Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Vaccines and Public Health)

Organisations: Department of Health and Social Care

Responsibilities

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Vaccines and Public Health leads on the following policy areas:

• COVID-19 vaccines
• health improvement
• levelling up
• prevention
• immunisation and screening
• UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA):
  • Test and Trace
  • emergency preparedness
  • infectious diseases
  • environmental health
• abortion
• global health security
• lead minister for crisis response
• sponsorship of PHE (until Oct 2021), FSA, UKHSA

Previous holders of this role

1. Maggie Throup

   2021 to 2022

2. Jo Churchill

   2019 to 2021

Announcements

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• Folic acid added to flour to prevent brain and spinal conditions in foetuses
  • 01 September 2022
  • Press release
• At home early medical abortions made permanent in England and Wales
  • 23 August 2022
  • Press release
• UKHSA priorities in 2022 to 2023
  • 12 August 2022
  • Correspondence
• Parents urged to help their kids get active over the summer holidays with the 10 Minute Shake Up
  • 21 July 2022
  • Press release
• Sport and music education championed with new investment
  • 25 June 2022
  • Press release
• New advertising drive calling on young people to Get Boosted Now
  • 14 January 2022
  • Press release
• One year anniversary of UK deploying Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
  • 04 January 2022
  • Press release
• New campaign launch reveals 6 major health benefits to losing weight
  • 04 January 2022
  • Press release
• All adults in England offered COVID-19 booster vaccine
  • 31 December 2021
  • Press release
• More than 90% of people receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
  • 30 December 2021
  • Press release

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