Department of Health

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The Department of Health is part of the UK government.

Background

From the Department of Health website:

We have responsibility for standards of health care in the country, including the NHS. We set the strategic framework for adult social care and influence local authority spend on social care. We also set the direction on promoting and protecting the public's health, taking the lead on issues like environmental hazards to health, infectious diseases, health promotion and education, the safety of medicines, and ethical issues.[1]

Work with other organisations

The DH works with and sponsors arm's length bodies (ALBs), which are impartial national organisations working directly with the local NHS, social care services, and other ALBs to regulate the system, improve standards, protect public welfare and support local services.

Regulatory ALBs that often have their own primary powers and on the whole are independent include:

ALBs that focus primarily on establishing national standards and best practice include:

ALBs that focus on safety and the protection of public and patients include:

Ministers

  • Jeremy Hunt - was appointed Secretary of State for Health in September 2012.
  • Norman Lamb - was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Health in September 2012
  • Daniel Poulter - has been Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health since September 2012
  • Jane Ellison - has been Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health in October 2013.
  • Frederick Curzon - was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Quality in May 2010
  • George Freeman - is a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State.

Former ministers

Special advisers

Board Members

Hugh Taylor CB, David Nicholson CBE, Sir Liam Donaldson KB, Julie Baddeley, Derek Myers, Mike Wheeler, David Behan CBE, Richard Douglas CB

Senior Team

Dr. Fiona Adshead, Christine Beasley, Clare Chapman, David Flory, Sian Jarvis, Professor David R Harper CBE, Professor Sally C Davies, Una O'Brien, Surinder Sharma

Chief Scientic Adviser

Affiliations

Executive Agencies

NHS Estates Agency | Medicines Control Agency | Medical Devices Agency | NHS Pensions Agency | NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency | Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency[5]

Publications

Contact details, Resources, Notes

Contact

  • Address: Customer Service Centre, The Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London SW1A 2NS
  • Phone: 020 7210 4850
  • Textphone: 020 7210 5025
  • Website:

Resources

See: The Corporate Capture of the NHS

Notes

  1. About the Department, Dept of Health website, accessed 11 Aug 2009
  2. The Department of Health The House, Parliaments Magazine, Vol.11, 11.2013, accessed 2 October 2014
  3. Sue Beeby LinkedIn profile, accessed 2 October 2014
  4. Emily Frith LinkedIn profile, accessed 3 October 2014
  5. Department of Health Annex B Executive agencies of the Department of Health, Annual Report, 2003, accessed 3 March 2009