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 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.John Major (I) MP for Peterborough
Minister of Health (United Kingdom)United KingdomRoyal ArmsHis Majesty's GovernmentKarin SmythDepartment of Health and Social CarePrime Minister of the United KingdomMonarchPrime MinisterTerm lengthAt His Majesty's pleasureMorys Bruce, 4th Baron AberdareBritish governmentSecretary of State for Health and Social CareMinister of State for Social CareDepartment for Health and Social SecuritySecretary of State for Social ServicesCOVID-19NHS EnglandDepartment of Health and Social SecurityMinister of State for Health and Social SecurityMorys Bruce 4th Baron AberdareConservativeEdward HeathBrian O'MalleyRotherhamLabourHarold WilsonDavid OwenPlymouth DevonportStan OrmeSalford WestJames CallaghanRoland MoyleLewisham EastGerard VaughanReading SouthMargaret ThatcherKenneth ClarkeRushcliffeNottinghamshireBarney HayhoeBrentford and IsleworthTony NewtonBraintreeDavid MellorPutneyAnthony TraffordBaron Trafford Virginia BottomleySouth West SurreyJohn MajorBrian MawhinneyPeterboroughGerry MaloneWinchesterAlan MilburnDarlingtonTony BlairJohn DenhamSouthampton ItchenJacqui SmithRedditchRosie WintertonDoncaster CentralJohn HuttonBarrow and FurnessJane KennedyLiverpool WavertreeAndy BurnhamGreater ManchesterBen BradshawExeterGordon BrownMike O'BrienNorth WarwickshirePhilip DunneLudlowTheresa MaySteve BarclayNorth East CambridgeshireStephen HammondWimbledonBoris JohnsonChris SkidmoreKingswoodEdward ArgarCharnwoodMaria CaulfieldWill QuinceColchesterLiz Truss13 November 2023Rishi SunakAndrew StephensonPendleBristol SouthKeir StarmerHealth ministerThe National ArchivesParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and PreventionParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women's Health StrategyExecutive agenciesMedicines and Healthcare products Regulatory AgencyUK Health Security AgencyNon-departmentalpublic bodiesHealth Education EnglandNHS Business Services AuthorityNHS Blood and TransplantNHS ResolutionCare Quality CommissionHealth Research AuthorityHuman Fertilisation and Embryology AuthorityHuman Tissue AuthorityNational Institute for Health and Care ExcellenceNHS Pay Review BodyReview Body on Doctors' and Dentists' RemunerationIndependent Reconfiguration PanelAdvisory Committee on Clinical Excellence AwardsBritish Pharmacopoeia CommissionCommission on Human MedicinesNational Institute for Health and Care ResearchNHS Counter Fraud Authority