Website of the Department of Health

Minister of State for Health Services - Mike O'Brien 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

Commissioning capabilities and programmes

Commercial policy, solutions and procurement

Connecting for Health, NHS IT

Urgent care and emergency care

Primary care

Choice

South West Strategic Health Authority (SHA)

London SHA

Fifth session NHS Bill

Reconfigurations

Sustainable development

Medicines and Pharmaceutical industry:

• MHRA and NICE sponsorship
• Pharmacy policy
• PCT exceptions and additional drugs review

Minister of State for Public Health - Gillian Merron 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
• abortion
• rural health
• deep vein thrombosis (DVT).

Health inequalities

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

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 (excluding pharmacy policy and devises/diagnostic industry) including Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

West Midlands SHA

South East Coast SHA.

Accident prevention

Complementary therapy

Minister of State for Care Services - Phil Hope MP

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 CAMHS

Prison/offender health

Third sector including s.64 and social enterprise

DH’s relationship with local government

Carers Dignity & respect

Equality & Human Rights

End of life care

Audiology

Devices and diagnostic industry

Departmental management (except Departmental finance)

 East of England SHA

South Central SHA

East Midlands SHA

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

NHS next stage review

Quality

Innovation

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

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)

Workforce:

• employment models and contracts
• education and careers
• pay
• nursing policy and Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) people strategy
• Allied health professionals
• workforce capacity

Children's health services and maternity

NHS constitution

Professional regulation

Asylum seekers

Yorkshire and the Humber SHA

North East SHA

North West SHA.