Minister for Health (House of Lords)
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| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation | |
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since 9 March 2020 | |
| Department of Health and Social Care | |
| Style | Minister |
| Nominator | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
| Appointer | The Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Formation | 1989 |
| First holder | Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper |
| Website | www |
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation is a junior position in the Department of Health and Social Care in the British government. It is currently held by The 5th Baron Bethell, MP, who took the office on 9 March 2020.[1][2]
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for the following:[3]
- COVID-19:
- supply (medicines and testing)
- treatments and vaccines
- long-term health impacts
- test and trace: testing, trace, technology
- life sciences
- medicines
- research
- health protection
- anti-microbial resistance
- Global Health Security
- international diplomacy and relations
- data and technology
- rare diseases
- NHS security management, including cyber security
- blood and transplants and organ donation
List of ministers
| Name | Portrait | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Baroness Hooper | File:Official portrait of Baroness Hooper crop 2.jpg | 28 July 1989 | 14 April 1992 | Conservative | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | |
| The Baroness Cumberlege | 14 April 1992 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | ||
| The Baroness Jay of Paddington | File:Official portrait of Baroness Jay of Paddington crop 2, 2019.jpg | 2 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 | Labour | Minister of State for Health | |
| The Baroness Hayman | File:Official portrait of Baroness Hayman crop 2.jpg | 28 July 1998 | 29 July 1999 | Labour | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | |
| The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | File:Official portrait of Lord Hunt of Kings Heath crop 2.jpg | 1 January 1998 | 17 March 2003 | Labour | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | |
| The Lord Warner | File:Official portrait of Lord Warner crop 2, 2019.jpg | 13 June 2003 | 4 January 2007 | Labour | Minister of State for National Health Services Delivery | |
| The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | File:Official portrait of Lord Hunt of Kings Heath crop 2.jpg | 5 January 2007 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | Minister of State for National Health Services Reform | |
| The Lord Darzi of Denham | File:Official portrait of Lord Darzi of Denham.jpg | 29 June 2007 | 21 July 2009 | Labour | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | |
| The Baroness Thornton | File:Official portrait of Baroness Thornton crop 2.jpg | 19 February 2010 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | |
| The Earl Howe | File:Official portrait of Earl Howe 2020 crop 2.jpg | 17 May 2010 | 11 May 2015 | Conservative | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | |
| The Lord Prior of Brampton | File:Official portrait of Lord Prior of Brampton 2020 crop 2.jpg | 14 May 2015 | 21 December 2016 | Conservative | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for National Health Services Productivity | |
| The Lord O'Shaughnessy | File:Official portrait of Lord O'Shaughnessy crop 2.jpg | 21 December 2016 | 31 December 2018 | Conservative | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health | |
| The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | File:Nicola Blackwood.png | 10 January 2019 | 13 February 2020 | Conservative | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Life Science | |
| The Lord Bethell | File:Official portrait of Lord Bethell crop 2.jpg | 9 March 2020 | Incumbent | Conservative | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation | |
References
- ↑ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Innovation) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ↑ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Care Quality - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ↑ "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Innovation) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-31.