Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Health and Secondary Care)

Organisations: Department of Health and Social Care

Responsibilities

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

  • NHS secondary care:
    • elective care recovery
    • hospital reconfigurations
    • special measures regimes
  • major diseases
    • cancer
    • diabetes
    • stroke
  • rare diseases
  • screening
  • long-term conditions
  • NHS workforce:
    • recruitment and retention
    • supply, education and training
    • leadership
    • pay and pensions
    • overall lead for industrial relations
  • research:
    • National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)
    • genomics, genetics and regenerative medicine
    • clinical trials
  • life sciences
  • medicines and medicines regulation:
    • pharmaceutical price regulation schemes
    • uptake of new drugs
    • medical technology
    • medicines supply
    • medicinal cannabis
    • antivirals and therapeutics
  • international, devolved administrations, crown dependencies and overseas territories
  • Parliamentary business
  • sponsorship of:
    • National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
    • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
    • Health Research Authority (HRA)
    • NHS England

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson CBE

    2023 to 2024