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The Secretary of State for Health and Social Services was a position in the UK cabinet, created on 1 November 1968 with responsibility for the Department of Health and Social Security. It continued until 25 July 1988 when Department of Health and the Department of Social Security were created.

Though when created the position had responsibility for the National Health Service throughout England and Wales, responsibility for the NHS in Wales was transferred to the Secretary of State for Wales in 1969.

Secretaries of State for Social Services

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Name Term of office Political party Prime Minister
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Richard Crossman 1 November 1968 19 June 1970 Labour style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Harold Wilson
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sir Keith Joseph 20 June 1970 4 March 1974 Conservative style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Edward Heath
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Barbara Castle 5 March 1974 8 April 1976 Labour style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Harold Wilson
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Ennals 8 April 1976 4 May 1979 Labour style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | James Callaghan
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Patrick Jenkin 5 May 1979 14 September 1981 Conservative rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Margaret Thatcher
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Norman Fowler 14 September 1981 13 June 1987 Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Moore 13 June 1987 25 July 1988 Conservative
Post split into Secretary of State for Social Security and Secretary of State for Health in 1988.
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