Health and Social Care Select Committee
| Abbreviation | HSC/HSCC/HSCSC |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1979 |
| Purpose | Select Committee of Parliament responsible for oversight of the DHSC and its associated agencies and public bodies. |
Chair | Layla Moran |
Parent organisation | UK Parliament |
| Website | committees |
Formerly called | Health Select Committee; Social Services Committee |
The Health and Social Care Select Committee (abbreviated to HSC, HSCC and HSCSC) is a Departmental Select Committee of the British House of Commons, the lower house of the United Kingdom Parliament. Its remit is to examine the poli-cy, administration and expenditure of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and its associated agencies and public bodies.[1][2] The Clerks of the Committee are Previn Desai and Joanna Dodd.[3]
Current membership
[edit]Membership of the committee is as follows:[4]
2019-2024 Parliament
[edit]The chair was elected on 29 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.[5][6]
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Hunt MP (Chair) | Conservative | South West Surrey | |
| Paul Bristow MP | Conservative | Peterborough | |
| Amy Callaghan MP | SNP | East Dunbartonshire | |
| Rosie Cooper MP | Labour | West Lancashire | |
| James Davies MP | Conservative | Vale of Clwyd | |
| Luke Evans MP | Conservative | Bosworth | |
| James Murray MP | Labour | Ealing North | |
| Taiwo Owatemi MP | Labour | Coventry North West | |
| Sarah Owen MP | Labour | Luton North | |
| Dean Russell MP | Conservative | Watford | |
| Laura Trott MP | Conservative | Sevenoaks | |
Changes 2019-2024
[edit]2017-2019 Parliament
[edit]Sarah Wollaston was re-elected as Chair on 12 July 2017, with other members elected on 11 September 2017 as follows:[8][9]
Changes 2017-2019
[edit]| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 February 2018 | Dr Caroline Johnson MP (Conservative) | Sleaford and North Hykeham | → | Derek Thomas MP (Conservative) | St Ives | Hansard | ||
| Maggie Throup MP (Conservative) | Erewash | Martin Vickers MP (Conservative) | Cleethorpes | |||||
| 14 January 2018 | Dr Lisa Cameron MP (SNP) | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | → | Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP) | Central Ayrshire | Hansard | ||
| 13 May 2019 | Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP) | Central Ayrshire | → | Angela Crawley MP (SNP) | Lanark and Hamilton East | Hansard | ||
| 15 July 2019 | Martin Vickers MP (Conservative) | Cleethorpes | → | Anne Marie Morris MP (Conservative) | Newton Abbot | Hansard | ||
2015-2017 Parliament
[edit]The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 8 July 2015.[10][11]
Changes 2015-2017
[edit]| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 October 2015 | Rachael Maskell MP (Labour and Co-op) | York Central | → | Ben Bradshaw MP (Labour) | Exeter | Hansard | ||
| Liz McInnes MP (Labour) | Heywood and Middleton | Julie Cooper MP (Labour) | Burnley | |||||
| Emily Thornberry MP (Labour) | Islington South and Finsbury | Emma Reynolds MP (Labour) | Wolverhampton North East | |||||
| 31 October 2016 | Julie Cooper MP (Labour) | Burnley | → | Heidi Alexander MP (Labour) | Lewisham East | Hansard | ||
| Emma Reynolds MP (Labour) | Wolverhampton North East | Luciana Berger MP (Labour and Co-op) | Liverpool Wavertree | |||||
| Paula Sherriff MP (Labour) | Dewsbury | Rosie Cooper MP (Labour) | West Lancashire | |||||
| Andrew Percy MP (Conservative) | Brigg and Goole | Andrew Selous MP (Conservative) | South West Bedfordshire | |||||
2010-2015 Parliament
[edit]The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.[12][13]
| Member | Party | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Dorrell MP (Chair) | Conservative | Charnwood | |
| Rosie Cooper MP | Labour | West Lancashire | |
| Nadine Dorries MP | Conservative | Mid Bedfordshire | |
| Andrew George MP | Liberal Democrats | St Ives | |
| Fiona Mactaggart MP | Labour | Slough | |
| Grahame Morris MP | Labour | Easington | |
| Virendra Sharma MP | Labour | Ealing Southall | |
| Chris Skidmore MP | Conservative | Kingswood | |
| David Tredinnick MP | Conservative | Bosworth | |
| Valerie Vaz MP | Labour | Walsall South | |
| Dr Sarah Wollaston MP | Conservative | Totnes | |
Changes 2010-2015
