Department of Health and Social Care

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United Kingdom central government body government department ministerial department

The Department of Health and Social Care is the UK government ministry responsible for national health policy, the National Health Service (NHS), and social care in England.

Aliases (6)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Kingdom central government body → government department → ministerial department →
abbreviation	DHSC →
budgetaryResponsibility	NHS budget in England →
coordinatesWith	devolved health departments in Northern Ireland → devolved health departments in Scotland → devolved health departments in Wales →
country	United Kingdom →
dateFormed	1988 →
employs	civil servants →
headquartersLocation	39 Victoria Street, London → London →
jurisdiction	England →
languageOfWork	English →
locatedInTimeZone	British Summer Time → Greenwich Mean Time →
ministerialHeadTitle	Secretary of State for Health and Social Care →
oversees	Care Quality Commission → Health Education England → Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority → Human Tissue Authority → Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency → NHS Blood and Transplant → NHS Business Services Authority → NHS Digital → NHS England → NHS Improvement → NHS Resolution → Public Health England →
parentOrganization	Government of the United Kingdom →
partOf	UK Cabinet →
policyArea	NHS funding → adult social care → health → healthcare workforce planning → medical research policy → patient safety → pharmaceutical regulation → public health → social care →
portfolioHeldBy	Secretary of State for Health and Social Care →
precededBy	Department of Health →
renamedAs	Department of Health and Social Care in 2018 →
replaced	Department of Health → Ministry of Health →
responsibleFor	National Health Service in England → health policy in England → social care policy in England →
typeOfMinisterialDepartment	health ministry →
website	https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care →

Referenced by (33)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Care Quality Commission → Health Education England → Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority → Human Tissue Authority → NHS Blood and Transplant → NHS Business Services Authority → NHS England → NHS Improvement → NHS Resolution → National Institute for Health and Care Research → Public Health England → UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency →	parentOrganization
NHS organisations → National Health Service →	governedBy
Ministry of Health ("Department of Health and Social Security") → Ministry of Health ("Department of Health") →	replacedBy
Department of Health and Social Care ("DHSC") →	abbreviation
Department of Health (Northern Ireland) ("UK Department of Health and Social Care") →	coordinatesWith
Ministry of Health ("Department of Health and Social Security") →	dissolvedInto
UK government →	executiveBody
National Institute for Health and Care Research →	fundedBy
Health Education England →	fundingSource
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care →	hasDepartment
Whitehall ("Department of Health and Social Care headquarters") →	hasLandmark
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care →	heads
HMG →	oversees
London Ambulance Service ("UK Department of Health and Social Care (via NHS)") →	ownedBy
NHS Digital →	parentOrganisation
Department of Health and Social Care ("Department of Health") →	replaced
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care →	responsibleFor
NHS Digital →	sponsorDepartment
Command Papers →	submittedBy
NHS England →	worksWith