Monkeypox: Disease Control
(asked on 10th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of naming a person responsible for the UK response to monkeypox.
This question was answered on 26th October 2022
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) was established to lead on the planning for, prevention and response to external health threats. As an executive agency of the Department, the UKHSA has leadership of the response to monkeypox, working across Government and the health service, including the devolved administrations and local government.