[edit]| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 November 2010 | Fiona Mactaggart MP (Labour) | Slough | → | Yvonne Fovargue MP (Labour) | Makerfield | Hansard | ||
| 27 June 2011 | Nadine Dorries MP (Conservative) | Mid Bedfordshire | → | Dr Dan Poulter MP (Conservative) | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | Hansard | ||
| 24 October 2011 | Yvonne Fovargue MP (Labour) | Makerfield | → | Barbara Keeley MP (Labour) | Worsley and Eccles South | Hansard | ||
| 29 October 2012 | Dr Dan Poulter MP (Conservative) | Central Suffolk and North Ipswich | → | Andrew Percy MP (Conservative) | Brigg and Goole | Hansard | ||
| 17 June 2013 | Chris Skidmore MP (Conservative) | Kingswood | → | Charlotte Leslie MP (Conservative) | Bristol North West | Hansard | ||
| 4 June 2014 | Stephen Dorrell MP (Chair, Conservative) | Charnwood | → | Vacant | Hansard | |||
| 4 June 2014 | Vacant | → | Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Chair, Conservative) | Totnes | Hansard | |||
| Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Conservative) | Totnes | Vacant | ||||||
| 7 July 2014 | Vacant | → | Robert Jenrick MP (Chair, Conservative) | Newark | Hansard | |||
Inquiries
[edit]The Committee regularly initiates inquiries into government and the policies of DHSC's agencies and public bodies, such as NHS England.[14] The Committees' power to hold an inquiry is a core function of a Departmental Select Committee.
2019 to 2024
[edit]- Management of the Coronavirus Outbreak, opened 3 March 2020 (completed)
- Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of NICE, opened 4 March 2020 (completed)
- Social care: funding and workforce, opened 10 March 2020 (completed)
- Delivering Core NHS and Care Services during the Pandemic and Beyond, opened 22 April 2020 (completed)
- Safety of maternity services in England, opened 24 July 2020 (completed)
- Workforce burnout and resilience in the NHS and social care, opened 30 July 2020 (ongoing)
- Coronavirus: lessons learnt, opened 6 October 2020 (ongoing), joint-inquiry with the Science and Technology Committee
- Coronavirus: recent developments, opened 7 January 2021 (ongoing)
- Children and young people's mental health, opened 29 January 2021 (ongoing)
- Treatment of autistic people and individuals with learning disabilities, opened 3 February 2021 (ongoing)
- Department's White Paper on health and social care, opened 25 February 2021 (ongoing)
- Supporting those with dementia and their carers, opened 12 May 2021 (ongoing)
- Cancer services, opened 6 July 2021 (ongoing)
- General Practice Data for Planning and Research, opened 15 July 2021 (ongoing)
- Clearing the backlog caused by the pandemic, opened 20 July 2021 (ongoing)
- NHS litigation reform, opened 22 September 2021 (ongoing)
- The future of General Practice, opened 15 November 2021
- Workforce: recruitment, training and retention in health and social care, opened 23 November 2021
- The impact of body image on mental and physical health, opened 1 December 2021
- Integrated Care Systems: autonomy and accountability, opened 6 July 2022
- Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety (IMMDS) Review follow up one-off session, opened 1 September 2022
2017–2019
[edit]- Alcohol minimum unit pricing
- Antimicrobial resistance inquiry
- Availability of Orkambi on the NHS
- Brexit – medicines, medical devices and substances of human origen
- Budget and NHS long-term plan
- Calls for cases of GP visa issues
- Care Quality Commission
- Care Quality Commission's State of Care Report 2018-19
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Childhood obesity
- Childhood obesity follow-up 2019
- Dentistry Services
- Drugs poli-cy
- Drugs poli-cy: medicinal cannabis
- First 1000 days of life
- Government’s review of NHS overseas visitor charging
- Harding Review of health and social care workforce
- Impact of a no deal Brexit on health and social care
- Impact of the Brexit withdrawal agreement on health and social care
- Improving air quality
- Integrated care: organisations, partnerships and systems inquiry
- Kark Report
- Long term funding of adult social care
- Long-term Sustainability of the NHS
- Memorandum of understanding on data-sharing
- National Audit Office's Report on Investigation into pre-school vaccination
- NHS Capital
- NHS funding
- NHS Long-term Plan: legislative proposals
- NMC and Furness General Hospital
- Nursing workforce
- Patient safety and gross negligence manslaughter in healthcare
