Minister of State for Health (UK)
The Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care is a mid-level position in the Department of Health and Social Care in the British government. The position is currently held by Andrew Stephenson MP since 13 November 2023. The minister often deputises for the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care alongside the Minister of State for Social Care.
Minister of State for Health (UK)
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Department of Health and Social Care
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for government policy on health and adult social care matters in England, along with a few elements of the same matters which are not otherwise devolved to the Scottish Government, Welsh Government or Northern Ireland Executive. It oversees the English National Health Service (NHS). The department is led by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care with three ministers of state and three parliamentary under-secretaries of state.
39 Victoria Street, Westminster
Quarry House: a DH building shared with the Department for Work and Pensions at Quarry Hill, Leeds (known locally as 'The Kremlin'[citation needed]).
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