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DHSC: ministerial meetings, April to June 2026
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| Minister | Date | Name of individual or organisation | Purpose of meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zubir Ahmed | 14/04/2026 | Lord Darzi | NHS England innovation implementation board |
| Zubir Ahmed | 15/04/2026 | Russell Group | Clinical academic workforce |
| Zubir Ahmed | 15/04/2026 | Shaun Lintern, Health Editor, The Times | To discuss comms |
| Zubir Ahmed | 20/04/2026 | Griffin Institute | To discuss robotic surgical training |
| Zubir Ahmed | 21/04/2026 | Paula McGowan | To discuss SEND training |
| Zubir Ahmed | 23/04/2026 | Mohamed of Gardens of Peace | To discuss funeral policy |
| Zubir Ahmed | 28/04/2026 | Flagship | Discussion about partnerships |
| Zubir Ahmed | 29/04/2026 | Flagship and Patrick Vallance | Discussion about partnerships |
| Zubir Ahmed | 29/04/2026 | Noubar Afeyan, Flagship | Discussion about partnerships |
| Zubir Ahmed | 29/04/2026 | Noubar Afeyan, Brent Hoberman, Junaid Bajwa, Flagship | Dinner and discussion on partnerships |
| Zubir Ahmed | 11/05/2026 | Novartis | To discuss the US-UK pharmaceutical arrangement |
| Karin Smyth | 13/04/2026 | Expert Group on High-Risk Cosmetic Procedures | To discuss sector issues and regulation |
| Karin Smyth | 21/04/2026 | Dr Jack Fletcher, BMA Chair | To discuss workforce issues |
| Karin Smyth | 27/04/2026 | Oonagh Monkhouse and Steve Ned (Agenda for Change Council Co-Chairs) | To discuss workforce issues |
| Karin Smyth | 28/04/2026 | Sir Gordon Messenger | To discuss the NHS Leadership College |
| Karin Smyth | 29/04/2026 | Ed Smith, Chair of Leadership College | To discuss the NHS Leadership College |
| Karin Smyth | 06/05/2026 | BMA SAS Committee | To discuss workforce issues |
| Karin Smyth | 06/05/2026 | Lisa Tennant | To discuss the McCloud Remedy delivery plan |
| Karin Smyth | 06/05/2026 | BMA Consultants Committee | To discuss workforce issues |
| Karin Smyth | 13/05/2026 | Oonagh Monkhouse and Steve Ned (AfC Co-Chairs) | To discuss workforce issues |
| Karin Smyth | 13/05/2026 | Local Government Association | To discuss the Health Bill pre-introduction; members of the DHSC Expert Legislative Review Group |
| Karin Smyth | 13/05/2026 | Academy of Medical Royal Colleges | To discuss the Health Bill pre-introduction; members of the DHSC Expert Legislative Review Group |
| Karin Smyth | 13/05/2026 | Association of Directors of Adult Social Services | To discuss the Health Bill pre-introduction; members of the DHSC Expert Legislative Review Group |
| Karin Smyth | 13/05/2026 | Association of Directors of Children's Social Care | To discuss the Health Bill pre-introduction; members of the DHSC Expert Legislative Review Group |
| Karin Smyth | 13/05/2026 | Association of Directors of Public Health | To discuss the Health Bill pre-introduction; members of the DHSC Expert Legislative Review Group |
| Karin Smyth | 13/05/2026 | The King's Fund | To discuss the Health Bill pre-introduction; members of the DHSC Expert Legislative Review Group |
| Karin Smyth | 13/05/2026 | National Voices | To discuss the Health Bill pre-introduction; members of the DHSC Expert Legislative Review Group |
| Karin Smyth | 13/05/2026 | The NHS Alliance | To discuss the Health Bill pre-introduction; members of the DHSC Expert Legislative Review Group |
| Karin Smyth | 13/05/2026 | The Health Foundation | To discuss the Health Bill pre-introduction; members of the DHSC Expert Legislative Review Group |
| Karin Smyth | 13/05/2026 | The Nuffield Trust | To discuss the Health Bill pre-introduction; members of the DHSC Expert Legislative Review Group |
| Karin Smyth | 20/05/2026 | UKREiiF Roundtable: Wates; NHS England Estates; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Leeds Teaching Hospital; North East and Yorkshire, NHS England; Lancs and South Cumbria ICB; Stride Treglown Limited; Graduates from NHS Estates, NHS England | To discuss delivery of the 10 Year Health Plan |
