Health and Social Care Select Committee

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Health and Social Care Select Committee
AbbreviationHSC/HSCC/HSCSC
Formation1979
PurposeSelect Committee of Parliament responsible for oversight of the DHSC and its associated agencies and public bodies.
Chair
Steve Brine MP
Parent organisation
UK Parliament
Website committees.parliament.uk/committee/81/health-and-social-care-committee/
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 policy, 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]

Contents

Inquiries

The Committee regularly initiates inquiries into government and the policies of DHSC's agencies and public bodies, such as NHS England. [4] The Committees' power to hold an inquiry is a core function of a Departmental Select Committee.

2019 to present

2017–2019

  • Alcohol minimum unit pricing
  • Antimicrobial resistance inquiry
  • Availability of Orkambi on the NHS
  • Brexit – medicines, medical devices and substances of human origin
  • 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 policy
  • Drugs policy: 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

  • 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 policy 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

  • 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

Membership

Current membership

MemberPartyConstituency
Steve Brine MP Conservative Winchester
Lucy Allan MP Conservative Telford
Paul Blomfield MP Labour Sheffield Central
Paul Bristow MP Conservative Peterborough
Amy Callaghan MP SNP East Dunbartonshire
Chris Green MP Conservative Bolton West
Paulette Hamilton MP Labour Birmingham Erdington
Dr Caroline Johnson MP Conservative Sleaford and North Hykeham
Rachael Maskell MP Labour and Co-op York Central
James Morris MP Conservative Halesowen and Rowley Regis
Taiwo Owatemi MP Labour Coventry North West

Changes since 2019

DateOutgoing Member
& Party
ConstituencyNew Member
& Party
ConstituencySource
11 May 2020 James Murray MP (Labour) Ealing North Barbara Keeley MP (Labour) Worsley and Eccles South Hansard
29 June 2020 Amy Callaghan MP (SNP) East Dunbartonshire Neale Hanvey MP (SNP) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Hansard
25 May 2021 Neale Hanvey MP (Alba) Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Anum Qaisar MP (SNP) Airdrie and Shotts Hansard
2 November 2021Dr James Davies MP (Conservative) Vale of Clwyd Lucy Allan MP (Conservative) Telford Hansard
5 January 2022 Anum Qaisar MP (SNP) Airdrie and Shotts Martyn Day MP (SNP) Linlithgow and East Falkirk Hansard
23 May 2022 Paul Bristow MP (Conservative) Peterborough Marco Longhi MP (Conservative) Dudley North Hansard
4 July 2022 Barbara Keeley MP (Labour) Worsley and Eccles South Paulette Hamilton MP (Labour) Birmingham Erdington Hansard
Sarah Owen MP (Labour) Luton North Rachael Maskell MP (Labour) York Central
17 October 2022 Jeremy Hunt MP (Chair, Conservative) South West Surrey Vacant Hansard
20 October 2022 Dean Russell MP (Conservative) Watford Helen Whately MP (Conservative) Faversham and Mid Kent Hansard
Marco Longhi MP (Conservative) Dudley North James Morris MP (Conservative) Halesowen and Rowley Regis
2 November 2022Vacant Steve Brine MP (Chair, Conservative) Winchester Hansard
8 November 2022 Helen Whately MP (Conservative) Faversham and Mid Kent Chris Green MP (Conservative) Bolton West Hansard
21 November 2022 Laura Trott MP (Conservative) Sevenoaks Dr Caroline Johnson MP (Conservative) Sleaford and North Hykeham Hansard
30 November 2022 Rosie Cooper MP (Labour) West Lancashire VacantResignation of member from Parliament [5]
13 December 2022Vacant Paul Blomfield MP (Labour) Sheffield Central Hansard
12 September 2023 Martyn Day MP (SNP) Linlithgow and East Falkirk Amy Callaghan MP (SNP) East Dunbartonshire Hansard

2017-2019 Parliament

Sarah Wollaston was re-elected as Chair on 12 July 2017, with other members elected on 11 September 2017 as follows: [6] [7]

MemberPartyConstituency
Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Chair) Conservative Totnes
Luciana Berger MP Labour Liverpool Wavertree
Ben Bradshaw MP Labour Exeter
Dr Lisa Cameron MP Scottish National Party East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Rosie Cooper MP Labour West Lancashire
Dr Caroline Johnson MP Conservative Sleaford and North Hykeham
Diana Johnson MP Labour Kingston upon Hull North
Johnny Mercer MP Conservative Plymouth Moor View
Andrew Selous MP Conservative South West Bedfordshire
Maggie Throup MP Conservative Erewash
Dr Paul Williams MP Labour Stockton South

Changes 2017-2019

DateOutgoing Member
& Party
ConstituencyNew Member
& Party
ConstituencySource
20 February 2018Dr 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 2018Dr Lisa Cameron MP (SNP) East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Dr Philippa Whitford MP (SNP) Central Ayrshire Hansard
13 May 2019Dr 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

The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 8 July 2015. [8] [9]

MemberPartyConstituency
Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Chair) Conservative Totnes
Dr James Davies MP Conservative Vale of Clwyd
Andrea Jenkyns MP Conservative Morley and Outwood
Liz McInnes MP Labour Heywood and Middleton
Rachael Maskell MP Labour and Co-op York Central
Andrew Percy MP Conservative Brigg and Goole
Paula Sherriff MP Labour Dewsbury
Emily Thornberry MP Labour Islington South and Finsbury
Maggie Throup MP Conservative Erewash
Helen Whately MP Conservative Faversham and Mid Kent
Dr Philippa Whitford MP Scottish National Party Central Ayrshire

Changes 2015-2017

DateOutgoing Member
& Party
ConstituencyNew Member
& Party
ConstituencySource
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

The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010. [10] [11]

MemberPartyConstituency
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

DateOutgoing Member
& Party
ConstituencyNew Member
& Party
ConstituencySource
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 2012Dr 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 2014VacantDr Sarah Wollaston MP (Chair, Conservative) Totnes Hansard
Dr Sarah Wollaston MP (Conservative) Totnes Vacant
7 July 2014Vacant Robert Jenrick MP (Chair, Conservative) Newark Hansard

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