The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation is a junior ministerial position in the Department of Health and Social Care in the British government. It is currently held by James Frith MP.
The role has had different formal titles under various administrations, owing to varying responsibilities and political emphasis, such as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Life Science, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Quality and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Care Quality.
This office has traditionally been held by a member of the House of Lords.
Responsibility The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health Innovation leads on the following policy areas:
NHS data and technology medtech (medical technology) medicines research and innovation rare diseases major and long-term conditions international and devolved governments men’s health dentistry eyecare
List of ministers Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political partyMinistryParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for HealthGloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper28 July 198914 April 1992ConservativeThatcher IIIMajor IJulia Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege14 April 19922 May 1997ConservativeMajor IIMinister of State for Health Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington 2 May 1997 27 July 1998 LabourBlair IParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman 28 July 1998 29 July 1999 LabourBlair I Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath 1 January 1998 17 March 2003 LabourBlair IBlair IIMinister of State for National Health Services Delivery Norman Warner, Baron Warner 13 June 2003 4 January 2007 LabourBlair IIBlair IIIMinister of State for National Health Services Reform Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath 5 January 2007 28 June 2007 LabourBlair IIIParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Ara Darzi, Baron Darzi of Denham 29 June 2007 21 July 2009 LabourBrown Glenys Thornton, Baroness Thornton 19 February 2010 11 May 2010 Labour Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe 17 May 2010 11 May 2015 ConservativeCameron–CleggParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for National Health Services Productivity David Prior, Baron Prior of Brampton 14 May 2015 21 December 2016 ConservativeCameron IIMay IParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health James O'Shaughnessy, Baron O'Shaughnessy 21 December 2016 31 December 2018 ConservativeMay IMay IIParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Life Science Nicola Blackwood, Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford 10 January 2019 13 February 2020 ConservativeMay IIJohnson I & IIParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation James Bethell, 5th Baron Bethell 9 March 2020 17 September 2021 ConservativeJohnson IIParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Technology, Innovation and Life Sciences Syed Kamall, Baron Kamall 17 September 2021 20 September 2022 ConservativeJohnson IIParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social CareNick Markham, Baron Markham22 September 20225 July 2024ConservativeTruss SunakParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health Innovation and SafetyZubir Ahmed MP6 September 202512 May 2026LabourStarmerPreet Kaur Gill 12 May 202622 July 2026LabourParliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health InnovationJames Frith 22 July 2026IncumbentLabourBurnham
See also List of government ministers of the United Kingdom Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
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