| Karin Smyth | 05/06/2026 | Bristol Dental School roundtable: University of Bristol; Bristol City Council; Dental Schools Council; North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB; The Russell Group; Bristol Dental School; NHS England; Bristol NHS Group; National Institute for Health and Care Research; Bristol Dental School Alumnus | To discuss innovation and partnership in the health sector |
| Karin Smyth | 08/06/2026 | Personal Care Roundtable: British Beauty Council; The Hairdressing Council; Adam Reed Salon; Re:New Beauty; British Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology; UK Spa Association; Pall Mall Barbers; Josh Wood Colour and Josh Wood Salon | To discuss issues pertaining to the personal care sector |
| Karin Smyth | 10/06/2026 | Kay Boycott and Arun Chopra, Care Quality Commission | To discuss the Health Bill |
| Karin Smyth | 10/06/2026 | Strategic Mayors: Oliver Coppard, Richard Parker, Claire Ward, Paul Bristow, Tracy Brabin | To discuss the Health Bill |
| Karin Smyth | 17/06/2026 | Social Partnership Forum | To discuss workforce issues |
| Karin Smyth | 17/06/2026 | Oonagh Monkhouse and Helga Pile (AfC Co-Chairs) | To discuss workforce issues |
| Karin Smyth | 24/06/2026 | Nicola McQueen, CEO NHS Professionals | Call of thanks prior to leaving post |
| Karin Smyth | 24/06/2026 | Health Equals | To discuss proposed amendments to the Health Bill |
| Karin Smyth | 24/06/2026 | Nicola Ranger, Royal College of Nursing | To discuss workforce issues |
| Gillian Merron | 21/04/2026 | Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy Advisory Board (VSAB): Ending Violence Against Women Coalition, Rape Crisis, Victims Commissioner, Association for Police and Crime Commissioners, Children’s Commissioner, SafeLives, Women’s Aid, Refuge, Imkaan, Crown Prosecution Service, Centre for Women’s Justice, Local Government Authority, Respect, Wales National Adviser on violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence, Domestic Abuse Commissioner, CEO for Welsh Women’s Aid, IRISi, Stay Safe East, Standing Together | To discuss violence against women and girls |
| Gillian Merron | 21/04/2026 | Hundred Families, bereaved family member (attended with Clive Betts MP) | To discuss mental health |
| Gillian Merron | 27/04/2026 | Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | To discuss Assertive Outreach |
| Gillian Merron | 27/04/2026 | Patricia Hewitt, Norman Lamb | To discuss mental health |
| Gillian Merron | 28/04/2026 | Action for Accreta | To discuss Placenta Accreta Spectrum |
| Gillian Merron | 29/04/2026 | The Vavengers | To discuss female genital mutilation |
| Gillian Merron | 29/04/2026 | NPSA, Autism Action, Maternal Mental Health Alliance, Gambling with Lives, Chasing the Stigma, Zero Suicide Alliance, Mental Health Innovations, Mental Health Foundation, Papyrus, James Place, If U Care Share, Money and Mental Health | To discuss suicide prevention |
| Gillian Merron | 12/05/2026 | Domestic Abuse Commissioner, survivors of violence against women and girls | To discuss violence against women and girls |
| Gillian Merron | 14/05/2026 | Hatfield Vision Taskforce | To discuss the Women’s Health Strategy Renewal |
| Gillian Merron | 19/05/2026 | Lancashire Constabulary, Women in Prison, Changing Lives, JUSTICE, Baroness Chakrabarti | Roundtable with Lord Timpson on remand for own protection |
| Gillian Merron | 19/05/2026 | Coffee Afrique | To discuss mental health |
