YOU WONT BELIEVE: The health and social care committee - What They Never Told You

Supermarkets could be hit with penalties over junk food sales under new proposals to tackle obesity

The Health and Social Care Committee has also called for all outdoor advertising of junk food to be banned

The Independent UK · Jul 14

Government must ‘stand up to the food industry’ to tackle obesity epidemic – MPs

All outdoor advertising of junk food should be banned and front-of-pack labelling should be mandatory, the Health and Social Care Committee said.

Evening Standard · Jul 14

Weight loss jabs’ medicine-cosmetics blurring ‘raises black market drugs risk’

Profit margins from black market sales of medicines can rival cocaine and heroin, MPs were told.

Evening Standard · Mar 25

Racism a main cause in poor maternity outcomes for Black women, damning report reveals

The issue is ‘reinforced by bias and stereotyping underpinned, in some cases, by racist assumptions’, the report added

The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2025

Concerns flagged to CQC go months with no response because of backlogs, MPs told

The organisation’s new chief executive said staff have told him they believe a new IT system that was rolled out last spring is not fit for purpose.

Evening Standard · Jan 15, 2025

Surgeons waiting hours in empty operating theatres due to bed blocks, MPs hear

Lord Darzi gave evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee.

Evening Standard · Nov 20, 2024

MPs to press new Health Secretary on NHS data platform plans

The health and social care committee said the Government has acknowledged it ‘needed to do better to communicate the benefits of digital healthcare’.

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023

UK ‘in danger of falling behind the pack’ in cancer research, MPs told

The Health and Social Care Committee heard from specialists in cancer research.

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

No plans to make vapes prescription-only, Government says

There have been calls for plain packaging on e-cigarettes and a crackdown on their sale to under-18s.

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2023

Restrict disposable vapes like tobacco to curb child use, says senior Tory

Steve Brine urges ministers to consider ban on packaging and marketing of vapes to children

Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2023