Ministerial role

Secretary of State for Health

Organisations: Department of Health and Social Care

Responsibilities

The Secretary of State for Health has overall responsibility for the business and policies of the department, including:

• financial control
• oversight of all NHS delivery and performance
• mental health
• championing patient safety

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP

   2012 to 2018

2. The Rt Hon Andrew Lansley CBE

   2010 to 2012

Announcements

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• Foreign Secretary travels to France for G7 meeting
  • 05 April 2019
  • Press release
• International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2019: Foreign Secretary's speech
  • 23 January 2019
  • Speech
• G7 Foreign Ministers’ statement on recent events near Kerch Strait
  • 30 November 2018
  • Press release
• Jeremy Hunt takes forward ‘new era of friendship’ with Japan
  • 18 September 2018
  • Press release
• Patient safety: letter to independent healthcare providers
  • 08 May 2018
  • Correspondence
• Fifth meeting of the UK-China High-Level People to People Dialogue: joint statement
  • 11 December 2017
  • Policy paper
• Government and life sciences sector agree transformative sector deal
  • 06 December 2017
  • Press release
• More cancer specialists to be employed by the NHS
  • 05 December 2017
  • News story
• Government proposals on children and young people's mental health
  • 04 December 2017
  • News story
• Improving lives: the future of work, health and disability
  • 01 December 2017
  • Policy paper

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