Minister of State for Health (UK)
UK minister
Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care | |
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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 |
Not to be confused with
Minister of Health (United Kingdom)
.
The Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care is a mid-level position in the Department of Health and Social Care in the British government . The position is currently held by Will Quince MP since 8 September 2022. The minister often deputises for the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care alongside the Minister of State for Social Care . [1]
The office has been in place at least since 1969, with David Ennals as Secretary of State for Health and Social Security. [2] [3]
Historically, the role was known as Minister of State for Health and Social Security as part of the Department of Health and Social Security .
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for the following: [4]
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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 .
- ↑ Lapping, Brian (7 September 1970). "The helter Shelter" . The Guardian . p. 10 . Retrieved 15 April 2022 .
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↑
Ennals, David (18 April 1969).
"Midlands News: 18.04.1969: Mr. David Ennals, visit to Birmingham Maternity Hospital"
.
Mace Archive
. Retrieved
15 April
2022
.
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: CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) - ↑ "Minister of State (Minister for Health) - GOV.UK" . www.gov.uk . Retrieved 23 October 2020 .