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.[1]
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
13/11/2023. London, United Kingdom. Victoria Atkins MP has been appointed the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care after meeting with the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak in No10 Downing Street. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street
Official portrait of Helen Whately MP* * 3×4 portrait of Helen Whately
Official portrait of Andrew Stephenson MP* * 3×4 portrait of Andrew Stephenson
Official portrait of Maria Caulfield
Official portrait of Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom MP* * 3×4 portrait of Andrea Leadsom
Nick Markham
Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7UA (DWP) & LS2 7UE (DoH). Department for Work and Pensions and Department of Health. Opened 1993
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References
- ↑ "Department of Health and Social Care". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-01-31.