Minister of State (Minister for Health and Secondary Care)

Will Quince MP

Biography

Will Quince was appointed Minister of State at Department of Health and Social Care on 7 September 2022.

He was previously Minister of State (Minister for School Standards) at the Department for Education between 7 July 2022 and 7 September 2022.

He was previously Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education between 16 September 2021 and 7 July 2022 and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions from 4 April 2019 to 16 September 2021.

Will was elected as Conservative MP for Colchester on 7 May 2015.

Minister of State (Minister for Health and Secondary Care)

The Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care is responsible for:

  • NHS secondary care:
    • urgent and emergency care
    • ambulances
    • elective care recovery
    • reconfigurations
    • special measures regime
  • hospital reconfigurations
  • secondary care workforce:
    • 50,000 nurses
    • supply, education and training
    • leadership
    • pay and pensions
    • overall lead for industrial relations
  • winter planning
  • NHS Long Term Plan
  • NHS England mandate and business plan
  • research:
    • genomics, genetics, regenerative medicine
    • NHS test beds
    • National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
  • life sciences
  • medicines and medicines regulation:
    • pharmaceutical price regulation scheme
    • uptake of new drugs
    • medical technology
    • medicines supply
    • medicinal cannabis
    • antivirals and therapeutics
  • international, devolved administrations, crown dependencies and overseas territories
  • sponsorship of:
    • NHS Business Services Authority
    • Health Education England (HEE)
    • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
    • Health Research Authority (HRA)

More about this role

Department of Health and Social Care