Ministerial role
Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care)
Organisations:
Department of Health and Social Care
Current role holder:
Karin Smyth MP
Responsibilities
The Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care) is responsible for:
- NHS secondary care
- NHS workforce
- NHS capital, land and estates
- NHS finance
- urgent and emergency care
- health and social care integration
- devolution in England
Current role holder
Karin Smyth MP
Karin Smyth was appointed Minister of State in the Department of Health and Social Care on 21 July 2026.
She was previously a Minister of State at the Department of Health and Social Care between 8 July 2024 and 21 July 2026. She was elected as the MP for Bristol South in July 2024.