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In January 2016 it was announced that Wormald would transfer to the Department of Health and Social Care later in 2016, replacing Dame Una O'Brien after her retirement as its Permanent Secretary. [7] Wormald was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2017 Birthday Honours. [8]
Sir Chris Wormald will leave his role as the senior official at the Department of Health and Social Care to become the new Cabinet Secretary. Covid campaigners criticise Wormald’s promotion to ...
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.
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. [3] The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
The Government is considering making an emergency ban on puberty blockers permanent subject to the outcome of a legal challenge, the High Court has been told. ... of now-shadow health secretary ...
The permanent secretary, who in some but not all government departments is known formally as the permanent under-secretary of state, is the accounting officer for a department, meaning that they are answerable to Parliament for ensuring that the department appropriately spends money granted by Parliament.
Xavier Becerra (/ ˌ h ɑː v i ˈ ɛər b ɪ ˈ s ɛr ə / HAH-vee-AIR bih-SERR-ə, Latin American Spanish: [xaˈβjeɾ βeˈsera]; born January 26, 1958) is an American attorney and politician serving as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services, a position he has held since March 2021.
Secretary of Health and Human Services is a level I position in the Executive Schedule, [5] thus earning a salary of US$246,400, as of January 2024. [ 6 ] Xavier Becerra has served as the 25th United States secretary of health and human services since March 19, 2021, the first person of Latino descent to hold the post.