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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. | 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. | ||
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ALBs that focus on safety and the protection of public and patients include: | ALBs that focus on safety and the protection of public and patients include: | ||
Revision as of 16:52, 11 August 2009
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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.[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:
- Care Quality Commission
- Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
- Human Tissue Authority
- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- Monitor
- Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board
ALBs that focus primarily on establishing national standards and best practice include:
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
- National Biological Standards Board
- National Institute for Biological Standards and Control
ALBs that focus on safety and the protection of public and patients include:
- Health Potection Agency
- General Social Care Council
- National Patient Safety Agency
- National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse
- National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse
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
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[2]
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:
External Resources
Notes
- ↑ About the Department, Dept of Health website, accessed 11 Aug 2009
- ↑ Department of Health Annex B Executive agencies of the Department of Health, Annual Report, 2003, accessed 3 March 2009
