Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Patient Safety and Primary Care)

Responsibilities

The Minister for Patient Safety and Primary Care leads on:

  • primary care
  • community health
  • major diseases, rare diseases and long COVID
  • patient safety
  • maternity care
  • inquiries
  • patient experience
  • cosmetic regulation
  • gender identify services
  • blood transplants and organ donation
  • fertility and embryology
  • women’s health strategy
  • sponsorship of:
    • NHS Resolution
    • Care Quality Commission (CQC)
    • NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)
    • Human Tissue Authority (HTA)
    • Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)

Previous holders of this role

  1. Maria Caulfield

    2021 to 2022