Health and Social Care Committee

The Health and Social Care Committee scrutinises the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, and related public bodies. Operating as a House of Commons select committee, it conducts detailed inquiries through oral evidence sessions with witnesses including senior NHS leaders, government officials, and external experts. The committee's recent work has focused on NHS estate management and the neighbourhood health public-private partnership model, examining how the health service maintains and develops its physical infrastructure. It has also investigated corridor care and patient safety, taking evidence from the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch and NHS leaders on systemic pressures within hospital services. Additionally, the committee has examined weight management services and obesity medicines available through NHS hubs, scrutinising access to pharmacological treatments and the commissioning of specialist services.