Minister of State for Health (UK)
| United Kingdom Minister of State for Health | |
|---|---|
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government | |
Incumbent since 8 July 2024Karin Smyth | |
| Department of Health and Social Care | |
| Style | Minister |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 1970 |
| First holder | Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare |
| Website | https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--59 |
The Minister of State for Health is a mid-level position in the Department of Health and Social Care in the British government. The position is currently held by Karin Smyth MP since 8 July 2024. The minister often deputises for the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care alongside the Minister of State for Social Care.[1]
The role was part of the Department for Health and Social Security under the Secretary of State for Social Services until 1988.[2]
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for the following:[3]
- COVID-19:
- NHS resilience (acute capacity)
- supply (ventilators)
- NHS operational performance
- Long Term Plan Bill
- finance, efficiency and commercial
- NHS capital, land and estates
- transformation
- NHS England mandate
- devolved administrations, Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories
- secondary legislation
- departmental management
- EU future relationship and trade
- sponsorship of:
List of ministers of state for health
| Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Role created out of the Department of Health and Social Security | |||||||
| Minister of State for Health and Social Security | |||||||
| Morys Bruce 4th Baron Aberdare |
23 June 1970 | 8 January 1974 | Conservative | Edward Heath
(I) | |||
| Brian O'Malley
MP for Rotherham |
8 March 1974 | 6 April 1976 | Labour | Harold Wilson
(III) + (IV) | |||
| David Owen
MP for Plymouth Devonport |
26 July 1974 | 10 September 1976 | Labour | Harold Wilson
(III) + (IV) | |||
| Stan Orme
MP for Salford West |
8 April 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | James Callaghan
(I) | |||
| Roland Moyle
MP for Lewisham East |
10 September 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | James Callaghan
(I) | |||
| Minister of State for Health | |||||||
| Gerard Vaughan
MP for Reading South |
7 May 1979 | 5 March 1982 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher
(I) | |||
| Kenneth Clarke
MP for Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire |
5 March 1982 | 2 September 1985 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher
(I) + (II) | |||
| Barney Hayhoe
MP for Brentford and Isleworth |
2 September 1985 | 10 September 1986 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher
(II) | |||
| Tony Newton
MP for Braintree |
10 September 1986 | 25 July 1988 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher
(II) + (III) | |||
| David Mellor
MP for Putney |
25 July 1988 | 27 October 1989 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher
(III) | |||
| Anthony Trafford Baron Trafford |
29 July 1989 | 16 September 1989 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher
(III) | |||
| Virginia Bottomley
MP for South West Surrey |
28 October 1989 | 10 April 1992 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher
(III) John Major (I) | |||
| Brian Mawhinney
MP for Peterborough |
14 April 1992 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | John Major
(II) | |||
| Gerry Malone
MP for Winchester |
20 July 1994 | May 1997 | Conservative | John Major
(II) | |||
| Minister of State for Health Services | |||||||
| Alan Milburn
MP for Darlington |
May 1997 | 30 December 1998 | Labour | Tony Blair
(I) | |||
| John Denham
MP for Southampton Itchen |
30 December 1998 | 11 June 2001 | Labour | Tony Blair
(I) | |||
| Jacqui Smith
MP for Redditch |
June 2001 | June 2003 | Labour | Tony Blair
(II) | |||
| Rosie Winterton
MP for Doncaster Central |
June 2003 | May 2005 | Labour | Tony Blair
(II) | |||
| John Hutton
MP for Barrow and Furness |
June 2003 | May 2005 | Labour | Tony Blair
(II) | |||
| Minister of State for Quality and Patient Safety | |||||||
| Jane Kennedy
MP for Liverpool Wavertree |
10 May 2005 | 8 May 2006 | Labour | Tony Blair
(III) | |||
| Minister of State for Health | |||||||
| Andy Burnham
MP for Leigh, Greater Manchester |
8 May 2006 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | Tony Blair
(III) | |||
| Ben Bradshaw
MP for Exeter |
28 June 2007 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | Gordon Brown
(I) | |||
| Mike O'Brien
MP for North Warwickshire |
8 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Gordon Brown
(I) | |||
| Philip Dunne
MP for Ludlow |
15 July 2016 | 9 January 2018 | Conservative | Theresa May
(I) + (II) | |||
| Steve Barclay
MP for North East Cambridgeshire |
9 January 2018 | 16 November 2018 | Conservative | Theresa May
(II) | |||
| Stephen Hammond
MP for Wimbledon |
16 November 2018 | 25 July 2019 | Conservative | Theresa May
(II) Boris Johnson (I) | |||
| Chris Skidmore
MP for Kingswood |
24 July 2019 | 10 September 2019 | Conservative | Boris Johnson
(I) | |||
| Edward Argar
MP for Charnwood |
10 September 2019 | 6 July 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson
(I) + (II) | |||
| Maria Caulfield
MP for Lewes |
7 July 2022 | 7 September 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson
(II) | |||
| Will Quince
MP for Colchester |
8 September 2022 | 26 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss
(I) | |||
| Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care | |||||||
| Will Quince
MP for Colchester |
26 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak
(I) | |||
| Andrew Stephenson
MP for Pendle |
13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak
(I) | |||
| Minister of State for Health | |||||||
| Karin Smyth
MP for Bristol South |
8 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Keir Starmer
(I) | |||
See also
References
- ^ "Department of Health and Social Care". www.parallelparliament.co.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Records created or inherited by the Department of Health and Social Security and related bodies". The National Archives. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Minister of State (Minister for Health) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2020.