<P> The Department of Health (DH) is the Ministerial Department of the United Kingdom Government 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 . It oversees the English National Health Service (NHS). The Department is led by the Secretary of State for Health with a Minister of State and four Parliamentary Under - Secretaries of State . </P> <P> The Department of Health develops policies and guidelines to improve the quality of care and to meet patient expectations . </P> <P> The Department carries out some of its work through arms - length bodies (ALBs), including executive non-departmental public bodies such as NHS England and the NHS Digital, and executive agencies such as Public Health England and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). </P> <P> The Department of Health was formally created in 1988, through The Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order . Like many others, the Department with responsibility for the nation's health has had different names and included other functions over time . </P>

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