Ministerial role

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

Organisations: Department of Health and Social Care

Responsibilities

This role is responsible for:

  • primary care

  • community health

  • major diseases, rare diseases and long COVID

  • patient safety

  • inquiries

  • gender identity services

  • Start for Life (early years)

  • screening

  • cosmetic regulation

  • patient experience

  • crisis response and emergency preparedness

  • blood and transplants, organ donation

Previous holders of this role

  1. James Morris MP

    2022 to 2022