Minister of State for Health (UK)
| United Kingdom Minister of State for Health | |
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| 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
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.