UK Health Security Agency

UK Health Security Agency
Agency overview
Formed	1 April 2021
Preceding agency	Public Health England;
Jurisdiction	England
Minister responsible	Andrea Leadsom, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Primary Care and Public Health;
Agency executives	Dame Jenny Harries, Chief executive; Ian Peters, Chair;
Parent department	Department of Health and Social Care
Child agencies	NHS Test and Trace; Joint Biosecurity Centre;
Website	gov.uk/ukhsa

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).

The formation of the UKHSA essentially transferred Public Health England's health improvement functions to DHSC, while its health protection elements form part of the new government agency.^[1] Staff and systems were moved into the new organisation in 2021.^[2] PHE continued to have a shadow existence until September 2021.^[3] UKHSA became fully operational on 1 October 2021.^[4]

^ Serle, Jack (24 March 2021). "PHE staff to be split between DHSC and new health security agency". Health Service Journal. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^ "Transforming the public health system". GOV.UK. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^ "Covid: Health security body gives UK 'protective shield'". BBC News. 24 March 2021.
^ "UK Health Security Agency launches with a relentless focus on keeping the nation safe". GOV.UK.

[1] Serle, Jack (24 March 2021). "PHE staff to be split between DHSC and new health security agency". Health Service Journal. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

[:0-2] "Transforming the public health system". GOV.UK. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

[3] "Covid: Health security body gives UK 'protective shield'". BBC News. 24 March 2021.

[4] "UK Health Security Agency launches with a relentless focus on keeping the nation safe". GOV.UK.

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