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<p>NHS England is currently held to account for the delivery of National Health Service
public health functions through Director General-led accountability meetings, supplemented
with an annual ministerial accountability meeting.</p><p>The annual ministerial NHS
public health functions accountability meeting with NHS England is chaired by the
minister with responsibility for public health. Other Department ministers with responsibility
for relevant programmes are invited to attend, or to feed views into the discussion
via the lead minister.</p><p>As the Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care,
I now have responsibility for screening, and engage with the national screening programme
performance outside these meetings.</p>
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