• Source: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention is a position in the Department of Health and Social Care in the Government of the United Kingdom. The role has previously been known as the Minister of State for Public Health.




History


The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security worked at the Department of Health and Social Security. The future Prime Minister John Major held this office. The office was known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health from 1987 to 1990.
Nicola Blackwood lost her seat in the snap 2017 general election and was replaced as a minister by Steve Brine.
During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, the minister was placed in charge of public health policy. The office of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment was created later and was held by Nadhim Zahawi from 28 November 2020 to 15 September 2021. Zahawi was briefly shadowed by Neale Hanvey of the Scottish National Party (SNP) but Hanvey had to resign following his support for a defamation case against a parliamentary colleague, Kirsty Blackman. In February 2021, Zahawi announced schools in England would reopen on 8 March.
In the 2021 British cabinet reshuffle, responsibilities for vaccines were merged with those for public health and given to Maggie Throup in the office of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vaccines and Public Health.




Responsibilities


The minister is responsible for the following:

COVID-19:
supply (PPE)
shielding and vulnerable groups
vaccine deployment
health improvement
health inequalities
prevention
primary care
gender identity services
major diseases
community health
lead minister for crisis response
sponsorship of PHE and FSA




List of ministers of public health






Other ministerial appointments






= COVID-19 vaccine deployment

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= Patient safety and primary care

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See also


Health minister
COVID-19 vaccination programme in the United Kingdom
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
List of government ministers of the United Kingdom




References

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• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention
• Andrew Gwynne
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Mental Health and Women's Health Strategy
• Starmer ministry
• UK Health Security Agency
• Department of Health and Social Care
• British Government frontbench
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• Minister of State for Care and Mental Health
• Nadine Dorries