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Health Mission Board

Asked by Dr Simon OpherLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 23 January 2025UIN 24968

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) structure and (b) scope is of the cross-Government Health Mission Board.

Answered by Karin Smyth

My Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care chairs a cross-Government Health Mission Board to oversee and drive delivery of the Health Mission to build a health and social care system fit for the future. Mission Boards are Cabinet Committees.

The current membership of the Health Mission Board includes the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster as the Deputy Chair. Other ministers will be invited to meetings according to the agenda.

The Terms of Reference of the Health Mission Board are to oversee and drive delivery of the Health Mission.

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