SECRETARY OF STATE

REGULATION & SAFEGUARDING

PEOPLE & COMMUNITIES

KEY

Providing care

Commissioning care

Improving public health

Empowering people and local communities

Supporting the health and care system

Education and training

Safeguarding patients’ interests

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NHS Commissioning

BoardGP surgeries

Health centres

Dentists

Ambulances

Care homes

Opticians

Home

Monitor

HumanTissue

Authority

NHSLitigationAuthority

Health Research AuthorityNational

Institute for Health Research

NIHR Clinical Research Networks

NHS Blood & Transplant

National Institutefor Health &

Care Excellence

Professional regulators

Health EducationEngland

Local Education & Training Boards

Care Quality

Commission

Human Fertilisation

& Embryology Authority

HealthwatchEngland

LocalHealthwatch

Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

NHS Business Services

Authority

NHS Trust Development

AuthorityHealth & Social

Care Information Centre

LOCAL HEALTH & CARE SERVIC

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HEALTH & WELLBEING BOARDS

NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

LOCAL ORGANISATIONS

Public HealthEngland

ClinicalCommissioning

Groups

Communitygroups

Online/phone services

Hospitals

Pharmacies

Personalhelpers

LocalGovernment

The health & care systemfrom April 2013