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The Act established Public Health England as an executive body accountable to the Secretary of State for Health. It took over public health activity from the department and from the regional strategic health authorities (which were abolished), and all activities of the Health Protection Agency, the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse ...
Life expectancy development in UK by gender Comparison of life expectancy at birth in England and Wales. Healthcare in the United Kingdom is a devolved matter, with England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales each having their own systems of publicly funded healthcare, funded by and accountable to separate governments and parliaments, together with smaller private sector and voluntary provision.
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) was a non-departmental public body in England. [1] It was set up by the UK government in 2003 to protect the public from threats to their health from infectious diseases and environmental hazards. [2] The HPA's role was to provide an integrated approach to protecting public health in the UK.
The National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (in England) defined this "internal market", whereby health authorities ceased to run hospitals but "purchased" care from their own or other authorities' hospitals. Certain GPs became "fund holders" and were able to purchase care for their patients.
The Public Health Act 1875 [1] (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, one of the Public Health Acts, [2] and a significant step in the advancement of public health in England.
The National Health Service Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. c. 81) came into effect on 5 July 1948 and created the National Health Service in England and Wales thus being the first implementation of the Beveridge model .
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is a government agency in the United Kingdom, responsible since April 2021 for England-wide public health protection and infectious disease capability and replacing Public Health England. It is an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
In 2015/16 health spending was 29.7% of the public services budget. This equated to an average rise in spending of about 4% a year over a 60-year period once inflation has been taken into account. [25] As of 2016, about 10% of GDP was spent on health and was the most spent in the public sector. [27]