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Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the new organisation was not formally established until 1 April 2021, [3] by which time it was called the UK Health Security Agency. It reports directly to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. [3] Baroness Harding was the interim executive chair of the new organisation from 18 August 2020 to 7 ...
Although the department was titled 'Department of Health and Social Security', the title of the cabinet minister with responsibility for the department was 'secretary of state for social services'. [3] [4] In 1988 the department was split again into a separate Department of Health and the Department of Social Security. [5]
In March 2021, it was announced that the new agency would instead be called the UK Health Security Agency, [26] commencing on 1 April and led by Jenny Harries (formerly a regional director at PHE and Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England). [27] The new UKHSA would focus on infectious disease control, particularly the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security worked at the Department of Health and Social Security. The future Prime Minister John Major held this office. The office was known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health from 1987 to 1990.
A group representing Social Security Administration employees issued a stern warning that the agency's "staffing and funding crisis" could lead to "more Americans being denied the benefits they...
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Public Health [14] Caroline Johnson MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham: 8 September 2022 27 October 2022 49 days Conservative: Liz Truss: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy [1] Maria Caulfield MP for Lewes: 27 October 2022 5 July 2024
The Office focuses on reducing the burdens of preventable illness and disease, and of health inequalities, on society and the healthcare system. [3] It explores how incentives and rewards can encourage healthier behaviour, with an explicit focus on the work of the Health Promotion Board in Singapore.
The officeholder works alongside other health and social care ministers. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for health and social care, and the secretary of state is also scrutinised by the Health and Social Care Select Committee. [5] The position is currently held by Wes Streeting, who has served since 5 July 2024.