Minister of State for Health (UK)
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 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]
| Minister of State for Health | |
|---|---|
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Incumbent Will Quince since 8 September 2022 | |
| Department of Health and Social Care | |
| Style | Ministers |
| 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 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]
- 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) | ||
| Robert Jenrick
MP for Newark |
 |
7 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss
(I) | ||
| Will Quince
MP for Colchester |
 |
8 September 2022 | Present | Conservative | Liz Truss
(I) Rishi Sunak (I) | ||
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.
- Ennals, David (18 April 1969). "Midlands News: 18.04.1969: Mr. David Ennals, visit to Birmingham Maternity Hospital". Mace Archive. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Minister of State (Minister for Health) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
