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Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom
Member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Secretary of State |
| for Health and Social Care | |
| insignia | Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg |
| insigniacaption | Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government |
| image | Wes Streeting Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped).jpg |
| incumbent | Wes Streeting |
| incumbentsince | 5 July 2024 |
| department | Department of Health and Social Care (England) |
| style | |
| type | Minister of the Crown |
| status | Secretary of State |
| member_of | |
| reports_to | The Prime Minister |
| seat | Westminster |
| nominator | The Prime Minister |
| appointer | The Monarch |
| appointer_qualified | (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| termlength | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| formation | |
| salary | £159,038 per annum (2022) |
| (including £86,584 MP salary) | |
| first | Benjamin Hall (as President of the Board of Health) |
| website |
for Health and Social Care (including £86,584 MP salary)
The secretary of state for health and social care, also referred to as the health secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department of Health and Social Care, mainly overseeing health and social care in England. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
Since devolution in 1999, the position holder's responsibility for the NHS is mainly restricted to the health service in England, whilst the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care in the Scottish Government is responsible for NHS Scotland and the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care in the Welsh Government is responsible for NHS Wales. The position can trace its roots back to the nineteenth century, and has been a secretary of state position since 1968. For 30 years, from 1988 to 2018, the position was titled Secretary of State for Health, before Prime Minister Theresa May added "and Social Care" to the designation in the 2018 British cabinet reshuffle.
The officeholder works alongside other health and social care ministers. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for health and social care, and the secretary of state is also scrutinised by the Health and Social Care Select Committee.
The position is currently held by Wes Streeting, who has served since 5 July 2024.
Responsibilities
Corresponding to what is generally known as a health minister in many other countries, the health and social care secretary's remit includes the following:
- oversight of England's National Health Service, including:
- delivery of care
- performance
- fiscal consolidation
- financial management
- matters concerning England's social care policy (although responsibility is shared with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government regarding adult social care, and with the Department for Education concerning children's social care).
- matters concerning England's national public health.
- relations with international health partnerships, including the WHO. Some functions are derived from legislation, for example when the position of Secretary of State for Health was established in 1988, specific functions were allocated to the post-holder drawn from the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1926, the Therapeutic Substances Act 1956, the Professions Supplementary to Medicine Act 1960(26), the National Health Service Act 1966, the Radiological Protection Act 1970, the Child Care Act 1980 and the Food Act 1984.
History
The first Boards of Health were created by Orders in the Council dated 21 June, 14 November, and 21 November 1831. In 1848, a General Board of Health was established with lay members in leadership roles and the first commissioner of woods and forests as its president. In 1854, this board was reconstituted, and the president was appointed separately. However, the board was abolished in 1858, and its function of overseeing local boards was transferred to a new Local Government Act Office within the Home Office. From 1871, that function was transferred to the new Local Government Board.
The Ministry of Health was created by the Ministry of Health Act 1919 as a reconstruction of the Local Government Board. Local government functions were eventually transferred to the minister of housing and local government, leaving the Health Ministry in charge of health matters.
From 1968, it was amalgamated with the Ministry of Social Security under the secretary of state for social services, until the de-merger of the Department of Health and Social Security on 25 July 1988.
Since devolution in 1999, the position holder's responsibility for the NHS is mainly restricted to the health service in England, while the holders' counterparts in Scotland and Wales are responsible for the NHS in Scotland and Wales. Prior to devolution, the secretaries of state for Scotland and Wales had those respective responsibilities, but the Department of Health played a larger role than it does now in the coordination of health policy across Great Britain. Health services in Northern Ireland have always had separate arrangements from the rest of the UK and are currently the responsibility of the health minister in the Northern Ireland Executive.
A small number of health issues remain reserved matters, meaning they are not devolved.
According to Jeremy Hunt, the department receives more letters than any other government department, and there are 50 officials in the correspondence unit.
