Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC)

Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) 

Locations:  DHSC currently has degree apprentices based in Leeds and London. We work on a hybrid basis with 60% of our time in the office. 

Salary:  London £33,849, National £29,642 

Number of places:  2 

About the Department of Health and Social Care: 

In the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) we are proud of our purpose – to enable everyone to live more independent, healthier lives for longer. To achieve this, and create a great place to work, we have four values: we are inclusive, we constantly improve, we challenge, and we are agile. If this sounds like an environment you’d like to work in, we’d love to hear from you. 

The Apprenticeship role: 

Analysts across the health and care sectors have been working hard to drive forward our analytical priorities: evidence for tackling NHS pressures, links between health and the economy, reducing inequalities, reform of social care, international trade deals, preventing and managing long term health conditions and supporting local decision makers to name just a few.  

As an Apprentice Economist you will work within a multi-disciplinary analytical team, applying your skills to health and care policy on some of the most important and highest profile issues in Government.  

Teams work on a fascinating array of topics, all with research and analysis at their core, and many of which contribute directly to the delivery of the 10 Year Health Plan for England, published in 2025, which will transform the NHS and make it fit for the future. these include NHS performance, social care reform, investment in new hospitals, medicines pricing, health and care workforce and productivity.   

You will be fully supported in developing the knowledge and skills required to contribute to the work of the team and to develop in your professional role as an analyst, economist and health and care specialist. You will also learn how academic knowledge of economics is applied in the public sector.  

The Apprenticeship community 

The analytical community in the Department consists of around 400 analysts, mostly based in analytical teams co-located with policy directorates in areas including workforce, public health, social care, NHS, medicines and pharmacy. The community comprises Economists, Statisticians, Social Researchers, Operational Researchers and Data Scientists.  

We work hard to make our analytical community a rewarding place to be, with interesting and important work, camaraderie across our teams, high professional standards regular meetings and newsletters to keep you posted on what’s happening across the Department. Every effort is made to ensure that all our analysts have the skills they need to be most effective in supporting evidence-based policy making, working closely with the analytical professions.  

Apprentices are represented by their own grade manager who provides pastoral support and career advice. We encourage social and work support via our well-developed staff networks, including support in the adjustment to working and studying at the beginning of the apprenticeship. 

Learning and Development Opportunities  

There are many opportunities for you to develop and learn in DHSC, with-in your team, across the Department and across government. DHSC has an excellent internal development offer for all analysts. Included within this offer is our Analyst Academy which is a series of bespoke seminars for health analysts, the Analytical Exchange which gives individuals a chance to do some analytical work outside your immediate team’s remit, optional job rotations, centrally funded courses, in-house seminars, lunch and learns, mentoring and more.   

Further Information  

For further information on working as an Apprentice in DHSC, please contact the Analyst Recruitment Team on analystrecruitment@dhsc.gov.uk 

Our posts require BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard).