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Minister for Public Health and Women's Health

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The Minister for Public Health and Women's Health is a junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. The minister is not a member of the Scottish Cabinet, however, they report to the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care.

The current minister is Jenni Minto, who was appointed by First Minister Humza Yousaf on 29 March 2023.

Overview edit

The office in its current form has specific responsibility for:[1]

History edit

From 1999 to 2007, public health was the responsibility of the Minister for Health and Community Care and the Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care. The Salmond government, elected following the 2007 elections, created the junior post of Minister for Public Health who assisted the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing in the Scottish Government.[citation needed]

In 2009, the post became the Minister for Public Health and Sport after assuming the Sport portfolio. From 2011, the post reverted to the title of Minister for Public Health and sport was once again separated off to a new Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport post. Following the 2016 Scottish Parliament election, Nicola Sturgeon recreated the old Minister for Public Health and Sport post.[citation needed]

The Minister does not attend the Scottish Cabinet.[2]

List of office holders edit

Name Portrait Entered Office Left Office Party First Minister

Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care edit

Iain Gray   13 May 1999 26 October 2000 Labour Donald Dewar
Malcolm Chisholm   26 October 2000 22 November 2001 Labour Henry McLeish

Deputy Ministers for Health and Community Care edit

Hugh Henry   22 November 2001 4 May 2002 Labour Jack McConnell
Mary Mulligan   22 November 2001 8 October 2004 Labour
Frank McAveety   4 May 2002 20 May 2003 Labour

Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care edit

Tom McCabe   20 May 2003 8 October 2004 Labour Jack McConnell
Rhona Brankin   8 October 2004 28 June 2005 Labour
Lewis Macdonald   28 June 2005 17 May 2007 Labour

Minister for Public Health edit

Shona Robison   17 May 2007 10 Feb 2009 Scottish National Party Alex Salmond

Minister for Public Health and Sport edit

Shona Robison 11 Feb 2009 20 May 2011 Scottish National Party Alex Salmond

Minister for Public Health edit

Michael Matheson   20 May 2011 21 November 2014 Scottish National Party Alex Salmond
Maureen Watt   21 November 2014 18 May 2016 Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon

Minister for Public Health and Sport edit

Aileen Campbell   18 May 2016 27 June 2018 Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon

Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing edit

Joe FitzPatrick   27 June 2018 18 December 2020 Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon
Mairi Gougeon   21 December 2020 20 May 2021 Scottish National Party

Minister for Public Health, Women's Health and Sport edit

Maree Todd   20 May 2021 29 March 2023 Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon

Minister for Public Health and Women's Health edit

Jenni Minto   29 March 2023 Incumbent Scottish National Party Humza Yousaf

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Minister for Public Health and Women's Health". www.gov.scot. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  2. ^ Scotland Act (1998), Only those appointed under Section 47 of the Scotland Act "attend" Cabinet. Junior ministers are appointed under Section 49 and may be "present".

External links edit

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