Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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 secretary's remit includes the following:

• Oversight of England's National Health Service, including:
  • Delivery of care
  • Performance
  • Fiscal consolidation
  • Financial management<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 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 the Department for Education concerning children's social care).
• Matters concerning England's national public health.
• Relations with international health partnerships, including the WHO.

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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.Template:Cn

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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

List of ministers

Colour key (for political parties):
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President of the Board of Health (1848–1858)

President of the Board			Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
Template:Small						rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	Lord John Russell
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:7th Earl of Carlisle-edit.jpg	The Earl of Carlisle	1848	17 April 1849	Whig
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:12th Duke of Somerset.png	Lord Seymour Template:Small	17 April 1849	1 August 1851	Whig
Template:Small
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:12th Duke of Somerset.png	Lord Seymour Template:Small	1 August 1851	21 February 1852	Whig
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Lord John Manners.jpg	Lord John Manners Template:Small	4 March 1852	17 December 1852	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	The Earl of Derby
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:WilliamMolesworth.jpg	William Molesworth Template:Small	5 January 1853	14 October 1854	Radical	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	The Earl of Aberdeen Template:Small
Template:Small
height=30 style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |	File:Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt.jpg	Benjamin Hall Template:Small	14 October 1854	13 August 1855	Whig
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-top:solid 0 gray" |						rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	The Viscount Palmerston
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:William Cowper-Temple, Lock & Whitfield woodburytype, 1876-85.jpg	William Cowper Template:Small	13 August 1855	9 February 1857	Whig
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:William Monsell, Lord Emly.jpg	William Monsell Template:Small	9 February 1857	24 September 1857	Whig
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:William Cowper-Temple, Lock & Whitfield woodburytype, 1876-85.jpg	William Cowper Template:Small	24 September 1857	21 February 1858	Whig
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Charles Bowyer Adderley, Lord Norton.jpg	Charles Adderley Template:Small	8 March 1858	1 September 1858	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	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
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Dr. Christopher Addison LOC 16027831872 (cropped).jpg	Christopher Addison Template:Small	24 June 1919	1 April 1921	Liberal	rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK)|Lloyd George II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Alfred Mond.jpg	Alfred Mond Template:Small	1 April 1921	19 October 1922	Liberal
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Arthur Griffith-Boscawen Westminster1899.jpg	Arthur Griffith-Boscawen Template:Small	24 October 1922	7 March 1923 Template:Small	Conservative	rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Law
height="30" style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |	File:Chamberlain Neville.jpg	Neville Chamberlain Template:Small	7 March 1923	27 August 1923	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-top:solid 0 gray" |						rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Baldwin I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:1st Viscount Brentford 1923.jpg	William Joynson-Hicks Template:Small	27 August 1923	22 January 1924	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:John Wheatley MP.jpg	John Wheatley Template:Small	22 January 1924	3 November 1924	Labour	Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)|MacDonald I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Chamberlain Neville.jpg	Neville Chamberlain Template:Small	6 November 1924	4 June 1929	Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Baldwin II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:ArthurHGreenwood.jpg	Arthur Greenwood Template:Small	7 June 1929	24 August 1931	Labour	Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)|Macdonald II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Chamberlain Neville.jpg	Neville Chamberlain Template:Small	25 August 1931	5 November 1931	Conservative	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK)|National I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Edward Hilton Young.jpg	Hilton Young Template:Small	5 November 1931	7 June 1935	Conservative	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK)|National II
rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Kingsley Wood cropped.jpg	Kingsley Wood Template:Small	7 June 1935	16 May 1938	Conservative	Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK)|National III
rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK)|National IV
rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Walter Elliott MP.jpg	Walter Elliot Template:Small	16 May 1938	13 May 1940	Unionist
Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK)|Chamberlain War
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Malcolmmacdonald.jpg	Malcolm MacDonald Template:Small	13 May 1940	8 February 1941	National Labour	rowspan="3" Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK)|Churchill War
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:BrownErnest.jpg	Ernest Brown Template:Small	8 February 1941	11 November 1943	National Liberal
rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Henry Willink.jpg	Henry Willink Template:Small	11 November 1943	26 July 1945	Conservative
Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK)|Churchill Caretaker
rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Aneurin Bevan (crop).jpg	Aneurin Bevan Template:Small	3 August 1945	17 January 1951	Labour	Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)|Attlee I
rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)|Attlee II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Hilary Marquand.png	Hilary Marquand Template:Small	17 January 1951	26 October 1951	Labour
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Harrycrookshank.jpg	Harry Crookshank Template:Small	30 October 1951	7 May 1952	Conservative	rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Churchill III
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |	File:The National Archives UK - CO 1069-166-17 Macleod crop.jpg	Iain Macleod Template:Small	7 May 1952	20 December 1955	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-top:solid 0 gray" |						rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Eden
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:No image.svg	Robin Turton Template:Small	20 December 1955	16 January 1957	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:No image.svg	Dennis Vosper Template:Small	16 January 1957	17 September 1957	Conservative	rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Macmillan I
rowspan="2" style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:No image.svg	Derek Walker-Smith Template:Small	17 September 1957	27 July 1960	Conservative
rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Macmillan II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Enoch Powell Allan Warren.jpg	Enoch Powell Template:Small	27 July 1960	20 October 1963	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:No image.svg	Anthony Barber Template:Small	20 October 1963	16 October 1964	Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Douglas-Home
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:No image.svg	Kenneth Robinson Template:Small	18 October 1964	1 November 1968	Labour	Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)|Wilson I
Post merged with Ministry for Social Security in 1968.

