British Department of Health
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The Department of Health is a department of the United Kingdom government. It is led by the Secretary of State for Health with three junior Ministers of State.
It is responsible for policy on areas such as the National Health Service in England. In other parts of the UK, responsibility for health has been devolved to local administrations.
Like many other UK ministries or departments of state, the Department of Health has been known by various other names. It started out as the Board of Health, then became the Ministry of Health. It was also for a time combined with social security, creating the Department of Health and Social Security (1968–1988).
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Location
The official headquarters and Ministerial offices are in Richmond House, Whitehall, London. Many staff are in Skipton House, Elephant and Castle, London and were formerly in Alexander Fleming House and Hannibal House there. There are also many staff in Quarry House, Leeds.
Ministerial team
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- Secretary of State for Health - Rt. Hon Patricia Hewitt
- Minister of State for the NHS Workforce - John Hutton
- Minister of State for Emergency Medical Services - Rosie Winterton
- Minister of State for Quality and Patient Safety - Jane Kennedy
- Parliamentary Secretary for Public Health - Melanie Johnson
- Parliamentary Secretary for the Community - Stephen Ladyman
- Parliamentary Secretary for the Pharmaceutical Industry and the department's executive agencies - Lord Warner of Brockley
Permanent Secretary
- Sir Kenneth Stowe GCB CVO 1981-1987
- Sir Christopher Kelly KCB 1997-2000
