Minister for Regional Health (New South Wales)

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Minister for Regional Health
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Incumbent
Ryan Park
since 28 March 2023
Ministry of Health
Style The Honourable
Appointer Governor of New South Wales
Formation21 December 2021

The Minister for Regional Health is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for hospitals and health services in regional New South Wales, Australia.

The inaugural minister was Bronnie Taylor between December 2021 and March 2023. Taylor has stated that her role was created to fix issues in NSW regional hospitals that had been identified by a parliamentary inquiry. [1] [2] [3]

The current minister is Ryan Park, who is also the Minister for Health. [4] Together with the Minister for Mental Health and Minister for Medical Research, they administered the health portfolio through the Health cluster, including the Ministry of Health and a range of other government agencies, including local health districts and the NSW Ambulance service. [5]

In the Minns ministry there are two other ministers with specific regional responsibility:

List of ministers

The following individuals have served as Minister for regional health, or any precedent titles:

TitleMinister [4] PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Regional Health Bronnie Taylor   National Perrottet (2) 21 December 202128 March 20231 year, 97 days [6]
Minister for Health and Regional Health Ryan Park   Labor Minns 28 March 20235 April 2023126 days
Minister for Regional Health5 April 2023incumbent


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References

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  2. "Health outcomes and access to health and hospital services in rural, regional and remote New South Wales". Portfolio Committee No 2 - Health. Parliament of NSW. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. "NSW Health chiefs apologise for 'regrettable' outcomes as 'raw and deeply emotional' inquiry ends". ABC News. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 Part 6 Ministries since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 March 2022.
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