Department of Health
The aim of the Department of Health is to improve the health and well-being of people in England.
Contact information
- Address: Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London SW1A 2NS
- Telephone: 020 7210 4850
- Website: www.dh.gov.uk/ [External website]
- Generic Email format: firstname.lastname@dh.gsi.gov.uk
Parliamentary Branch
Correspondence Section
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Ministers
Secretary of State for Health: The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
Leads on:
Overall responsibility for the work of the Department including:
- NHS and social care delivery and systems reform
- Finance and Resources
- Strategic Communications
Private Office to Alan Johnson
Minister of State (Health Services) and Minister for the South West: Ben Bradshaw MP
Leads on:
- Finance including:
- Spending Review
- Resource allocation and financial policy
- NHS Financial management
- NHS Estates, Capital, PFI & Local Improvement Finance Trusts (LIFT)
- NHS efficiency
- Policy & Strategy including provider policy, demand side reform, Payment by Results (PbR) policy & system architecture regulation
- 18 weeks
- NHS Performance management
- System management & regulation and Professional regulation
- Commissioning capabilities & programmes
- Commercial policy, solutions and procurement
- Connecting for Health /NHS IT
- Urgent Care & emergency care
- Primary care
- Choice
- Departmental Management
- 4th Session NHS Bill
- South West SHA
- London SHA
- Minister for the South West
Private Office to Ben Bradshaw
Minister of State (Public Health): The Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP
Leads on:
- Public health including Regional Public Health Groups (RPHGs), World Health Organisation (WHO) and Children's public health
- Health improvement national programmes, including tobacco & smoking, alcohol, diet & nutrition, physical activity, drugs and drug treatment, obesity, sexual health, abortion, rural health, and Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- Health Inequalities
- Food Standards Agency
- Health protection including:
- Emergency preparedness
- Scientific development
- Pandemic flu
- Immunisation
- International health
- Fertility, including IVF and Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)
- International & EU business
- R&D: National programme, R&D workforce, systems, Infrastructure, Industry relations
- Medicines & Pharmaceuticals industry (except NICE and pharmacy policy); Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
- West Midlands SHA
- South East Coast SHA
Private Office to Dawn Primarolo
Minister of State (Care Services) and Minister for the East Midlands: Phil Hope MP
Leads on:
- Social care, local government and care partnerships:
- Social care policy & innovation
- Social care finance
- Social care strategy
- Social care workforce
- Social care inspection
- Partnering & alliances
- Regional presence
- Older people
- Learning / physical disabilities
- Disabled children
- Mental health including Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- Prison/offender health
- Third sector including s.64 and social enterprise
- DH's relationship with local government
- Carers
- Dignity & respect
- Sustainable development
- Equality & Human Rights
- End of life care
- Audiology
- Pharmacy policy
- Devices and diagnostic industry
- Accident prevention and complementary therapy
- East of England SHA
- South Central SHA
- East Midlands SHA
- Minister for the East Midlands
Private Office to Phil Hope
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Health Services): Ann Keen MP
Leads on:
- Healthcare quality
- Patient Safety including Cleaner hospital/ Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAIs)
- National clinical directors and programmes including:
- Cancer services
- Cardiac services
- Stroke services
- Diabetes
- Renal services
- Dentistry and fluoridation
- Partnership, experience & involvement
- Optical
- Chronic Diseases and long term conditions (including neurological)
- Vascular screening
- Workforce including:
- Employment models and contracts
- Education & careers
- Pay
- Nursing policy/Chief Nursing Officer people strategy
- Allied health professionals
- Reconfigurations
- Children's health services and maternity
- NHS constitution
- Yorkshire & the Humber SHA
- North East SHA
- North West SHA
Private Office to Ann Keen
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: Lord Darzi of Denham KBE
Leads on:
- NHS Next Stage Review implementation
- Quality and Innovation
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Private Office to Lord Darzi
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Private Offices
Private Office to The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
Private Office to Ben Bradshaw MP
Private Office to The Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP
Private Office to Phil Hope MP
Private Office to Ann Keen MP
Private Office to Professor The Lord Darzi of Denham KBE
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Executive Agencies
Medicines, Healthcare Products and Regulatory Agency
The Executive Agency of the Department of Health protecting and promoting public health and patient safety by ensuring that medicines, healthcare products and medical equipment meet appropriate standards of safety, quality, performance and effectiveness and are used safely.
The MHRA was formed from a merger of the Medicines Control Agency and the Medical Devices Agency on 1 April 2003.
NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency
The role of the agency is to act as a centre of expertise, knowledge and excellence in purchasing and supply matters for the health service.
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