Minister for Health (House of Lords)

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 James Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell MP who took the office on 9 March 2020.[1] [2]

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation
Incumbent
James Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell
since 9 March 2020
Department of Health and Social Care
StyleMinister
NominatorPrime Minister of the United Kingdom
AppointerThe Monarch
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation1989
First holderGloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper
Websitewww.gov.uk/government/ministers/parliamentary-under-secretary-of-state--137

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 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 2 May 1997 27 July 1998 Labour Minister of State for Health
The Baroness Hayman 28 July 1998 29 July 1999 Labour Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath 1 January 1998 17 March 2003 Labour Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
The Lord Warner 13 June 2003 4 January 2007 Labour Minister of State for National Health Services Delivery
The Lord Hunt of Kings Heath 5 January 2007 28 June 2007 Labour Minister of State for National Health Services Reform
The Lord Darzi of Denham 29 June 2007 21 July 2009 Labour Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
The Baroness Thornton 19 February 2010 11 May 2010 Labour Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
The Earl Howe 17 May 2010 11 May 2015 Conservative Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
The Lord Prior of Brampton 14 May 2015 21 December 2016 Conservative Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for National Health Services Productivity
The Lord O'Shaughnessy 21 December 2016 31 December 2018 Conservative Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
The Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford 10 January 2019 13 February 2020 Conservative Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Life Science
The Lord Bethell 9 March 2020 Incumbent Conservative Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation

References
  1. "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Innovation) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  2. "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Care Quality - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
  3. "Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Innovation) - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
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