| LC control no. | nb2021012762 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | UK Health Security Agency |
| Variant(s) | United Kingdom Health Security Agency Great Britain. UK Health Security Agency Great Britain. Department of Health & Social Care. UK Health Security Agency National Institute for Health Protection (Great Britain) UKHSA (UK Health Security Agency) |
| See also | Predecessor of split: Public Health England Great Britain. Office for Health Improvement & Disparities |
| Beginning date | 2021-10-01 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
| Field of activity | Public health administration Public health Medical policy Medicine, Preventive |
| Found in | Remote health advice : syndromic surveillance system bulletin (England), 2021/39, 3 October 2021: title page (UK Health Security Agency) ; 2021/38, 28 September 2021: title page (Public Health England) Statutory Instrument 2021 No. 978 (comes into force 1st October 2021; the United Kingdom Health Security Agency takes over relevant functions of Public Health England on 1st October 2021) UK Government website, viewed 2 November 2021 (UK Health Security Agency; UKHSA; an executive agency, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care; responsible for planning, preventing and responding to external health threats, and providing intellectual, scientific and operational leadership at national and local level, as well as on the global stage) Great Britain.Department of Health & Social Care. Transforming the public health system. Policy paper, 29 March 2021 (DHSC will establish the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), previously given the working title of the National Institute for Health Protection) Wikipedia, viewed 2 November 2021 (UK Health Security Agency; UKHSA; an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC); responsible for UK-wide public health protection and infectious disease capability; established on 18 August 2020 as a single leadership structure responsible for NHS Test and Trace and the Joint Biosecurity Centre; replaced Public Health England (PHE); originally announced under the name National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP), it was formally established on 1 April 2021 under the new name of the UK Health Security Agency; PHE's health protection elements form part of the new UKHSA, while its health improvement functions were transferred to the new Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (within DHSC), NHS England, and NHS Digital; PHE continued to have a shadow existence until 1 October 2021 when UKHSA became fully operational) |
| Associated language | eng |
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