Abbreviation | HSC/HSCC/HSCSC |
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Formation | 1979 |
Purpose | Select Committee of Parliament responsible for oversight of the DHSC and its associated agencies and public bodies. |
Chair | Layla Moran |
Parent organisation | UK Parliament |
Website | committees |
Formerly called | Health Select Committee; Social Services Committee |
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]
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.