Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 10
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UK Health Security Agency established in 2021, consolidating key public health protection functions.
Conclusion
On 18 August 2020, the Department announced a reorganisation of public health in England. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) was subsequently established as an Executive Agency of the Department on 1 April 2021 with its Chair and Chief Executive appointed on the same day. It became fully operational on 1 October 2021, when it became responsible for the health protection functions of the former Public Health England (‘PHE’) and became responsible for NHS Test and Trace and the Joint Biosecurity Centre, both of which had previously been divisions of the Department.25 Establishment of UKHSA
Government Response
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