Health & NHS

Capital funding for Changing Places toilets

This Westminster Hall debate examines capital funding for Changing Places toilets—accessible facilities designed for people with complex disabilities who need space and equipment for personal care and toileting. The debate will explore how to secure and expand dedicated funding for these specialist facilities, which are currently in short supply across the UK and represent a significant access barrier for disabled people and their carers.

Registration of stillbirths (England and Wales)

Jim McMahon is proposing a change to the law requiring stillbirths in England and Wales to be formally registered. Currently, stillbirths before 24 weeks of pregnancy do not have to be registered, meaning families do not receive an official record of their loss. The motion calls for registration to become mandatory across all gestational ages, giving bereaved parents legal recognition and a certificate of their child.

Home Office (including Topical Questions)

MPs will question the Health and Social Care Secretary on departmental policy, service delivery, and current issues affecting the NHS and social care system. Topical questions allow backbenchers to raise urgent or newsworthy matters without advance notice, providing a check on ministerial accountability across both health and social care portfolios.

Health Bill: Further to consider the Bill

MPs will continue detailed scrutiny of the Health Bill in General Committee, debating specific clauses and amendments. This is the next stage of parliamentary consideration after the Bill's second reading, where legislators examine the Bill line-by-line to refine its provisions before it returns to the full Commons.

Health Bill: Further to consider the Bill

The Commons is continuing detailed scrutiny of the Health Bill in General Committee. This session allows MPs to examine the Bill's clauses, propose amendments, and debate specific provisions in detail before it proceeds to the next legislative stage. The Health Bill covers reforms to the NHS and health system governance.

Mental capacity (duty to assess)

A ten-minute rule motion proposing a statutory duty on public bodies to assess mental capacity in vulnerable individuals. Chris Coghlan (Lib Dem) is seeking to establish a legal requirement for early and proactive assessment of mental capacity, particularly among older people, those with dementia, and other groups at risk. The motion would embed capacity assessment into standard practice rather than leaving it reactive or discretionary.

Health Bill: Further to consider the Bill

The Commons is resuming consideration of the Health Bill in General Committee. This is the stage where MPs examine the bill clause-by-clause, table amendments, and scrutinise the government's proposals for NHS and health service reform. The specific clauses under debate on 7 July 2026 are not detailed here, but General Committee is where the detailed legislative work happens before the bill returns to the full Commons.

Health Bill: Further to consider the Bill

The Commons is reconvening in General Committee to continue detailed line-by-line scrutiny of the Health Bill. This stage allows MPs to propose amendments to specific clauses and debate the legislative text in depth before the bill returns to the full chamber. The session will focus on outstanding provisions not yet agreed in committee.

Outdoor education

Ben Maguire (Liberal Democrat, North Cornwall) will use a Ten Minute Rule Motion to raise concerns about the availability and accessibility of medical services in rural areas. This procedural device allows him to speak for ten minutes and invite other MPs to support a motion, though it does not lead directly to legislation. The motion highlights gaps in healthcare provision outside urban centres, where GP surgeries, hospital services, and emergency care are often stretched or distant.

Motion to Approve the Draft Infected Blood Compensation Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Parliament will vote to approve updated regulations for the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme, which provides payments to people infected with HIV and hepatitis C through contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. The amendment regulations likely adjust compensation rates, eligibility criteria, or administrative procedures following the public inquiry into one of the worst medical disasters in NHS history.

Review of patient safety across the health and care landscape, published in July 2025

An adjournment debate on a review of patient safety across health and social care services, published in July 2025. Sir Bernard Jenkin will raise concerns about how safety is being managed across the fragmented landscape of NHS trusts, primary care, mental health services, and adult social care, and will seek assurances from the government on implementation of the review's findings.

Health Bill: Further to consider the Bill

MPs will continue detailed scrutiny of the Health Bill in General Committee, examining specific clauses and amendments. This is the second or further consideration phase, where the bill's provisions on NHS organisation, service delivery, and health system reform will be debated line by line before it returns to the full Commons for final approval.

Reducing levels of premature deaths from heart disease and stroke

A Westminster Hall debate on reducing premature deaths from heart disease and stroke, sponsored by Labour MP Paul Foster of South Ribble. The debate will examine causes of early mortality from cardiovascular disease and explore policy options to prevent these deaths through prevention, early intervention, and treatment improvements.

