Committees

Work of the Department

Non-inquiry session

Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay will be questioned by the Committee over mounting issues facing the NHS and social care.

Top of the agenda, uncertainty over the publication date of the government’s Workforce Plan. MPs have repeatedly called for the plan’s publication, promised in Spring last year, to tackle the workforce crisis across the sector. Questions are also likely to focus on industrial action by the BMA and the RCN, funding for the agreed Agenda for Change pay settlement and Government plans to make it easier for people to access GP services. Other pressing issues include the scale of the backlog and waiting times, particularly on mental health, and social care with challenges on workforce pay, recruitment and retention.    

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Past events

Tuesday 20 June 2023
2:30pm Private
3:00pm Public
Work of the Department - Oral evidence 20 June 2023
3:00pm
  • Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP (Secretary of State at Department of Health and Social Care)
  • Shona Dunn (Second Permanent Secretary at Department of Health and Social Care)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 31 January 2023
3:30pm Private
4:00pm Public
Work of the Department - Oral evidence 31 January 2023
4:00pm
  • Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP (Secretary of State at Department of Health and Social Care)
  • Sir Chris Wormald (Permanent Secretary at Department of Health and Social Care)
  • Professor Lucy Chappell (Chief Scientific Adviser at Department of Health and Social Care)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

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  • Email: hsccom@parliament.uk
  • Address: Health and Social Care Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA