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Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, also referred to as the Health Secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department of Health and Social Care.[3] The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom
Secretary of State
for Health and Social Care
Incumbent
Victoria Atkins
since 13 November 2023
Department of Health and Social Care
StyleHealth Secretary
(informal)
The Right Honourable
(within the UK and Commonwealth)
TypeMinister of the Crown
StatusSecretary of State
Member of
Reports toThe Prime Minister
SeatWestminster
NominatorThe Prime Minister
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation
  • 14 October 1854:
    (as President of the Board of Health)
  • 8 January 2018:
    (as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care)
First holderBenjamin Hall
(as President of the Board of Health)
Salary£159,038 per annum (2022)[1]
(including £86,584 MP salary)[2]
Websitewww.gov.uk/government/ministers/secretary-of-state-for-health-and-social-care

The position can trace its roots back to the nineteenth century, and has been a secretary of state position since 1968. For 30 years, from 1988 to 2018, the position was titled Secretary of State for Health, before Prime Minister Theresa May added "and Social Care" to the designation in the 2018 British cabinet reshuffle.[4]

The office holder works alongside the 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 Victoria Atkins since 13 November 2023.

Responsibilities edit

Corresponding to what is generally known as a health minister in many other countries, the health secretary's remit includes the following:

  • Oversight of England's National Health Service, including:
    • Delivery of care
    • Performance
    • Fiscal consolidation
    • Financial management[6]
  • Matters concerning England's social care policy (although responsibility is shared with the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government in respect of adult social care, and the Department for Education in respect of children's social care).
  • Matters concerning England's national public health
  • Relations with international health partnerships (WHO)

History edit

The first Boards of Health were created by Orders in Council dated 21 June, 14 November and 21 November 1831. In 1848, a General Board of Health was created with lay members as its leadership[7] and the first commissioner of woods and forests as its president. In 1854, this board was reconstituted and the president appointed separately. However, the board was abolished in 1858 and its function of overseeing the local boards was transferred to a new Local Government Act Office within the Home Office. From 1871, that function was transferred to the new Local Government Board.[citation needed]

The Ministry of Health was created in by the Ministry of Health Act 1919 as a reconstruction of the Local Government Board. Local government functions were eventually transferred to the minister of housing and local government, leaving the Health Ministry in charge of Health proper.

From 1968, it was amalgamated with the Ministry of Social Security under the secretary of state for social services, until a de-merger of the Department of Health and Social Security on 25 July 1988.

Since devolution in 1999, the position holder's responsibility for the NHS is mainly restricted to the health service in England, with the holder's counterparts in Scotland and Wales responsible for the NHS in Scotland and Wales. Prior to devolution, the secretaries of state for Scotland and Wales had those respective responsibilities, but the Department of Health had a larger role than now in the co-ordination of health policy across Great Britain. Health services in Northern Ireland have always had separate arrangements from the rest of the UK, and are currently the responsibility of the health minister in the Northern Ireland Executive.

A small number of health issues remain reserved matters, that is, they are not devolved.

According to Jeremy Hunt the department receives more letters than any other government department and there are 50 officials in the correspondence unit.[8]

List of ministers edit

Colour key (for political parties):
   Whig    Conservative    Radical    Peelite    Liberal    Labour    Unionist    National Labour    National Liberal

President of the Board of Health (1848-1858) edit

President of the Board Term of office Political party Prime Minister
As First Commissioner of Woods and Forests Lord John Russell
  The Earl of Carlisle 1848 17 April 1849 Whig
  Lord Seymour
MP for Totnes
17 April 1849 1 August 1851 Whig
As First Commissioner of Works
  Lord Seymour
MP for Totnes
1 August 1851 21 February 1852 Whig
  Lord John Manners
MP for Colchester
4 March 1852 17 December 1852 Conservative The Earl of Derby
  William Molesworth
MP for Southwark
5 January 1853 14 October 1854 Radical The Earl of Aberdeen
(Coalition)
President of the Board of Health
  Benjamin Hall
MP for Marylebone
14 October 1854 13 August 1855 Whig
The Viscount Palmerston
  William Cowper
MP for Hertford
13 August 1855 9 February 1857 Whig
  William Monsell
MP for County Limerick
9 February 1857 24 September 1857 Whig
  William Cowper
MP for Hertford
24 September 1857 21 February 1858 Whig
  Charles Adderley
MP for Staffordshire Northern
8 March 1858 1 September 1858 Conservative The Earl of Derby
Board of Health abolished in 1858; responsibilities transferred to
the Privy Council (1858–1871), then the Local Government Board (1871–1919).

Minister of Health (1919–1968) edit

Minister Term of office Political party Ministry
  Christopher Addison
MP for Shoreditch
24 June 1919 1 April 1921 Liberal Lloyd George II
  Alfred Mond
MP for Swansea West
1 April 1921 19 October 1922 Liberal
  Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
MP for Taunton
24 October 1922 7 March 1923
(Lost seat 1922)
Conservative Law
  Neville Chamberlain
MP for Birmingham Ladywood
7 March 1923 27 August 1923 Conservative
Baldwin I
  William Joynson-Hicks
MP for Twickenham
27 August 1923 22 January 1924 Conservative
  John Wheatley
MP for Glasgow Shettleston
22 January 1924 3 November 1924 Labour MacDonald I
  Neville Chamberlain
MP for Birmingham Ladywood
then Birmingham Edgbaston
6 November 1924 4 June 1929 Conservative Baldwin II
  Arthur Greenwood
MP for Nelson and Colne
7 June 1929 24 August 1931 Labour Macdonald II
  Neville Chamberlain
MP for Birmingham Edgbaston
25 August 1931 5 November 1931 Conservative National I
  Hilton Young
MP for Sevenoaks
5 November 1931 7 June 1935 Conservative National II
  Kingsley Wood
MP for Woolwich West
7 June 1935 16 May 1938 Conservative National III
National IV
  Walter Elliot
MP for Glasgow Kelvingrove
16 May 1938 13 May 1940 Unionist
Chamberlain War
  Malcolm MacDonald
MP for Ross and Cromarty
13 May 1940 8 February 1941 National Labour Churchill War
  Ernest Brown
MP for Leith
8 February 1941 11 November 1943 National Liberal
  Henry Willink
MP for Croydon North
11 November 1943 26 July 1945 Conservative
Churchill Caretaker
  Aneurin Bevan
MP for Ebbw Vale
3 August 1945 17 January 1951 Labour Attlee I
Attlee II
  Hilary Marquand
MP for Middlesbrough East
17 January 1951 26 October 1951 Labour
  Harry Crookshank
MP for Gainsborough
30 October 1951 7 May 1952 Conservative Churchill III
  Iain Macleod
MP for Enfield West
7 May 1952 20 December 1955 Conservative
Eden
  Robin Turton
MP for Thirsk and Malton
20 December 1955 16 January 1957 Conservative
  Dennis Vosper
MP for Runcorn
16 January 1957 17 September 1957 Conservative Macmillan I
  Derek Walker-Smith
MP for East Hertfordshire
17 September 1957 27 July 1960 Conservative
Macmillan II
  Enoch Powell
MP for Wolverhampton South West
27 July 1960 20 October 1963 Conservative
  Anthony Barber
MP for Doncaster then Altrincham and Sale
20 October 1963 16 October 1964 Conservative Douglas-Home
  Kenneth Robinson
MP for St. Pancras North
18 October 1964 1 November 1968 Labour Wilson I
Post merged with Ministry for Social Security in 1968.

Secretary of State for Health and Social Services (1968–1988) edit

Secretary of State Term of office Political party Ministry
  Richard Crossman
MP for Coventry East
1 November 1968 19 June 1970 Labour Wilson II
  Keith Joseph
MP for Leeds North East
20 June 1970 4 March 1974 Conservative Heath
  Barbara Castle
MP for Blackburn
5 March 1974 8 April 1976 Labour Wilson III
  David Ennals
MP for Norwich North
8 April 1976 4 May 1979 Labour Callaghan
  Patrick Jenkin
MP for Wanstead and Woodford
5 May 1979 14 September 1981 Conservative Thatcher I
  Norman Fowler
MP for Sutton Coldfield
14 September 1981 13 June 1987 Conservative
Thatcher II
  John Moore
MP for Croydon Central
13 June 1987 25 July 1988 Conservative Thatcher III
Post split into Secretary of State for Social Security and Secretary of State for Health in 1988.

Secretary of State for Health (1988–2018) edit

Secretary of State Term of office Political party Ministry
  Kenneth Clarke
MP for Rushcliffe
25 July 1988 2 November 1990 Conservative Thatcher III
  William Waldegrave
MP for Bristol West
2 November 1990 10 April 1992 Conservative
Major I
  Virginia Bottomley
MP for South West Surrey
10 April 1992 5 July 1995 Conservative Major II
  Stephen Dorrell
MP for Loughborough then Charnwood
5 July 1995 2 May 1997 Conservative
  Frank Dobson
MP for Holborn and St. Pancras
3 May 1997 11 October 1999 Labour Blair I
  Alan Milburn
MP for Darlington
11 October 1999 13 June 2003 Labour
Blair II
  John Reid
MP for Hamilton North and Bellshill then Airdrie and Shotts
13 June 2003 6 May 2005 Labour
  Patricia Hewitt
MP for Leicester West
6 May 2005 28 June 2007 Labour Blair III
  Alan Johnson
MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
28 June 2007 5 June 2009 Labour Brown
  Andy Burnham
MP for Leigh
5 June 2009 11 May 2010 Labour
  Andrew Lansley
MP for South Cambridgeshire
11 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative Cameron–Clegg
(Con.L.D.)
  Jeremy Hunt
MP for South West Surrey
4 September 2012 8 January 2018 Conservative
Cameron II
May I
May II

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2018–present) edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Secretary of State for Health and Social Care". gov.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Jeremy Hunt keeps Heath Secretary with added social care brief despite overseeing NHS 'winter crisis'". The Independent. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2021. Jeremy Hunt has kept his job as Health Secretary, despite overseeing what is widely viewed as a winter crisis in the NHS. However, Theresa May has added social care to his responsibilities, to signal her determination to sort out one of the biggest issues facing the country.
  5. ^ "Health Secretary answers questions on the Government's handling of the pandemic". UK PARLIAMENT. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022. Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, answers questions from MPs on the Government's handling of the covid-19 pandemic.
  6. ^ "Secretary of State for Health and Social Care - GOV.UK". gov.uk.
  7. ^ "4 Dec 1848, 5 - The Observer at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  8. ^ Hunt, Jeremy (2022). Zero. London: Swift Press. p. 14. ISBN 9781800751224.

External links edit

  • Official website  

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The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care also referred to as the Health Secretary is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the work of the Department of Health and Social Care 3 The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Secretary of Statefor Health and Social CareRoyal Arms of His Majesty s GovernmentIncumbentVictoria Atkinssince 13 November 2023Department of Health and Social CareStyleHealth Secretary informal The Right Honourable within the UK and Commonwealth TypeMinister of the CrownStatusSecretary of StateMember ofCabinetPrivy CouncilReports toThe Prime MinisterSeatWestminsterNominatorThe Prime MinisterAppointerThe Monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister Term lengthAt His Majesty s pleasureFormation14 October 1854 as President of the Board of Health 8 January 2018 as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care First holderBenjamin Hall as President of the Board of Health Salary 159 038 per annum 2022 1 including 86 584 MP salary 2 Websitewww wbr gov wbr uk wbr government wbr ministers wbr secretary of state for health and social care The position can trace its roots back to the nineteenth century and has been a secretary of state position since 1968 For 30 years from 1988 to 2018 the position was titled Secretary of State for Health before Prime Minister Theresa May added and Social Care to the designation in the 2018 British cabinet reshuffle 4 The office holder works alongside the 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 Victoria Atkins since 13 November 2023 Contents 1 Responsibilities 2 History 3 List of ministers 3 1 President of the Board of Health 1848 1858 3 2 Minister of Health 1919 1968 3 3 Secretary of State for Health and Social Services 1968 1988 3 4 Secretary of State for Health 1988 2018 3 5 Secretary of State for Health and Social Care 2018 present 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksResponsibilities editCorresponding to what is generally known as a health minister in many other countries the health secretary s remit includes the following Oversight of England s National Health Service including Delivery of care Performance Fiscal consolidation Financial management 6 Matters concerning England s social care policy although responsibility is shared with the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government in respect of adult social care and the Department for Education in respect of children s social care Matters concerning England s national public health Relations with international health partnerships WHO History editThe first Boards of Health were created by Orders in Council dated 21 June 14 November and 21 November 1831 In 1848 a General Board of Health was created with lay members as its leadership 7 and the first commissioner of woods and forests as its president In 1854 this board was reconstituted and the president appointed separately However the board was abolished in 1858 and its function of overseeing the local boards was transferred to a new Local Government Act Office within the Home Office From 1871 that function was transferred to the new Local Government Board citation needed The Ministry of Health was created in by the Ministry of Health Act 1919 as a reconstruction of the Local Government Board Local government functions were eventually transferred to the minister of housing and local government leaving the Health Ministry in charge of Health proper From 1968 it was amalgamated with the Ministry of Social Security under the secretary of state for social services until a de merger of the Department of Health and Social Security on 25 July 1988 Since devolution in 1999 the position holder s responsibility for the NHS is mainly restricted to the health service in England with the holder s counterparts in Scotland and Wales responsible for the NHS in Scotland and Wales Prior to devolution the secretaries of state for Scotland and Wales had those respective responsibilities but the Department of Health had a larger role than now in the co ordination of health policy across Great Britain Health services in Northern Ireland have always had separate arrangements from the rest of the UK and are currently the responsibility of the health minister in the Northern Ireland Executive A small number of health issues remain reserved matters that is they are not devolved According to Jeremy Hunt the department receives more letters than any other government department and there are 50 officials in the correspondence unit 8 List of ministers editColour key for political parties Whig Conservative Radical Peelite Liberal Labour Unionist National Labour National Liberal President of the Board of Health 1848 1858 edit President of the Board Term of office Political party Prime Minister As First Commissioner of Woods and Forests Lord John Russell nbsp The Earl of Carlisle 1848 17 April 1849 Whig nbsp Lord SeymourMP for Totnes 17 April 1849 1 August 1851 Whig As First Commissioner of Works nbsp Lord SeymourMP for Totnes 1 August 1851 21 February 1852 Whig nbsp Lord John MannersMP for Colchester 4 March 1852 17 December 1852 Conservative The Earl of Derby nbsp William MolesworthMP for Southwark 5 January 1853 14 October 1854 Radical The Earl of Aberdeen Coalition President of the Board of Health nbsp Benjamin HallMP for Marylebone 14 October 1854 13 August 1855 Whig The Viscount Palmerston nbsp William CowperMP for Hertford 13 August 1855 9 February 1857 Whig nbsp William MonsellMP for County Limerick 9 February 1857 24 September 1857 Whig nbsp William CowperMP for Hertford 24 September 1857 21 February 1858 Whig nbsp Charles AdderleyMP for Staffordshire Northern 8 March 1858 1 September 1858 Conservative The Earl of Derby Board of Health abolished in 1858 responsibilities transferred tothe Privy Council 1858 1871 then the Local Government Board 1871 1919 Minister of Health 1919 1968 edit Minister Term of office Political party Ministry nbsp Christopher AddisonMP for Shoreditch 24 June 1919 1 April 1921 Liberal Lloyd George II nbsp Alfred MondMP for Swansea West 1 April 1921 19 October 1922 Liberal nbsp Arthur Griffith BoscawenMP for Taunton 24 October 1922 7 March 1923 Lost seat 1922 Conservative Law nbsp Neville ChamberlainMP for Birmingham Ladywood 7 March 1923 27 August 1923 Conservative Baldwin I nbsp William Joynson HicksMP for Twickenham 27 August 1923 22 January 1924 Conservative nbsp John WheatleyMP for Glasgow Shettleston 22 January 1924 3 November 1924 Labour MacDonald I nbsp Neville ChamberlainMP for Birmingham Ladywoodthen Birmingham Edgbaston 6 November 1924 4 June 1929 Conservative Baldwin II nbsp Arthur GreenwoodMP for Nelson and Colne 7 June 1929 24 August 1931 Labour Macdonald II nbsp Neville ChamberlainMP for Birmingham Edgbaston 25 August 1931 5 November 1931 Conservative National I nbsp Hilton YoungMP for Sevenoaks 5 November 1931 7 June 1935 Conservative National II nbsp Kingsley WoodMP for Woolwich West 7 June 1935 16 May 1938 Conservative National III National IV nbsp Walter ElliotMP for Glasgow Kelvingrove 16 May 1938 13 May 1940 Unionist Chamberlain War nbsp Malcolm MacDonaldMP for Ross and Cromarty 13 May 1940 8 February 1941 National Labour Churchill War nbsp Ernest BrownMP for Leith 8 February 1941 11 November 1943 National Liberal nbsp Henry WillinkMP for Croydon North 11 November 1943 26 July 1945 Conservative Churchill Caretaker nbsp Aneurin BevanMP for Ebbw Vale 3 August 1945 17 January 1951 Labour Attlee I Attlee II nbsp Hilary MarquandMP for Middlesbrough East 17 January 1951 26 October 1951 Labour nbsp Harry CrookshankMP for Gainsborough 30 October 1951 7 May 1952 Conservative Churchill III nbsp Iain MacleodMP for Enfield West 7 May 1952 20 December 1955 Conservative Eden nbsp Robin TurtonMP for Thirsk and Malton 20 December 1955 16 January 1957 Conservative nbsp Dennis VosperMP for Runcorn 16 January 1957 17 September 1957 Conservative Macmillan I nbsp Derek Walker SmithMP for East Hertfordshire 17 September 1957 27 July 1960 Conservative Macmillan II nbsp Enoch PowellMP for Wolverhampton South West 27 July 1960 20 October 1963 Conservative nbsp Anthony BarberMP for Doncaster then Altrincham and Sale 20 October 1963 16 October 1964 Conservative Douglas Home nbsp Kenneth RobinsonMP for St Pancras North 18 October 1964 1 November 1968 Labour Wilson I Post merged with Ministry for Social Security in 1968 Secretary of State for Health and Social Services 1968 1988 edit Secretary of State Term of office Political party Ministry nbsp Richard CrossmanMP for Coventry East 1 November 1968 19 June 1970 Labour Wilson II nbsp Keith JosephMP for Leeds North East 20 June 1970 4 March 1974 Conservative Heath nbsp Barbara CastleMP for Blackburn 5 March 1974 8 April 1976 Labour Wilson III nbsp David EnnalsMP for Norwich North 8 April 1976 4 May 1979 Labour Callaghan nbsp Patrick JenkinMP for Wanstead and Woodford 5 May 1979 14 September 1981 Conservative Thatcher I nbsp Norman FowlerMP for Sutton Coldfield 14 September 1981 13 June 1987 Conservative Thatcher II nbsp John MooreMP for Croydon Central 13 June 1987 25 July 1988 Conservative Thatcher III Post split into Secretary of State for Social Security and Secretary of State for Health in 1988 Secretary of State for Health 1988 2018 edit Secretary of State Term of office Political party Ministry nbsp Kenneth ClarkeMP for Rushcliffe 25 July 1988 2 November 1990 Conservative Thatcher III nbsp William WaldegraveMP for Bristol West 2 November 1990 10 April 1992 Conservative Major I nbsp Virginia BottomleyMP for South West Surrey 10 April 1992 5 July 1995 Conservative Major II nbsp Stephen DorrellMP for Loughborough then Charnwood 5 July 1995 2 May 1997 Conservative nbsp Frank DobsonMP for Holborn and St Pancras 3 May 1997 11 October 1999 Labour Blair I nbsp Alan MilburnMP for Darlington 11 October 1999 13 June 2003 Labour Blair II nbsp John ReidMP for Hamilton North and Bellshill then Airdrie and Shotts 13 June 2003 6 May 2005 Labour nbsp Patricia HewittMP for Leicester West 6 May 2005 28 June 2007 Labour Blair III nbsp Alan JohnsonMP for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle 28 June 2007 5 June 2009 Labour Brown nbsp Andy BurnhamMP for Leigh 5 June 2009 11 May 2010 Labour nbsp Andrew LansleyMP for South Cambridgeshire 11 May 2010 4 September 2012 Conservative Cameron Clegg Con L D nbsp Jeremy HuntMP for South West Surrey 4 September 2012 8 January 2018 Conservative Cameron II May I May II Secretary of State for Health and Social Care 2018 present edit Secretary of State Term of office Political party Ministry nbsp Jeremy HuntMP for South West Surrey 8 January 2018 9 July 2018 Conservative May II nbsp Matt HancockMP for West Suffolk 9 July 2018 26 June 2021 Conservative Johnson I Johnson II nbsp Sajid JavidMP for Bromsgrove 26 June 2021 5 July 2022 Conservative nbsp Steve BarclayMP for North East Cambridgeshire 5 July 2022 6 September 2022 Conservative nbsp Therese CoffeyMP for Suffolk Coastal 6 September 2022 25 October 2022 Conservative Truss nbsp Steve BarclayMP for North East Cambridgeshire 25 October 2022 13 November 2023 Conservative Sunak nbsp Victoria AtkinsMP for Louth and Horncastle 13 November 2023 Incumbent ConservativeSee also editHealth and Social Care minister Minister of HealthReferences edit Salaries of Members of His Majesty s Government Financial Year 2022 23 PDF 15 December 2022 Pay and expenses for MPs parliament uk Retrieved 15 December 2022 Secretary of State for Health and Social Care gov uk Retrieved 29 June 2021 Jeremy Hunt keeps Heath Secretary with added social care brief despite overseeing NHS winter crisis The Independent 8 January 2018 Retrieved 5 April 2021 Jeremy Hunt has kept his job as Health Secretary despite overseeing what is widely viewed as a winter crisis in the NHS However Theresa May has added social care to his responsibilities to signal her determination to sort out one of the biggest issues facing the country Health Secretary answers questions on the Government s handling of the pandemic UK PARLIAMENT 4 June 2021 Retrieved 12 March 2022 Matt Hancock MP Secretary of State for Health and Social Care answers questions from MPs on the Government s handling of the covid 19 pandemic Secretary of State for Health and Social Care GOV UK gov uk 4 Dec 1848 5 The Observer at Newspapers com Newspapers com Retrieved 14 January 2022 Hunt Jeremy 2022 Zero London Swift Press p 14 ISBN 9781800751224 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Secretaries of State for Health of the United Kingdom Official website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Secretary of State for Health and Social Care amp oldid 1202743382, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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