir Keir Starmer MP ahead of the Easter recess.

The Health and Social Care Select Committee will examine the current gambling landscape and the potential for harms caused by developments in gambling products in a one-off oral evidence session at 9.30am on Wednesday 2 April. 

The Welsh Affairs Committee has asked the UK and Welsh Governments for more detail on their plans to improve cross-border healthcare between England and Wales.

The Health and Social Care Select Committee will question senior figures from across the health sector on their views on the Government’s plans to abolish NHS England and merge it with the Department of Health and Social Care, in an evidence session at 9.30am on Wednesday 26 March.  

The Health and Social Care Committee is today (Friday 21 March) launching a new inquiry on the first 1000 days of life, the period from a child’s conception to age two - widely recognised as a critical period for development which fundamentally shapes long-term health, well-being, and life outcomes. 

The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee will question former government officials and public service experts in the first evidence session of its inquiry into the Digital Centre of Government.

Today the Government announced reforms to health and disability social security support when they published ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working’. This has particularly focused on changes to incapacity and disability benefits as well as health assessments. The Government has said that the reforms will enable more people with chronic long term health conditions, or who are disabled, to return to and stay in work.