| Gillian Merron | 20/05/2026 | British Association for HIV and Sexual Health, Caribbean African Health Network, Royal College of GPs, English HIV and Sexual Health Commissioners Group, Association for Directors of Public Health, Primary Care Women’s Health Society, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology, Brook, British Association for HIV and Sexual Health, Local Government Association, Terrence Higgins Trust, British HIV Association, College of Sexual and Reproductive Health | To discuss sexual and reproductive health |
| Gillian Merron | 21/05/2026 | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health | To discuss community mental health |
| Gillian Merron | 26/05/2026 | Bereaved family members | To discuss social media and mental health |
| Gillian Merron | 09/06/2026 | St. Mary's Ukrainian School, individual with lived experience | To discuss mental health |
| Gillian Merron | 10/06/2026 | National Maternity and Neonatal Collective | To discuss maternity and neonatal care |
| Gillian Merron | 16/06/2026 | Sue Ryder (attended with Baroness Campbell) | To discuss Personal Health Budgets |
| Gillian Merron | 17/06/2026 | Sparkbrook Children's Zone | To discuss women's health |
| Gillian Merron | 23/06/2026 | Peter Fonagy, Simon Wessely, Gillian Baird | To discuss the Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism |
| Gillian Merron | 25/06/2026 | British Chiropractic Association | To discuss chiropractic services |
| Gillian Merron | 29/06/2026 | Bereaved family members, Refuge, Hundred Families | Joint meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Atkinson to discuss hospital orders |
| Stephen Kinnock | 13/04/2026 | CQC, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Tower Hamlets Council, Solihull Borough Council, Walsall Council, Portsmouth City Council, London Borough of Bexley | Discuss CQC's consultation on their local authority assessment approach |
| Stephen Kinnock | 12/05/2026 | ADASS, British Association of Social Workers (BASW), Association of Professors of Social Work (APSW), Joint Universities Social Work Association (JUSWA), Skills for Care, Adult Principal Social Worker Network, Children and Family Principal Social Worker Network, Think Local Act Personal, National Co-Production Advisory Group. | Round table discussion on Social work bursary and education support grant |
| Stephen Kinnock | 14/05/2026 | Optometric Fees Negotiating Committee (OFNC) | Meeting to discuss General Ophthalmic Service fees |
| Stephen Kinnock | 08/06/2026 | Ewan King CPA, Vic Rayner, Nadra Ahmed, Home care association, Walnut Care, Care England | Discussed adult social care Fair Pay Agreement |
| Stephen Kinnock | 09/06/2026 | Phil Holmes (ADASS President) | Introductory conversation |
| Stephen Kinnock | 16/06/2026 | Helen Undy and Francesca Smith from Money and mental health org; Chritsy McAleese from MAPS | Discuss debt advice and Neighbourhood Health |
| Stephen Kinnock | 16/06/2026 | National Safeguarding Adult Board | National Safeguarding Adult Board |
| Stephen Kinnock | 16/06/2026 | Members of APPG for Children who need palliative care and those with lived experience | APPG for Children who need palliative care reception |
| Stephen Kinnock | 30/06/2026 | Dr Rebecca Rosen | To discuss outcomes of a GP task and finish group |
| Stephen Kinnock | 30/06/2026 | Community Pharmacy England | Meeting to discuss the commitment to work with CPE on reform |
| Sharon Hodgson | 14/04/2026 | 1001 Critical Days Foundation | To discuss Healthy Babies and perinantal mental health support for fathers |
| Sharon Hodgson | 16/04/2026 | Lobular Moonshot Project | To discuss lobular breast cancer |
| Sharon Hodgson | 21/04/2026 | NHS England’s Young Board Members | To discuss CYP representation in the NHS |
| Sharon Hodgson | 22/04/2026 | APPG for Spinal Injuries | To discuss spinal injuries |
| Sharon Hodgson | 22/04/2026 | SUDC UK | To discuss sudden unexplained death in childhood |
| Sharon Hodgson | 28/04/2026 | PoTS UK | To discuss postural tachycardia syndrome |
