Ministerial role

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Organisations: Department of Health and Social Care
Current role holder: The Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP

Responsibilities

The Secretary of State is responsible for the work of the Department of Health and Social Care, including:

  • overall financial control and oversight of NHS delivery and performance
  • oversight of social care policy

Current role holder

The Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP

Wes Streeting was appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 5 July 2024. He was elected as the MP for Ilford North in July 2024.

More about this person

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Victoria Atkins MP

    2023 to 2024

  2. The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP

    2022 to 2023

  3. The Rt Hon Thérèse Coffey

    2022 to 2022

  4. The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP

    2022 to 2022

  5. The Rt Hon Sajid Javid

    2021 to 2022

  6. The Rt Hon Matt Hancock

    2018 to 2021

  7. The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP

    2018 to 2018