Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

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United Kingdom cabinet position government ministerial office

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is the UK government minister responsible for national health policy, the healthcare system, and social care services in England.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Secretary of State for Health 7
Health Secretary 1
Minister of Health of the United Kingdom 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom cabinet position ⓘ
government ministerial office ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
appointedOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
canPropose health legislation ⓘ
social care legislation ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Secretary of State for Health and Social Care self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Health Secretary

SoS Health and Social Care ⓘ
hasDepartment Department of Health and Social Care ⓘ
hasPredecessorOffice Secretary of State for Health and Social Care self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of State for Health
heads Department of Health and Social Care ⓘ
inception 2018 ⓘ
jurisdiction England ⓘ
legislativeBody British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
memberOf British Cabinet ⓘ
surface form: UK Cabinet
oversees NHS workforce policy in England ⓘ
health protection in England ⓘ
healthcare funding policy in England ⓘ
integration of health and social care in England ⓘ
social care funding policy in England ⓘ
partOf British Cabinet ⓘ
surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom
policyArea NHS policy ⓘ
adult social care ⓘ
health policy ⓘ
public health ⓘ
social care policy ⓘ
reportsTo Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
requiresQualification Member of Parliament ⓘ
responsibleFor Department of Health and Social Care ⓘ
NHS England oversight ⓘ
NHS England ⓘ
surface form: National Health Service in England

adult social care services in England ⓘ
national health policy in England ⓘ
public health policy in England ⓘ
social care policy in England ⓘ
scopeExcludes day-to-day running of NHS trusts ⓘ
healthcare systems in Northern Ireland ⓘ
healthcare systems in Scotland ⓘ
healthcare systems in Wales ⓘ
seat City of Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster
sector public health sector ⓘ
social care sector ⓘ
style The Right Honourable ⓘ
worksWith Chancellor of the Exchequer ⓘ
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ⓘ
devolved health ministers in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shadow Secretary of State for Health → correspondingOffice → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
Minister of Health (Northern Ireland) → equivalentOffice → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (United Kingdom)
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care → hasAbbreviation → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Health Secretary
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care → hasPredecessorOffice → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Health
Health and Social Care Act 2012 → introducedByOffice → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Health
Shadow Secretary of State for Health → isOppositionCounterpartOf → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
Department of Health and Social Care → ministerialHeadTitle → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
National Health Service → overseenBy → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
Department of Health and Social Care → portfolioHeldBy → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
Alan Johnson → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Health
Andrew Murray Burnham → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Health
Andy Burnham → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Health
Jeremy Hunt → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Health
John Reid → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
subject surface form: John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Health (United Kingdom)
Kenneth Clarke → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Health
Sir Kingsley Wood → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
subject surface form: Kingsley Wood
this entity surface form: Minister of Health of the United Kingdom
UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency → supervisedBy → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