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]
| 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 | to be appointed |
Parent organisation | UK Parliament |
| Website | committees |
Formerly called | Health Select Committee; Social Services Committee |
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.
Following the 2024 United Kingdom general election, chairs and member of committees are yet to be appointed.[5]
Sarah Wollaston was re-elected as Chair on 12 July 2017, with other members elected on 11 September 2017 as follows:[7][8]
| Date | Outgoing Member & Party |
Constituency | → | New Member & Party |
Constituency | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 February 2018 | DrCaroline 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 | DrLisa Cameron MP (SNP) | East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow | → | DrPhilippa Whitford MP (SNP) | Central Ayrshire | Hansard | ||
| 13 May 2019 | DrPhilippa 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 | ||
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 8 July 2015.[9][10]
| 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 | |||||
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.[11][12]
| 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 | → | DrDan 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 | DrDan 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 | → | DrSarah Wollaston MP (Chair, Conservative) | Totnes | Hansard | |||
| DrSarah Wollaston MP (Conservative) | Totnes | Vacant | ||||||
| 7 July 2014 | Vacant | → | Robert Jenrick MP (Chair, Conservative) | Newark | Hansard | |||
The Health and Social Care Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the policy, administration and expenditure of the Department of Health and Social Care and its associated bodies.