Department of Health
Contents
Background
According to 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."
History
Funding and finances
People
Ministers
- Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP Secretary of State for Health
- Ben Bradshaw MP Minister of State for Health Services
- Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP Minister of State for Public Health
- Phil Hope MP Minister of State for Care Services
- Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham KBE Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
- Ann Keen MP Parliamentary Under Secretary for Health Services
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
Affiliations
Subsidiaries
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:
