Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Care and Mental Health)

Organisations: Department of Health and Social Care

Responsibilities

The Minister of State for Care and Mental Health leads on the following:

• adult social care
• health and care integration
• dementia, disabilities and long-term conditions
• NHS Continuing Healthcare
• mental health
• suicide prevention and crisis prevention
• offender health
• vulnerable groups
• bereavement

Previous holders of this role

1. The Rt Hon Gillian Keegan

   2021 to 2022

2. Helen Whately MP

   2020 to 2021

3. Caroline Dinenage MP

   2018 to 2020

Announcements

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• £600 million social care winter workforce and capacity boost
  • 28 July 2023
  • Press release
• Views being sought to tackle inequality in medical devices
  • 15 August 2022
  • Press release
• Better care for people with a learning disability and people with autism
  • 14 July 2022
  • News story
• Better mental health support for people in crisis
  • 27 June 2022
  • Press release
• Gaps in student mental health services to be tackled
  • 20 June 2022
  • Press release
• Increased mental health support for children and young people
  • 12 May 2022
  • Press release
• Chief Social Worker for Adults publishes annual report
  • 11 May 2022
  • Press release
• £500 million to develop the adult social care workforce
  • 05 April 2022
  • Press release
• Government to improve protections for people deprived of their liberty
  • 17 March 2022
  • Press release
• Improvements seen in children and young people's wellbeing
  • 08 February 2022
  • Press release

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