Department of Health and Social Care

The Department of Health and Social Care is a department of the British Government. It is responsible for the health of people in England, mostly via the National Health Services. Its head is known as the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. The main offices are in London and Leeds.

The National Health Services in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are run as separate organizations.

It runs:

• Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• UK Health Security Agency
• Human Tissue Authority
• Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority

They cover the whole of the United Kingdom.

• NHS Blood and Transplant
• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
• NHS Business Services Authority

They cover England and Wales.

• Care Quality Commission
• NHS Digital
• Health Education England
• NHS England
• Health Research Authority
• NHS Resolution
• NHS Counter Fraud Authority

They only cover England.

Department Of Health And Social Care Media

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  Official portrait of Wes Streeting

• Official portrait of Stephen Kinnock MP* * 3×4 portrait of Stephen Kinnock

• Official portrait of Karin Smyth MP* * 3×4 portrait of Karin Smyth

• Official portrait of Baroness Merron* * 3×4 portrait of Baroness Merron

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  This is the official portrait of Ashley Dalton, the UK Member of Parliament for West Lancashire since February 2023.

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  Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7UA (DWP) & LS2 7UE (DoH). Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health. Opened 1993