Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Health)

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

    2019 to 2019

  3. Stephen Hammond

    2018 to 2019

  4. The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP

    2018 to 2018