Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Public Health, Start for Life and Primary Care)

Organisations: Department of Health and Social Care

Responsibilities

The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health, Start for Life and Primary Care is responsible for:

  • primary care:
    • general practice
    • pharmacy
    • eye care
    • dentistry
    • prescribing
  • blood, transplant and organs
  • Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID):
    • tobacco
    • diet and obesity
    • alcohol, drugs and addiction
    • NHS Health Check and screening
    • children’s health
    • Start for Life
    • sexual health
    • health disparities
    • levelling up
    • social prescribing
  • sponsorship of:
    • NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT)
    • Food Standards Agency (FSA)

Previous holders of this role

  1. The Rt Hon Andrea Leadsom

    2023 to 2024