minister of state for health (uk) minister of state for health (uk) the minister of state for health and 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 will quince mp since 8 september 2022. the minister often deputises for the secretary of state for health and social care alongside the minister of state for social care. not to be confused with minister of health (united kingdom). minister of state for health and secondary careroyal arms of his majesty's governmentincumbentwill quincesince 8 september 2022department of health and social carestyleministernominatorprime minister of the united kingdomappointerthe monarchon advice of the prime ministerterm lengthat his majesty's pleasureformation1970first holdermorys bruce, 4th baron aberdarewebsitehttps://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--59the office has been in place at least since 1969, with david ennals as secretary of state for health and social security. historically, the role was known as minister of state for health and social security as part of the department of health and social security. 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 list of ministers of state for health name portrait took office left office political party prime minister role created out of the department of health and social security minister of state for health and social security morys bruce 4th baron aberdare 23 june 1970 8 january 1974 conservative edward heath (i) brian o'malley mp for rotherham 8 march 1974 6 april 1976 labour harold wilson (iii) + (iv) david owen mp for plymouth devonport 26 july 1974 10 september 1976 labour harold wilson (iii) + (iv) stan orme mp for salford west 8 april 1976 4 may 1979 labour james callaghan (i) roland moyle mp for lewisham east 10 september 1976 4 may 1979 labour james callaghan (i) minister of state for health gerard vaughan mp for reading south 7 may 1979 5 march 1982 conservative margaret thatcher (i) kenneth clarke mp for rushcliffe, nottinghamshire 5 march 1982 2 september 1985 conservative margaret thatcher (i) + (ii) barney hayhoe mp for brentford and isleworth 2 september 1985 10 september 1986 conservative margaret thatcher (ii) tony newton mp for braintree 10 september 1986 25 july 1988 conservative margaret thatcher (ii) + (iii) david mellor mp for putney 25 july 1988 27 october 1989 conservative margaret thatcher (iii) anthony traffordbaron trafford 29 july 1989 16 september 1989 conservative margaret thatcher (iii) virginia bottomley mp for south west surrey 28 october 1989 10 april 1992 conservative margaret thatcher (iii) john major (i) brian mawhinney mp for peterborough 14 april 1992 20 july 1994 conservative john major (ii) gerry malone mp for winchester 20 july 1994 may 1997 conservative john major (ii) minister of state for health services alan milburn mp for darlington may 1997 30 december 1998 labour tony blair (i) john denham mp for southampton itchen 30 december 1998 11 june 2001 labour tony blair (i) jacqui smith mp for redditch june 2001 june 2003 labour tony blair (ii) rosie winterton mp for doncaster central june 2003 may 2005 labour tony blair (ii) john hutton mp for barrow and furness june 2003 may 2005 labour tony blair (ii) minister of state for quality and patient safety jane kennedy mp for liverpool wavertree 10 may 2005 8 may 2006 labour tony blair (iii) minister of state for health andy burnham mp for leigh, greater manchester 8 may 2006 28 june 2007 labour tony blair (iii) ben bradshaw mp for exeter 28 june 2007 5 june 2009 labour gordon brown (i) mike o'brien mp for north warwickshire 8 june 2009 11 may 2010 labour gordon brown (i) philip dunne mp for ludlow 15 july 2016 9 january 2018 conservative theresa may (i) + (ii) steve barclay mp for north east cambridgeshire 9 january 2018 16 november 2018 conservative theresa may (ii) stephen hammond mp for wimbledon 16 november 2018 25 july 2019 conservative theresa may (ii) boris johnson (i) chris skidmore mp for kingswood 24 july 2019 10 september 2019 conservative boris johnson (i) edward argar mp for charnwood 10 september 2019 6 july 2022 conservative boris johnson (i) + (ii) maria caulfield mp for lewes 7 july 2022 7 september 2022 conservative boris johnson (ii) will quince mp for colchester 8 september 2022 26 october 2022 conservative liz truss (i) minister of state for health and secondary care will quince mp for colchester 26 october 2022 present conservative rishi sunak (i)