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Select Committee Inquiry
Integrated Care Systems: autonomy and accountability
Inquiry Opened: 6th Jul 2022
Health and Social Care Committee

The Health and Social Care Committee has launched a new inquiry to consider how Integrated Care Systems will deliver joined up health and care services to meet the needs of local populations.

Forty-two new ICSs were established with a statutory footing across England on 1 July.

Integrated Care Boards, one …


Select Committee Inquiry
Digital transformation in the NHS
Inquiry Opened: 13th May 2022
Health and Social Care Committee

The Committee has launched a new inquiry focusing on digital transformation in the NHS.  The inquiry will explore the current use of digital technology and examine how it needs to change in order to deliver an improvement in services and outcomes for patients. 

 

The inquiry will consider key aspects of …


Select Committee Inquiry
Work of the Department
Inquiry Opened: 20th Jan 2022
Health and Social Care Committee

MPs will scrutinize Sajid Javid, the Health and Social Care Secretary, on his plans to deal with the multiple crises facing the sector in this one-off session. The session is expected to cover the Government’s workforce strategy, including provisions set out in the Health and Care Bill. Staff pay, employee …


Select Committee Inquiry
Omicron variant update
Inquiry Opened: 10th Dec 2021
Health and Social Care Committee

The Health and Social Care Committee have invited the Secretary of State for Health Sajid Javid and Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty to answer questions about the new variant, booster jabs and measures to slow transmission of the virus.

Questions will focus on emerging evidence on the Omicron variant …


Select Committee Inquiry
The impact of body image on mental and physical health
Inquiry Opened: 1st Dec 2021
Health and Social Care Committee

MPs will examine the relationship between people’s perception of their body image and their physical and mental health. They will consider how far people’s perception of body image can hinder access to NHS services and whether NHS training and Government messaging should be altered.  

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Select Committee Inquiry
The impact of body image on physical and mental health
Inquiry Opened: 1st Dec 2021
Health and Social Care Committee

MPs will examine the relationship between people’s perception of their body image and their physical and mental health. They will consider how far people’s perception of body image can hinder access to NHS services and whether NHS training and Government messaging should be altered.  


Select Committee Inquiry
Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care
Inquiry Opened: 23rd Nov 2021
Health and Social Care Committee

Reasons behind staff leaving the health and social care sectors and how to tackle them will be examined in a new inquiry. Workforce recruitment and training will also be explored.

 

The Committee has heard repeatedly that more staff will be needed to meet future demand and deal with the backlog …


Select Committee Inquiry
The future of General Practice
Inquiry Opened: 16th Nov 2021
Health and Social Care Committee

The Committee has launched a new inquiry to explore the future of NHS general practice, examining the key challenges facing general practice over the next five years as well as the biggest current and ongoing barriers to access to general practice. 

 

General practice has seen significant changes in recent years, …


Select Committee Inquiry
NHS litigation reform
Inquiry Opened: 22nd Sep 2021
Health and Social Care Committee

The Committee has launched a new inquiry to examine the case for the reform of NHS litigation against a background of a significant increase in costs, and concerns that the clinical negligence process fails to do enough to encourage lessons being learnt which promote future patient safety.]

Figures show that …


Select Committee Inquiry
Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic
Inquiry Opened: 20th Jul 2021
Health and Social Care Committee

The Committee has launched a new inquiry to quantify the level of pent-up demand for key healthcare services; and to consider whether fundamental changes to the organisation and delivery of NHS services will be required to manage the backlog of cases caused by the pandemic.

MPs will examine levels of …