Ministerial role
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation and Safety
Organisations:
Department of Health and Social Care
Current role holder:
Preet Kaur Gill MP
Responsibilities
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation and Safety is responsible for:
- NHS data and technology
- medicines
- life sciences
- medtech (medical technology)
- research and innovation
- international and trade
- patient safety, including blood and transplant
- disabilities and SEND (special educational needs and disabilities)
- rare diseases
Current role holder
Preet Kaur Gill MP
Preet Kaur Gill was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care on 12 May 2026. She was elected as the MP for Birmingham Edgbaston in June 2017.