The NHS: Where does all the money go?

Part 6: UKHSA

Body name  UK Health Security Agency  (UKHSA) 

Place in the wiring diagram: National Body

The body's stated function is to prevent, prepare for, and respond to infectious diseases and environmental hazards, keeping all our communities safe, saving lives, and protecting livelihoods.

The UKHSA also provides scientific and operational leadership, working with local, national and international partners to protect the public’s health and build the nation’s health security capability.

The UKHSA is an executive agency sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care and is classified as a central government organisation.

The health hazards which UKHSA protects against are: 

• Infectious diseases (covering the main routes of transmission, which can give rise to epidemics or pandemics, such as gastrointestinal, respiratory, sexual / blood-borne, touch, and vector-borne)

• Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear hazards 

• Other environmental hazards, such as weather events

• Health hazards that ari…