Secretary of State for Social Services (1968–1988)

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Secretary of State			Term of office		Political party	Ministry
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Crossland MP.jpg	Richard Crossman Template:Small	1 November 1968	19 June 1970	Labour	Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)|Wilson II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |		Keith Joseph Template:Small	20 June 1970	4 March 1974	Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Heath
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Barbara Castle, 1965 (cropped).jpg	Barbara Castle Template:Small	5 March 1974	8 April 1976	Labour	Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)|Wilson III
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:David Ennals.jpg	David Ennals Template:Small	8 April 1976	4 May 1979	Labour	Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)|Callaghan
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |		Patrick Jenkin Template:Small	5 May 1979	14 September 1981	Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Thatcher I
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Lord Fowler crop 2.jpg	Norman Fowler Template:Small	14 September 1981	13 June 1987	Conservative
Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Thatcher II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Mr John Moore M.P. addressing the Annual LSE Society Dinner, 5th June, 1985.jpg	John Moore Template:Small	13 June 1987	25 July 1988	Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|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
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Ken Clarke 2010.jpg	Kenneth Clarke Template:Small	25 July 1988	2 November 1990	Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Thatcher III
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |	File:Official portrait of Lord Waldegrave of North Hill 2020 crop 2.jpg	William Waldegrave Template:Small	2 November 1990	10 April 1992	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-top:solid 0 gray" |						Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Major I
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone crop 2.jpg	Virginia Bottomley Template:Small	10 April 1992	5 July 1995	Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Major II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Stephen dorrell mp -nhs confederation annual conferencepercent2c manchester-11july2011 - crop.jpg	Stephen Dorrell Template:Small	5 July 1995	2 May 1997	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Frank Dobson MP, crop.jpg	Frank Dobson Template:Small	3 May 1997	11 October 1999	Labour	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)|Blair I
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Alan Milburn 2014.jpg	Alan Milburn Template:Small	11 October 1999	13 June 2003	Labour
rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)|Blair II
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Lord Reid of Cardowan, 2020.jpg	John Reid Template:Small	13 June 2003	6 May 2005	Labour
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Patricia Hewitt.jpg	Patricia Hewitt Template:Small	6 May 2005	28 June 2007	Labour	Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)|Blair III
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Alan Johnson MP.jpg	Alan Johnson Template:Small	28 June 2007	5 June 2009	Labour	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)| Brown
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Andy Burnham2.jpg	Andy Burnham Template:Small	5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Lord Lansley crop 2, 2025.jpg	Andrew Lansley Template:Small	11 May 2010	4 September 2012	Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Coalition (UK)| Cameron–Clegg Template:Small
rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP crop 2.jpg	Jeremy Hunt Template:Small	4 September 2012	8 January 2018	Conservative
Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Cameron II
Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|May I
Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|May II

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2018–present)

Secretary of State			Term of office		Political party	Ministry
style="background-color:Template:Party color" |	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP crop 2.jpg	Jeremy Hunt Template:Small	8 January 2018	9 July 2018	Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|May II
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP crop 2.jpg	Matt Hancock Template:Small	9 July 2018	26 June 2021	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-top:solid 0 gray" |						Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Johnson I
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-top:solid 0 gray" |						rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK) | Johnson II
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |	File:Sajid Javid Official Portrait Cropped.jpeg	Sajid Javid Template:Small	26 June 2021	5 July 2022	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP crop 2.jpg	Steve Barclay Template:Small	5 July 2022	6 September 2022	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |	File:Official portrait of Dr Thérèse Coffey crop 2.jpg	Thérèse Coffey Template:Small	6 September 2022	25 October 2022	Conservative	Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)|Truss
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP crop 2.jpg	Steve Barclay Template:Small	25 October 2022	13 November 2023	Conservative	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Conservative (UK)| Sunak
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |	File:Victoria Atkins Official Cabinet Portrait, November 2023 (cropped).jpg	Victoria Atkins Template:Small	13 November 2023	5 July 2024	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color; border-bottom:solid 0 gray" |	File:Wes Streeting Official Cabinet Portrait, July 2024 (cropped).jpg	Wes Streeting Template:Small	5 July 2024	Incumbent	Labour	Template:Party shading/Labour Party (UK)| Starmer

Timeline

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 from: 06/05/2005 till: 28/06/2007 color:Labour       text:"Patricia Hewitt"
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 from: 28/06/2007 till: 05/06/2009 color:Labour       text:"Alan Johnson"
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 from: 05/06/2009 till: 11/05/2010 color:Labour       text:"Andy Burnham"
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 from: 11/05/2010 till: 04/09/2012 color:Conservative text:"Andrew Lansley"
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 from: 04/09/2012 till: 09/07/2018 color:Conservative text:"Jeremy Hunt"
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 from: 09/07/2018 till: 26/06/2021 color:Conservative text:"Matt Hancock"
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See also

• Health and Social Care minister
• Minister of Health

External links

• Template:Official website