The Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care) is a mid-level position in the Department of Health and Social Care in the British government. The position is currently held by Karin Smyth MP since 8 July 2024. The minister often deputises for the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care alongside the Minister of State for Social Care.
The role was part of the Department for Health and Social Security under the Secretary of State for Social Services until 1988.
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for the following:
COVID-19:
NHS resilience (acute capacity)
supply (ventilators)
NHS operational performance
Long Term Plan Bill
finance, efficiency and commercial
NHS capital, land and estates
transformation
NHS England mandate
devolved administrations, Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories
secondary legislation
departmental management
EU future relationship and trade
sponsorship of:
NHSE
NHSI