Health staff and professions
Health staff and professions news from UK Parliament.
Government rejects action to boost NHS specialist digital workforce
Government responds to the Health and Social Care Committee's report, Digital Transformation in the NHS
06 September 2023
Private members' bills in the Lords in the 2022-23 session
Follow the progress of private members' bills in the House of Lords during the 2022-23 session of Parliament
25 August 2023
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill completes passage through Parliament
Bill receives Royal Assent. Catch up
21 July 2023
Fundamental reform of NHS dentistry needed to end a ‘crisis of access’
Health and Social Care Committee publishes NHS dentistry report
14 July 2023
Chair Comment on Government publication of NHS Long Term Workforce Plan
Health and Social Care Committee Chair Steve Brine MP responds to today’s announcement on the Government’s publication of the Long Term Workforce plan
30 June 2023
Lords debates the current performance of the NHS
Members discuss innovation in the health service. Catch up
16 June 2023
MPs to hold a debate on National Carers Week
MPs to hold a debate on National Carers Week
05 June 2023
Government acts on workforce crisis following MPs’ recommendations
Committee publishes responses from the Government to two separate reports focusing on workforce
21 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
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
20 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
25 July 2022