Website of the Department of Health

Minister of State for Health Services - Ben Bradshaw MP

Finance:

• Spending Review
• resource allocation and financial policy
• NHS financial management
• NHS Estates, capital, Private Finance Initiatives (PFI) and Local Improvement Finance Trusts (LIFT)
• NHS performance management
• NHS efficiency.

Policy and strategy:

• Provider policy
• demand side reform
• Payment by Results (PbR)
• system architecture regulation.

18 week patient pathway

System management and regulation

Professional regulation

Commissioning capabilities and programmes

Commercial policy, solutions and procurement

Connecting for Health, NHS IT

Urgent care and emergency care

Primary care

South West Strategic Health Authority (SHA)

London SHA

Departmental management

Minister of State for Public Health - Rt Hon Dawn Primarolo MP

Public health:

• Regional Public Health Groups (RPHGs)
• World Health Organisation (WHO)
• children's public health.

Health improvement national programmes:

• Tobacco and smoking
• alcohol
• diet and nutrition
• physical activity
• drugs and drug treatment
• obesity
• sexual health
• accident prevention
• abortion
• rural health
• deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

Health inequalities

Fertility, including IVF and Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)

Regulatory Authority for Tissue and Embryos (RATE)

Food Standards Agency

Health protection:

• Emergency preparedness
• scientific development
• pandemic flu
• immunisation
• international health.

International and EU business

Research and Development (R&D):

• National programme
• R&D workforce
• systems
• infrastructure
• innovation
• industry relations.

Medicines and pharmaceuticals industry including Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)West Midlands SHA

South East Coast SHA.

Minister of State for Care Services - Phil Hope MP

• Policy and innovation
• finance strategy
• workforce
• inspection
• partnering and alliances
• regional presence
• older people
• learning and physical disabilities
• disabled children.
• DH's relationship with local government
• Mental health including Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
• Prison and offender health
• Third sector including section 64 and social enterprise
• Carers
• Dignity and respect
• Sustainable development
• Equality and human rights
• End of life care
• Audiology

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State - Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham KBE

NHS next stage review.

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health Services - Ann Keen MP

Healthcare quality

Patient safety including cleaner hospitals and healthcare associated infections (HCAI)

National clinical directors and programmes:

• Cancer services
• cardiac services
• stroke services
• diabetes
• renal services.

Dentistry and fluoridation

Partnership, experience and involvement

Optical

Chronic diseases and long term conditions (including neurological)

Allied health professionals

Workforce:

• employment models and contracts
• education and careers
• pay
• nursing policy and Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) people strategy
• reconfigurations
• children's health services and maternity
• workforce capacity

Yorkshire and the Humber SHA

North East SHA

North West SHA.