| Sharon Hodgson | 29/04/2026 | Cancer Research UK; Macmillan; Cancer52; Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation; Breast Cancer Now; Bowel Cancer UK; Prostate Cancer UK; Royal College of Radiologists | To discuss cancer and the National Cancer Plan |
| Sharon Hodgson | 11/05/2026 | The Richmond Group; Age UK; Macmillan; Diabetes UK; Asthma + Lung UK; Arthritis UK; Rethink Mental Illness; The Stroke Association; Mind | To discuss Diagnosis Connect |
| Sharon Hodgson | 12/05/2026 | Alcohol Health Alliance UK | To discuss addressing alcohol harms |
| Sharon Hodgson | 19/05/2026 | Phoenix Futures, Kenward Trust, Broadway Lodge, BAC and O'Connor, MPFT, Recovery Connections, Collective Voice, Via, Turning Point, Cornwall (commissioner) | To discuss residential rehab sector |
| Sharon Hodgson | 20/05/2026 | Polly Billington MP and constituent | To discuss breast cancer screening |
| Sharon Hodgson | 20/05/2026 | British Association for Sexual Health and HIV; Association of Directors of Public Health; Local Government Association; College of Sexual and Reproductive Health; The English HIV and Sexual Health Commissioners' Group; British HIV Association; Terrence Higgins Trust; Brook; Royal College of GPs | Sexual Health Roundtable |
| Sharon Hodgson | 20/05/2026 | Association of Directors of Public Health | To discuss the role of the local public health system |
| Sharon Hodgson | 21/05/2026 | Meningitis Now | Meeting with bereaved parents who lost their child in a recent Meningitis outbreak |
| Sharon Hodgson | 03/06/2026 | Chris Evans MP and constituent | To discuss brain tissue freezing |
| Sharon Hodgson | 03/06/2026 | Carla Lockhart MP and constituent | To discuss screening for metachromatic leukodystrophy |
| Sharon Hodgson | 02/06/2026 | APPG on Brain Tumours | To discuss the National Cancer Plan |
| Sharon Hodgson | 02/06/2026 | Dr Anisha Patel | To discuss post-cancer support |
| Sharon Hodgson | 04/06/2026 | Obesity Health Alliance | To discuss diet and obesity policy |
| Sharon Hodgson | 11/06/2026 | Sir Desmond Swayne MP; 1001 Critical Days Foundation | To discuss the Infants, Parents and Carers Bill |
| Sharon Hodgson | 12/06/2026 | Jamie Oliver Group | To discuss diet and obesity policy |
| Sharon Hodgson | 15/06/2026 | Local Government Association, Association of Directors of Public Health, Institute of Alcohol Studies, Alcohol Health Alliance, Alcohol Change UK, Professor Niamh Fitzgerald, Professor Amadine Garde, Professor Michael Veale, Dr Rachel O'Donnell, | Alcohol Roundtable |
| Sharon Hodgson | 16/06/2026 | Radiotherapy UK | To discuss radiotherapy and cancer treatment |
| Sharon Hodgson | 23/06/2026 | Muscular Dystrophy UK | To discuss screening for spinal muscular atrophy and rare diseases |
| Sharon Hodgson | 25/06/2026 | Enfield Local Authorty Public Health Team, North West and Central Integrated Care System, Enfield GP Federation, North Middlesex University Hospital, Brettenham Primary and School Improvement, ABC Parents | To discuss Enfield's response to measles |
| Sharon Hodgson | 29/06/2026 | Seqirus | Meeting on their aTIV vaccine |
| Sharon Hodgson | 30/06/2026 | Dr Ed Day, Change Grow Live, Alcoholics Anonymous | To discuss drug and alcohol treatment |
| Preet Kaur Gill | 17/06/2026 | Richard Torbett, ABPI | Introductory stakeholder call |
| Preet Kaur Gill | 17/06/2026 | Peter Ellingworth, ABHI | Introductory stakeholder call |
| Wes Streeting | 03/04/2026 | British Medical Association, Resident Doctors Committee | To discuss Industrial relations |
| Wes Streeting | 15/04/2026 | Bereaved and harmed families impacted by maternity failings | To discuss maternity services and local investigations into maternity services |
| Wes Streeting | 16/04/2026 | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Social Mobility Foundations, Sutton Trust | Roundtable to discuss widening access to the medical profession |
| Wes Streeting | 20/04/2026 | Sanjoy Kumar | To discuss sick notes |
