Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, often called the health secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department of Health and Social Care. They are a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. The first one was in 1968. For 30 years, from 1988 to 2018, it was called Secretary of State for Health. Before 1988 the department was the Department of Health and Social Security.
Since devolution in 1999, the responsibility for the NHS is mostly the health service in England, with the ministers in Scotland and Wales responsible for the NHS in Scotland and Wales.
The current health secretary is Steve Barclay who was appointed by Rishi Sunak on 25 October 2022.[1]
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George Howard, 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802-1864)
Caricature of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset from "Vanity Fair", 1869. Caption read : "Proud and sincere, yet liberal and just, he refused to serve under the most humble of premiers."
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Caricature of Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset from "Vanity Fair", 1869. Caption read : "Proud and sincere, yet liberal and just, he refused to serve under the most humble of premiers."
Image cropped, rotated, and scaled using The GIMP.
- Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet (1810-1855) *oil on canvas, 1854*50 in. x 40 in. (1270 mm x 1016 mm)*Bequeathed by the sitter's widow, Andalusia Grant, Lady Molesworth, 1888 NPG 810
Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt, statesman
William Cowper-Temple, Lock & Whitfield woodburytype, 1876-85
William Monsell, Lord Emly
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William Cowper-Temple, Lock & Whitfield woodburytype, 1876-85
Charles Bowyer Adderley, Lord Norton
References
- ↑ "Secretary of State for Health and Social Care - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-13.