Health and Social Care Committee
Commons select committee, since 31 October 1991. Its page on the Parliament website.
Welcome to the cross-party Health and Social Care Committee. It is our responsibility to scrutinise the work of the Department of Health and Social Care and its associated public bodies. We examine government policy, spending and administration on behalf of the electorate and the House of Commons. Get involved.
Inquiries
- Pre-appointment hearing: Chair of the Care Quality Commission (3 September 2026)
- Maternity Reviews (9 July 2026)
- The Casey Commission (16 June 2026)
- Federated Data Platform (11 June 2026)
- Children and Young People's Mental Health (2 June 2026)
- Health Bill (19 May 2026)
- The transition from child to adult health and social care services (14 April 2026)
- Delivering health aspects of Education Health and Care Plans (12 March 2026)
- Corridor Care (4 March 2026)
- Vaccinations (4 February 2026)
- The Work of the General Medical Council (13 January 2026)
- NHS Pilots (13 January 2026)
- Delivering the Neighbourhood Health Service: Estates (12 December 2025)
- Delivering the Neighbourhood Health Service: Workforce (19 November 2025)
- Sexual Health Services in England (22 October 2025)
- Food and Weight Management (17 July 2025)
- NHS Dentistry: follow-up (3 July 2025)
- Healthy Ageing: physical activity in an ageing society (26 June 2025)
- Autism and ADHD Diagnostic Pathways for Children and Young People (18 June 2025)
- Black Maternal Health (6 May 2025)
- Gambling- related harms (24 March 2025)
- The First 1000 Days: a renewed focus (21 March 2025 to 18 August 2026)
- Palliative Care (5 March 2025)
- Pre-appointment hearing for the position of Chair of NHS England (19 February 2025 to 26 February 2025)
- The work of NHS England (8 January 2025)
- Progress in preventing cardiovascular disease (8 January 2025)
- The Work of the Care Quality Commission (8 January 2025)
- Community Mental Health Services (17 December 2024 to 18 August 2026)
- The Work of the Department for Health and Social Care (10 December 2024)
- Propose an inquiry to the Health and Social Care Committee (18 November 2024 to 22 November 2024)
- Independent investigation of the NHS in England (14 November 2024)
- The 10 Year Health Plan (13 November 2024 to 14 January 2026)
- Adult Social Care Reform: The Cost of Inaction (31 October 2024 to 18 August 2026)
- Future Cancer: NICE medicines appraisal (Enhertu) (30 April 2024 to 30 May 2024)
- Hospice Funding (17 April 2024 to 30 May 2024)
- NHS leadership, performance and patient safety (23 January 2024 to 30 May 2024)
- Social care: changes to legal migration measures (13 December 2023 to 30 May 2024)
- Work of the Department 2023-24 (4 December 2023 to 30 May 2024)
- Expert Panel: Evaluation of Government’s progress on meeting patient safety recommendations (28 November 2023 to 30 May 2024)
- The work of NHS England (9 November 2023 to 30 May 2024)
- Mental health: right care right person (14 September 2023 to 30 May 2024)
- Men's health (20 July 2023 to 30 May 2024)
- Workforce plan (5 July 2023 to 30 May 2024)
- Youth vaping (21 June 2023 to 30 May 2024)
- Pharmacy (8 June 2023 to 30 May 2024)
- Industrial action in the NHS (27 April 2023 to 6 November 2023)
- Adult social care (26 April 2023 to 30 May 2024)
- Expert Panel: evaluation of the Government’s commitments in the area of pharmacy in England (26 April 2023 to 19 November 2023)
- Future cancer (21 March 2023 to 30 May 2024)
- Work of the Department (25 January 2023 to 5 December 2023)
- NHS Pay Review Body (25 January 2023 to 6 February 2023)
- Prevention in health and social care (18 January 2023 to 30 May 2024)
- The situation in accident and emergency departments (12 January 2023 to 6 February 2023)
- Ambulance delays and strikes (15 December 2022 to 6 February 2023)
- NHS dentistry (7 December 2022 to 30 May 2024)
- Assisted dying/assisted suicide (5 December 2022 to 30 May 2024)
- Cancer services update (16 November 2022 to 6 November 2023)
- Pre-appointment hearing with the Government's preferred candidate for the role of Chair of HSSIB (24 October 2022 to 6 February 2023)
- Expert Panel: Evaluation of Government commitments made on the digitisation of the NHS (12 October 2022 to 6 November 2023)
- IMMDS Review follow up one-off session (1 September 2022 to 6 February 2023)
Organisations it has heard from most
- Department for Health and Social Care (5)
- NHS England (3)
- University of Oxford (3)
- Imperial College London (2)
- UK Vaccine Taskforce (2)
- University of Edinburgh (2)
- Care Providers Alliance (1)
- Coventry and Warwickshire Health and Care Partnership (1)
- Darwen Borough Council (1)
- Department of Health and Social Care (1)
- Dimensions UK (1)
- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (1)
- Institute for Government (1)
- Institute for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, TWINCORE, Hanover (1)
- Joint Biosecurity Centre (1)