Ministerial role
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy)
Organisations:
Department of Health and Social Care
Current role holder:
Maria Caulfield MP
Responsibilities
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women’s Health Strategy is responsible for:
- women’s health
- maternity services
- gender identity services
- cosmetic regulation
- DHSC litigation
- mental health:
- children and young people and early intervention
- Mental Health Act
- suicide prevention and crisis prevention
- bereavement
- disabilities, including autism
- offender health
- patient safety:
- clinical negligence
- historic inquiries
- quality regulation
- death certification
- indemnity
- Patient Safety Commissioner
- Vaccine Damage Payment Scheme
- patient experience:
- ombudsman and complaints
- whistleblowing and health ethics
- UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA):
- COVID-19 (COVID-19 status certification, variant tracing and shielding)
- environmental health (air quality, chemicals and radiation)
- health security at the border
- infectious diseases (including mpox)
- seasonal flu
- vaccines:
- COVID-19 vaccine deployment and uptake
- routine immunisations and vaccinations
- long COVID
- antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and global health security
- emergency preparedness, including Ukraine
- sponsorship of:
- Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB)
- Care Quality Commission (CQC)
- NHS Resolution
- Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA)
- Human Tissue Authority (HTA)
- UKHSA
- Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry
Current role holder
Maria Caulfield MP
Maria Caulfield MP was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Women) for the Equality Hub on 27 October 2022.
She was previously Minister of State for Health at the Department for Health and Social Care between 7 July 2022 and 7 September 2022.
She was previously:
- Minister of State for Health at the Department for Health and Social Care between 7 July 2022 and 7 September 2022
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Patient Safety and Primary Care) from 17 September 2021 to July 2022
- Assistant government whip from December 2019 to September 2021