Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Health)

Organisations: Department of Health and Social Care

Responsibilities

The Minister of State for Health leads on the following:

• NHS operational performance
• NHS workforce
• 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:
  • NHS England (NHSE)
  • NHS Improvement (NHSI)
  • Health Education England (HEE)
  • NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA)

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Edward Argar MP

   2019 to 2022

2. The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP

   2019 to 2019

3. Stephen Hammond MP

   2018 to 2019

4. The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP

   2018 to 2018

Announcements

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• Health Education England mandate: 2022 to 2023
  • 22 June 2022
  • Policy paper
• Reformed national Clinical Impact Awards open for applications
  • 27 April 2022
  • Press release
• Oral statement on the integration white paper
  • 09 February 2022
  • Oral statement
• New reforms to make consultant awards fairer and more accessible
  • 26 January 2022
  • Press release
• Eight new hospitals to be built in England
  • 15 July 2021
  • Press release
• Minister of State for Health on the Health Infrastructure Plan: 16 March 2021
  • 01 April 2021
  • Speech
• Letter to the health and care sector about the UK–EU Trade and Co-operation Agreement
  • 30 December 2020
  • Correspondence
• Prime Minister confirms funding to prepare the NHS for winter
  • 11 August 2020
  • Press release
• NHS Pay Review Body remit letter: 2020 to 2021
  • 05 November 2019
  • Correspondence
• Consumer, Retail and Life Sciences Business Council: 28 May 2019
  • 28 May 2019
  • Press release

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