Department of Health and Social CareGovernment

The Department of Health and Social Care is a ministerial department of the United Kingdom Government responsible for government policy on health and adult social care in England. It oversees the National Health Service (NHS), public health initiatives, and statutory social care frameworks. Originating as the Ministry of Health in 1919, it was later separated from the Department of Health and Social Security in 1988 before being renamed to DHSC in 2018 to emphasize social care integration.