Government plans to tackle air pollution

Barry Gardiner will use a Westminster Hall debate to press the government on its strategy for reducing air pollution across the UK. Air pollution remains a leading environmental health risk, causing thousands of premature deaths annually and requiring co-ordinated action on emissions from transport, industry, and heating. The debate will scrutinise the government's plans, timescales, and resources to meet air quality targets.

Health Bill: Further to consider the Bill

The Commons will continue detailed scrutiny of the Health Bill in general committee, examining clause by clause. This is the second or later session considering the bill, allowing MPs to debate amendments, probe government policy, and test the legislation's practical effect on the NHS and health services.

Women and Equalities Committee: Female genital mutilation (FGM)

The Women and Equalities Committee will hear oral evidence on access to reconstructive surgery for women who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). The inquiry examines whether the NHS and private healthcare providers currently offer sufficient surgical options, the barriers patients face in accessing these services, and what policy or funding changes might improve provision across the UK.

Health and Social Care Committee: Delivering the Neighbourhood Health Service: Estates

The Health and Social Care Committee is holding oral evidence sessions on how the government intends to deliver its 'Neighbourhood Health Service' policy, with a specific focus on the property and estates implications. This inquiry examines where and how primary care, community health, and social care services will be physically located and delivered in local communities, and what buildings and infrastructure changes are needed to make this model work.

Medical services (rural areas)

Caroline Voaden (Lib Dem, South Devon) is tabling a Ten Minute Rule Motion to highlight outdoor education as a policy priority. The motion seeks to draw attention to the value of outdoor learning and activity for young people's physical health, mental wellbeing, and educational outcomes, and to press the government for greater investment and support for outdoor education programmes in schools and communities.

Health Bill: Further to consider the Bill

The Commons is returning to General Committee stage to continue detailed line-by-line scrutiny of the Health Bill. This is a further sitting to examine clauses, amendments, and policy detail that could not be completed in earlier sessions. The bill will likely cover NHS structures, patient care, healthcare regulation, or public health powers—areas requiring thorough parliamentary examination before the bill moves to its final Commons stage.

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee: Inquiry into the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry (Stage 1)

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee is opening a formal inquiry into how the government should implement the recommendations from the Infected Blood Inquiry, a public inquiry that examined one of the UK's worst public health scandals. The inquiry examined contamination of blood products that infected thousands of haemophiliacs and transfusion patients with HIV and hepatitis C from the 1970s onwards. This first stage of the committee's work will gather evidence on what changes are needed to act on those recommendations, likely covering compensation, NHS accountability, and systemic safeguards.

Health Bill: Further to consider the Bill

This is a continuation of committee-stage scrutiny of the Health Bill. MPs will examine further clauses and amendments to the Bill in general committee, allowing detailed line-by-line consideration of the Government's proposals for health policy and NHS structures.

Estimates day (second allotted day). Department for Culture, Media and Sport (subject for debate: spending of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on sport and youth services) Department of Health and Social Care (subject for debate: spending of the Department of Health and Social Care on pharmaceutical procurement) Department for Work and Pensions (subject for debate: spending priorities and performance of the Department for Work and Pensions)

Parliament will debate the spending plans and performance of three major departments across two separate sessions. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport will defend its budget allocation to sport and youth services; the Department of Health and Social Care will explain its pharmaceutical procurement spending; and the Department for Work and Pensions will justify its overall spending priorities and performance record. Estimates days allow MPs to scrutinise departmental budgets and hold ministers accountable for how public money is being used.

e-petition 742179 relating to NHS breast screening

A Westminster Hall debate on e-petition 742179 concerning NHS breast screening. The debate will examine the petition's concerns about breast screening provision, access, or delivery in the NHS. Westminster Hall debates allow backbench MPs to raise constituent concerns and seek government responses on specific issues without a vote.

Intergenerational impacts of diethylstilbestrol on mothers and children

An adjournment debate on the long-term health effects of diethylstilbestrol (DES), a synthetic oestrogen widely prescribed to pregnant women between the 1940s and 1970s before being withdrawn due to serious adverse effects. The debate will examine how DES exposure affected not only the mothers who took the drug but also their children and grandchildren, raising questions about NHS recognition, patient support, and compensation for affected families.