Department of Health and Social Care

The Department of Health and Social Care is a department of the British Government. It is responsible for the health of people in England, mostly via the National Health Services. Its head is known as the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.  The main offices are in London and Leeds.

The National Health Services in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are run as separate organizations.

It runs:
 Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
 UK Health Security Agency
 Human Tissue Authority
 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
They cover the whole of the United Kingdom.

 NHS Blood and Transplant
 National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
 NHS Business Services Authority
They cover England and Wales.

 Care Quality Commission 
 NHS Digital
 Health Education England
 NHS England
 Health Research Authority
 NHS Resolution
 NHS Counter Fraud Authority
They only cover England.

References

Category:1988 establishments in the United Kingdom
Category:Departments of the United Kingdom Government