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*[[Michael Mire]] (non-executive), chair of the [[Land Registry]] and senior independent director at the [[Care Quality Commission]]. He was a senior partner at [[McKinsey]].
 
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[[NHS Estates Agency]] | [[Medicines Control Agency]] | [[Medical Devices Agency]] | [[NHS Pensions Agency]] | [[NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency]] <ref>Department of Health [http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/AnnualReports/Browsable/DH_5226431 Annex B Executive agencies of the Department of Health], ''Annual Report'', 2003, accessed 3 March 2009</ref>
  
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==

Latest revision as of 12:13, 14 August 2018

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The Department of Health & Social Care (formerly the Department of Health) is part of the UK government.

People

Ministers

Former ministers

  • Jeremy Hunt - Secretary of State for Health September 2012 to July 2018
  • Philip Dunne - minister for health July 2016 to January 2018
  • Lord Prior of Brampton - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State.
  • Alistair Burt - Minister of State for Community and Social Care
  • Jane Ellison - has been Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health in October 2013.
  • George Freeman - is a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State.
  • Alistair Burt - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State.
  • Ben Gummer - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State.
  • 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
  • Norman Lamb - Minister of State at the Department of Health from September 2012 - May 2015
  • Daniel Poulter - was a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health from September 2012 - May 2015
  • Frederick Curzon - was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Quality from May 2010 - May 2015

Special advisers

Former special advisers

DHSC departmental board

Chief Scientific Adviser

Former board members

Former senior officials

Affiliations

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:

Other Executive Agencies

NHS Estates Agency | Medicines Control Agency | Medical Devices Agency | NHS Pensions Agency | NHS Purchasing and Supply 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. The Department of Health The House, Parliaments Magazine, Vol.11, 11.2013, accessed 2 October 2014
  2. Sue Beeby LinkedIn profile, accessed 2 October 2014
  3. Emily Frith LinkedIn profile, accessed 3 October 2014
  4. Department of Health appoints new team of non-executive directors, DH press release, 29 November 2017
  5. Department of Health Annex B Executive agencies of the Department of Health, Annual Report, 2003, accessed 3 March 2009