Ministerial role
Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care)
Organisations:
Department of Health and Social Care
Current role holder:
Karin Smyth MP
Responsibilities
The Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care) is responsible for:
- system oversight:
- system reconfigurations and improvement
- commissioning
- elective care:
- elective performance and waiting list recovery
- cancer care
- NHS workforce:
- recruitment and retention
- education and training
- leadership
- pay and pensions
- industrial relations
- professional regulation
- NHS data and technology:
- cyber security
- Federated Data Platform
- NHS capital, land and estates:
- New Hospital Programme
- hospital upgrades
- reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC)
- energy resilience and net zero
- car parking
- medicines:
- medicines regulation, pricing and supply
- prescribing
-
supply threats and disruption
- NHS finance:
- procurement
- cost recovery and immigration health surcharge
- counter fraud
- urgent and emergency care:
- accident and emergency services
- NHS 111 services
- hospital at home services
- ambulances
- winter planning
- sponsorship of:
- NHS England
- NHS Counter Fraud Authority
- NHS Property Services
- NHS Business Services Authority
- Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
Current role holder
Karin Smyth MP
Karin Smyth was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care on 8 July 2024. She was elected as the MP for Bristol South in July 2024.