List of ministers
Colour key (for political parties):
President of the Board of Health (1848–1858)
| President of the Board | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | As First Commissioner of Woods and Forests | Whig (British political party)}}" | Whig (British political party)}}" | As First Commissioner of Works | Whig (British political party)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Radicals (UK)}}" | President of the Board of Health | Whig (British political party)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | Whig (British political party)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" | Whig (British political party)}}" | Whig (British political party)}}" | Whig (British political party)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig (British political party)}}" | Lord John Russell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:7th Earl of Carlisle-edit.jpg | 60px]] | The Earl of Carlisle | 1848 | 17 April 1849 | Whig | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:12th Duke of Somerset.png | 60px]] | Lord Seymour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Totnes | 17 April 1849 | 1 August 1851 | Whig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:12th Duke of Somerset.png | 60px]] | Lord Seymour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Totnes | 1 August 1851 | 21 February 1852 | Whig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Lord John Manners.jpg | 60px]] | Lord John Manners | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Colchester | 4 March 1852 | 17 December 1852 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | The Earl of Derby | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:WilliamMolesworth.jpg | 60px]] | William Molesworth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Southwark | 5 January 1853 | 14 October 1854 | Radical | Peelite}}" | The Earl of Aberdeen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Coalition) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt.jpg | 60px]] | Benjamin Hall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Marylebone | 14 October 1854 | 13 August 1855 | Whig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Whig (British political party)}}" | The Viscount Palmerston | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:William Cowper-Temple, Lock & Whitfield woodburytype, 1876-85.jpg | 60px]] | William Cowper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Hertford | 13 August 1855 | 9 February 1857 | Whig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:William Monsell, Lord Emly.jpg | 60px]] | William Monsell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for County Limerick | 9 February 1857 | 24 September 1857 | Whig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:William Cowper-Temple, Lock & Whitfield woodburytype, 1876-85.jpg | 60px]] | William Cowper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Hertford | 24 September 1857 | 21 February 1858 | Whig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Charles Bowyer Adderley, Lord Norton.jpg | 60px]] | Charles Adderley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Staffordshire Northern | 8 March 1858 | 1 September 1858 | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | The Earl of Derby | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| *Board of Health abolished in 1858; responsibilities transferred to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| the Privy Council (1858–1871), then the Local Government Board (1871–1919).* |
Minister of Health (1919–1968)
| Minister | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Liberal Party (UK)}}" | Liberal Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Scottish Unionist Party}}" | National Labour Organisation}}" | National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Dr. Christopher Addison LOC 16027831872 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Christopher Addison | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Shoreditch | 24 June 1919 | 1 April 1921 | Liberal | Lloyd George II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Alfred Mond.jpg | 60px]] | Alfred Mond | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Swansea West | 1 April 1921 | 19 October 1922 | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Arthur Griffith-Boscawen Westminster1899.jpg | 60px]] | Arthur Griffith-Boscawen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Taunton | 24 October 1922 | 7 March 1923 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (Lost seat 1922) | Conservative | Law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Chamberlain Neville.jpg | 60px]] | Neville Chamberlain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Birmingham Ladywood | 7 March 1923 | 27 August 1923 | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baldwin I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:1st Viscount Brentford 1923.jpg | 60px]] | William Joynson-Hicks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Twickenham | 27 August 1923 | 22 January 1924 | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:John Wheatley MP.jpg | 60px]] | John Wheatley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Glasgow Shettleston | 22 January 1924 | 3 November 1924 | Labour | MacDonald I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Chamberlain Neville.jpg | 60px]] | Neville Chamberlain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Birmingham Ladywoodthen Birmingham Edgbaston | 6 November 1924 | 4 June 1929 | Conservative | Baldwin II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:ArthurHGreenwood.jpg | 60px]] | Arthur Greenwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Nelson and Colne | 7 June 1929 | 24 August 1931 | Labour | Macdonald II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Chamberlain Neville.jpg | 60px]] | Neville Chamberlain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Birmingham Edgbaston | 25 August 1931 | 5 November 1931 | Conservative | National I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Edward Hilton Young.jpg | 60px]] | Hilton Young | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Sevenoaks | 5 November 1931 | 7 June 1935 | Conservative | National II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Kingsley Wood cropped.jpg | 60px]] | Kingsley Wood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Woolwich West | 7 June 1935 | 16 May 1938 | Conservative | National III | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National IV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Walter Elliott MP.jpg | 60px]] | Walter Elliot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Glasgow Kelvingrove | 16 May 1938 | 13 May 1940 | Unionist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chamberlain War | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Malcolmmacdonald.jpg | 60px]] | Malcolm MacDonald | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Ross and Cromarty | 13 May 1940 | 8 February 1941 | National Labour | Churchill War | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:BrownErnest.jpg | 60px]] | Ernest Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Leith | 8 February 1941 | 11 November 1943 | National Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Henry Willink.jpg | 60px]] | Henry Willink | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Croydon North | 11 November 1943 | 26 July 1945 | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Churchill Caretaker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Aneurin Bevan (crop).jpg | 60px]] | Aneurin Bevan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Ebbw Vale | 3 August 1945 | 17 January 1951 | Labour | Attlee I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attlee II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Hilary Marquand.png | 60px]] | Hilary Marquand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Middlesbrough East | 17 January 1951 | 26 October 1951 | Labour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Harrycrookshank.jpg | 60px]] | Harry Crookshank | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Gainsborough | 30 October 1951 | 7 May 1952 | Conservative | Churchill III | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | [[File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-166-17 Macleod crop.jpg | 60px]] | Iain Macleod | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Enfield West | 7 May 1952 | 20 December 1955 | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" | Eden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:No image.svg | 60px]] | Robin Turton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Thirsk and Malton | 20 December 1955 | 16 January 1957 | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:No image.svg | 60px]] | Dennis Vosper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Runcorn | 16 January 1957 | 17 September 1957 | Conservative | Macmillan I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:No image.svg | 60px]] | Derek Walker-Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for East Hertfordshire | 17 September 1957 | 27 July 1960 | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Macmillan II | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Enoch Powell Allan Warren.jpg | 60px]] | Enoch Powell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Wolverhampton South West | 27 July 1960 | 20 October 1963 | Conservative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:No image.svg | 60px]] | Anthony Barber | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for Doncaster then Altrincham and Sale | 20 October 1963 | 16 October 1964 | Conservative | Douglas-Home | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:No image.svg | 60px]] | Kenneth Robinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MP for St. Pancras North | 18 October 1964 | 1 November 1968 | Labour | Wilson I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Post merged with Ministry for Social Security in 1968. |
Secretary of State for Social Services (1968–1988)
Main article: Secretary of State for Social Services
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Labour Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Crossland MP.jpg | 60px]] | Richard Crossman | |||||||||||||||
| MP for Coventry East | 1 November 1968 | 19 June 1970 | Labour | Wilson II | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Sir Keith Joseph visits Llangefni and Caernarfon (1469270) Crop (cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | Keith Joseph | |||||||||||||||
| MP for Leeds North East | 20 June 1970 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | Heath | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Barbara Castle, 1965 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Barbara Castle | |||||||||||||||
| MP for Blackburn | 5 March 1974 | 8 April 1976 | Labour | Wilson III | |||||||||||||
| [[File:David Ennals.jpg | 60px]] | David Ennals | |||||||||||||||
| MP for Norwich North | 8 April 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | Callaghan | |||||||||||||
| Patrick Jenkin | |||||||||||||||||
