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)
Previous roles in government
Announcements
Subscriptions
- Life sciences companies supercharged with £277 million in government and private investment
- Sir Hugh Taylor appointed as chief adviser for VPAS negotiations
- Sector leaders to drive progress on national Dame Barbara Windsor Mission to beat dementia
- Lord O’Shaughnessy to lead independent review into UK clinical trials
- New strategy to boost NHS access to innovative medical technology
- New diagnostic centre in Stockton-on-Tees to deliver hundreds of thousands of checks, scans and tests a year
- Free PPE to health and social care sectors extended
- Life Sciences Council Joint Statement on Medical Devices Regulatory Reform
- Pharmacists able to supply alternative penicillin to treat strep A
- Over £175 million for cutting-edge genomics research