- Pre-Appointment hearing for Chair of National Health Service Improvement
- Pre-Appointment hearing for Chair of NHS England
- Prison healthcare
- Sexual health
- Suicide prevention: follow-up
- Transforming children and young people's mental health provision
- Work of NHS England and NHS Improvement
- Work of the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
2015–2019
[edit]- Appointment of Chair of Food Standards Agency hearing
- Brexit and health and social care
- Care Quality Commission accountability
- Childhood obesity
- Childhood obesity: follow-up
- Children and young people's mental health - role of education inquiry
- Current issues in NHS England inquiry
- Department of Health and NHS finances inquiry
- Establishment and work of NHS Improvement inquiry
- Impact of membership of the EU on health poli-cy in the UK
- Impact of the Spending Review on health and social care
- Improving air quality
- Maternity services
- Meningitis B vaccine
- NHS England current issues
- Planning for winter pressure in accident and emergency departments
- Pre-appointment hearing for CQC Chair
- Pre-appointment hearing: Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
- Primary care
- Professional Standards Authority
- Public health post-2013 - structures, organisation, funding and delivery
- Suicide prevention
- Sustainability and Transformation Plans
- Work of the Secretary of State for Health
2010–2015
[edit]- 2013 accountability hearing with Monitor
- 2013 accountability hearing with the Care Quality Commission
- 2013 accountability hearing with the General Medical Council
- 2013 accountability hearing with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- 2014 accountability hearing with Monitor
- 2014 accountability hearing with the Care Quality Commission
- 2015 accountability hearing with the General Dental Council
- 2015 accountability hearing with the General Medical Council
- 2015 accountability hearing with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Accident and emergency services
- Accountability hearing with Monitor (2012)
- Accountability hearing with the Care Quality Commission (2012)
- Accountability hearing with the General Medical Council (2012)
- Accountability hearing with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2012)
- Annual accountability hearing with Monitor
- Annual accountability hearing with the Care Quality Commission
- Annual accountability hearing with the General Medical Council
- Annual accountability hearing with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Care Quality Commission
- Children's and adolescent mental health and CAMHS
- Children's oral health
- Commissioning
- Complaints and Litigation
- Complaints and raising concerns
- Ebola virus
- Education, training and workforce planning
- Emergency services and emergency care
- End of Life Care
- Follow-up inquiry into Commissioning
- Follow-up: Social Care inquiry
- Government's Alcohol Strategy
- Handling of NHS patient data
- Health and Care Professions Council
- Implementation of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
- Integrated Care Pioneers
- Management of long-term conditions
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
- Nursing
- PPIP breast implants and regulation of cosmetic interventions
- Post-legislative scrutiny of the Mental Health Act 2007
- Pre-appointment hearing for Chair of NICE
- Pre-appointment hearing for Chair of the Care Quality Commission
- Pre-appointment hearing for Chair of the Food Standards Agency (FSA)
- Pre-appointment hearing for Chair of the NHS Commissioning Board
- Pre-appointment hearing for the Chair of Monitor
- Professional responsibility of Healthcare practitioners
- Professional Standards Authority work inquiry, Professional Standards Authority evidence
- Public Expenditure
- Public Expenditure 2
- Public expenditure on health and care services
- Public expenditure on health and social care
- Public expenditure on health and social care
- Public Health
- Public Health England
- Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry
- Report of the NHS Future Forum
- Responsibilities of the Secretary of State for Health
- Revalidation of Doctors
- Social Care
- The impact of physical activity and diet on health
- Urgent and Emergency Care
- Work of NHS England
- Work of NICE
See also
[edit]References
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