| MP for Wanstead and Woodford | 5 May 1979 | 14 September 1981 | Conservative | Thatcher I | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Fowler crop 2.jpg | 60px]] | Norman Fowler | |||||||||||||||
| MP for Sutton Coldfield | 14 September 1981 | 13 June 1987 | Conservative | ||||||||||||||
| Thatcher II | |||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Mr John Moore M.P. addressing the Annual LSE Society Dinner, 5th June, 1985.jpg | 60px]] | John Moore | |||||||||||||||
| MP for Croydon Central | 13 June 1987 | 25 July 1988 | Conservative | Thatcher III | |||||||||||||
| Post split into Secretary of State for Social Security and Secretary of State for Health in 1988. |
Secretary of State for Health (1988–2018)
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Kenneth Clarke (cropped).gif | 80x80px]] | Kenneth Clarke | ||
| MP for Rushcliffe | 25 July 1988 | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | [[File:William Waldegrave.gif | 85x85px]] | William Waldegrave | ||
| MP for Bristol West | 2 November 1990 | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" | Major I | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Virginia Bottomley crop (cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | Virginia Bottomley | ||
| MP for South West Surrey | 10 April 1992 | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Stephen Dorrell 2011 (cropped).jpg | 79x79px]] | Stephen Dorrell | ||
| MP for Loughborough then Charnwood | 5 July 1995 | ||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Frank Dobson, Secretary of State for Health (cropped).jpg | 79x79px]] | Frank Dobson | ||
| MP for Holborn and St. Pancras | 3 May 1997 | ||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Alan Milburn.JPG | 68x68px]] | Alan Milburn | ||
| MP for Darlington | 11 October 1999 | ||||
| Blair II | |||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:JohnReidHeadshot.jpg | 72x72px]] | John Reid | ||
| MP for Hamilton North and Bellshill then Airdrie and Shotts | 13 June 2003 | ||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Patricia Hewitt.jpg | 60px]] | Patricia Hewitt | ||
| MP for Leicester West | 6 May 2005 | ||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Alan Johnson -9Oct2007-2.jpg | 77x77px]] | Alan Johnson | ||
| MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | 28 June 2007 | ||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Andy Burnham2.jpg | 60px]] | Andy Burnham | ||
| MP for Leigh | 5 June 2009 | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Andrew Lansley Official.jpg | 90x90px]] | Andrew Lansley | ||
| MP for South Cambridgeshire | 11 May 2010 | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Jeremy Hunt and Dr Mark Davies visiting the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health, 700 Second St, Washington, USA-3June2013 (cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | Jeremy Hunt | ||
| MP for South West Surrey | 4 September 2012 | ||||
| Cameron II | |||||
| May I | |||||
| May II |
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2018–present)
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative Party (UK)}}" | [[File:Jeremy Hunt with Abdulla bin Zayed Al Nahyan in London - 2018 (29653209427) (cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | Jeremy Hunt | ||
| MP for South West Surrey | 8 January 2018 | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | [[File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP crop 2.jpg | 60px]] | Matt Hancock | ||
| MP for West Suffolk | 9 July 2018 | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" | Johnson I | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-top:solid 0 gray" | Johnson II | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | [[File:Sajid Javid Official Portrait Cropped.jpeg | 60px]] | Sajid Javid | ||
| MP for Bromsgrove | 26 June 2021 | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | [[File:Steve Barclay Official Portrait Cropped.jpg | 80x80px]] | Steve Barclay | ||
| MP for North East Cambridgeshire | 5 July 2022 | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | [[File:Thérèse Coffey Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2022 (seated) (cropped).jpg | 78x78px]] | Thérèse Coffey | ||
| MP for Suffolk Coastal | 6 September 2022 | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | [[File:Steve Barclay Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg | 80x80px]] | Steve Barclay | ||
| MP for North East Cambridgeshire | 25 October 2022 | ||||
| Conservative Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | [[File:Official portrait of Victoria Atkins MP crop 2, 2024.jpg | 80x80px]] | Victoria Atkins | ||
| MP for Louth and Horncastle | 13 November 2023 | ||||
| Labour Party (UK)}}; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" | [[File:Wes Streeting Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped).jpg | 60px]] | Wes Streeting | ||
| MP for Ilford North | 5 July 2024 |
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- (8 January 2018). "Jeremy Hunt keeps Health Secretary with added social care brief despite overseeing NHS 'winter crisis'". The Independent.
- (4 June 2021). "Health Secretary answers questions on the Government's handling of the pandemic". UK PARLIAMENT.
- "Ministerial role: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care".
- UK Legislation, [https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1843/made The Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order 1988], Schedule 2, made on 26 October 1988, accessed on 6 December 2025
- "4 Dec 1848, 5 - The Observer at Newspapers.com".
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