Transparency data

DHSC register of board members' interests, 2024 to 2025

Updated 16 January 2025

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) board and non-ministerial board members are asked to declare any interests or related party interests that are relevant to the work of the department as well as all remunerated outside employment, work and appointments (whether relevant or not).

An individual may have other interests and while the department is aware of these, they are judged to be not relevant to the individuals’ role and therefore not in scope for publication.

All relevant interests are managed by the department to prevent the risk of perceived, potential or actual conflicts of interest.

Ministers

Ministers’ interests are recorded and published by the Cabinet Office.

Non-executive board members

The interests of non-executive board members appointed before November 2024 are published in the department’s annual report and accounts. The most recently published accounts are DHSC annual report and accounts: 2023 to 2024.

Alan Milburn

Mr Milburn’s interests are:

• Mr Milburn is a majority shareholder in his business A.M. Strategy Ltd

• Mr Milburn is a shareholder in, and advisor to, Bridgepoint Capital Ltd

• Mr Milburn is a shareholder in Huma Therapeutics Ltd

• Mr Milburn provides advisory services to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) through A.M. Strategy Ltd

• Mr Milburn is the Chancellor of Lancaster University

• Mr Milburn is the Chair of the Social Mobility Foundation

• Mr Milburn is a member of the Labour Party

• Mr Milburn was an advisor to Mars Incorporated until he stepped down from the role at the end of 2024

Measures to manage or mitigate relevant interests that are judged to be perceived, potential or actual conflicts are as follows:

• Mr Milburn will consult with DHSC before taking on any new work which involves, or may potentially involve, health and social care through his business A.M. Strategy Ltd

• Mr Milburn will declare his interests in any discussions or activity in the department that relate to products or services that are or may be provided directly by companies owned by Bridgepoint Capital Ltd, making the nature of any potential conflict transparent. He will recuse himself from any discussions or activity in the department directly related to these companies. He will request information from Bridgepoint Capital, at least quarterly, to ensure he is aware of products or services that are or may be provided by any of these companies

• Mr Milburn will declare his interests in any discussions or activity in the department that relate to products or services that are or may be provided directly by Huma Therapeutics Ltd, making the nature of any potential conflict transparent. He will recuse himself from any discussions or activity in the department directly related to Huma Therapeutics Ltd

• Mr Milburn’s contract with PwC stipulates that he does not undertake any health-related work. Mr Milburn will declare his interests in any discussions or activity in the department that relate to products or services that are or may be provided directly by PwC, making the nature of any potential conflict transparent. He will recuse himself from any discussions or activity in the department directly related to PwC

• Mr Milburn will recuse himself from any discussions or activity in the department that relate to medical school funding at Lancaster University

• Mr Milburn will recuse himself from any discussions or activity in the department that relate to support for the Social Mobility Foundation

• Mr Milburn has noted, and accepts, the requirements set out in the terms and conditions of his non-executive board member appointment in relation to his membership of the Labour Party

• Mr Milburn committed to recusing himself from any discussions or activity in the department that related to nutrition, diet, and food, including any work related to the department’s sponsorship of the Food Standards Agency, during the time he was an advisor to Mars Incorporated, which concluded at the end of 2024

Officials who are members of the board or non-ministerial board

The interests of officials who are members of the board or non-ministerial board appointed before November 2024 are published in the department’s annual report and accounts. The most recently published accounts are DHSC annual report and accounts: 2023 to 2024.