| Wes Streeting | 21/04/2026 | Macmillan Cancer Support, PwC, Aviva, Boots, First Direct, Perci Health, Scottish Widows, Vitality, Barclays, Santander, PayPal, John Lewis and Partnership, Tesco, Toolstation, E.ON, Yorkshire Building Society, Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest Group | To discuss the role of business to support people living with cancer |
| Wes Streeting | 21/04/2026 | British Medical Association, Officers of the Resident Doctors Committee | To discuss resident doctor industrial relations |
| Wes Streeting | 22/04/2026 | Ben Taylor, Editor and Krissi Murrison, Deputy Editor, The Sunday Times | To discuss the Governments Health Priorities |
| Wes Streeting | 28/04/2026 | Louise Thompson and Theo Clarke | To discuss Maternity and the role of a Maternity Commissioner |
| Wes Streeting | 28/04/2026 | Just Treatment | To discuss NHS performance and medicines |
| Wes Streeting | 29/04/2026 | Chair, British Medical Association General Practitioners Committee | To discuss GP industrial relations |
| Wes Streeting | 05/05/2026 | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Jewish Medical Association, Jewish Care, The Board of Deputies of British Jews | To discuss antisemitism in the health system |
| Wes Streeting | 12/05/2026 | Dame Nicole Jacobs and those with lived experience of domestic abuse | To hear directly from victims and survivors about their experiences of accessing health services |
| James Murray | 14/05/2026 | Unison, Royal College of Nursing, NHS Alliance, Local Government Association, British Medical Association, National Voices | Introductory calls following appointment of new SofS |
| James Murray | 27/05/2026 | UNISON, Unite, GMB, RCN, CSP, and RCM | Introductory conversation to hear union priorities |
| James Murray | 27/05/2026 | British Medical Association, Resident Doctors Committee | To discuss Industrial relations |
| James Murray | 02/06/2026 | Tom Keith-Roach, Astra Zeneca | To discuss life sciences sector |
| James Murray | 02/06/2026 | All Chief Executives of NHS Trusts and Integrated Care Boards | To discuss government priorities for the Health Service |
| James Murray | 04/06/2026 | Caribbean and African Health Network, Cancer Black Care, Friends and Bredren Support Group, Joe Appiral MBE, Cancer Don't Let It Win, University of Wolverhampton, Can Survive, 110 Men, Prostate Cancer UK, Imperial College London, Cancer Research UK | To discuss uptake of the prostate cancer trial in Black men |
| James Murray | 08/06/2026 | North East and North Cumbria ICS; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICS; Barking Havering and Redbridge University Trust; West Yorkshire ICB; Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust; King’s College Trust; University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | To discuss improvements to the NHS |
| James Murray | 09/06/2026 | Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Wye Valley NHS Trust, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | To discuss NHS waiting lists |
| James Murray | 10/06/2026 | Maternity and Neonatal Collective | To discuss Maternity Care |
| James Murray | 15/06/2026 | Donna Ockenden | To discuss the Independent Review into Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| James Murray | 17/06/2026 | Bereaved and harmed families impacted by maternity failings | To discuss maternity services and local investigations into maternity services |
| James Murray | 18/06/2026 | Hugh Taylor, Sir Ian Caruthers, David Nicholson, Dame Una Obrien, Dame Barbara Hakin | To discuss future operating models |
| James Murray | 23/06/2026 | Baroness Theresa May, Elizabeth Filkin | To discuss domestic abuse |
| James Murray | 25/06/2026 | Royal College of Midwives | To discuss jobs for Newly Qualified Midwives |
| James Murray | 25/06/2026 | Royal College of Midwives | To discuss jobs for Newly Qualified Midwives |