The Queensland Minister for Health is a minister in the Queensland Government who has overall responsibility for Queensland Health and its sixteen Hospital and Health Boards. Through this, the Minister for Health administers the health portfolio which includes hospitals, health services, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, and the Queensland Ambulance Service.
The current minister is Tim Nicholls, who was sworn in on 1 November 2024 as part of the full Crisafulli ministry following the Liberal National Party's victory at the 2024 Queensland state election.
List of ministers Minister Party Ministry Title Term start Term end Term in office 1 Ned Hanlon Labor Cooper (1) Secretary for Health 2 Tom Foley Cooper (2)Hanlon (1) 3 Arthur Jones Hanlon (2) 4 Bill Moore Hanlon (3)Gair (1) (2) (3) Queensland Labor 5 Winston Noble Liberal Nicklin (1) (2) (3) Minister for Health 6 Douglas Tooth PizzeyChalk 7 Llew Edwards Bjelke-Petersen (4) (5) 8 William Knox Bjelke-Petersen (5) 9 Brian Austin Bjelke-Petersen (6) 10 Angelo Bertoni National Bjelke-Petersen (7) (9) Brian Austin Bjelke-Petersen (8) 11 Mike Ahern Bjelke-Petersen (9) 12 Kev Lingard 13 Leisha Harvey Ahern 14 Ivan Gibbs Cooper 15 Ken McElligott Labor Goss (1) 16 Ken Hayward Goss (2) 17 Jim Elder 18 Peter Beattie Goss (3) 19 Mike Horan National Borbidge 20 Wendy Edmond Labor Beattie (1) (2) 21 Gordon Nuttall Beattie (3) 22 Stephen Robertson Beattie (4) (5)Bligh (1) 23 Paul Lucas Bligh (2) 24 Geoff Wilson Bligh (3) 25 Lawrence Springborg Liberal National Newman 26 Cameron Dick Labor Palaszczuk (1) Minister for Health and Ambulance Services 27 Steven Miles Palaszczuk (2) 28 Yvette D'Ath Palaszczuk (3) 29 Shannon Fentiman Palaszczuk (3)Miles Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services 30 Tim Nicholls Liberal National Crisafulli Minister for Health and Ambulance Services Incumbent
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External links Queensland Health