| Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister |
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| Role created out of the Department of Health and Social Security |
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| Minister of State for Health and Social Security |
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| Morys Bruce
4th Baron Aberdare | | 23 June 1970 | 8 January 1974 | Conservative | | Edward Heath (I) |
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| Brian O'Malley MP for Rotherham | | 8 March 1974 | 6 April 1976 | Labour | | Harold Wilson (III) + (IV) |
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| David Owen MP for Plymouth Devonport |  | 26 July 1974 | 10 September 1976 | Labour | | Harold Wilson (III) + (IV) |
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| Stan Orme MP for Salford West | | 8 April 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | | James Callaghan (I) |
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| Roland Moyle MP for Lewisham East | | 10 September 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | | James Callaghan (I) |
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| Minister of State for Health |
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| Gerard Vaughan MP for Reading South | | 7 May 1979 | 5 March 1982 | Conservative | | Margaret Thatcher (I) |
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| Kenneth Clarke MP for Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire |  | 5 March 1982 | 2 September 1985 | Conservative | | Margaret Thatcher (I) + (II) |
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| Barney Hayhoe MP for Brentford and Isleworth | | 2 September 1985 | 10 September 1986 | Conservative | | Margaret Thatcher (II) |
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| Tony Newton MP for Braintree | | 10 September 1986 | 25 July 1988 | Conservative | | Margaret Thatcher (II) + (III) |
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| David Mellor MP for Putney |  | 25 July 1988 | 27 October 1989 | Conservative | | Margaret Thatcher (III) |
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| Anthony Trafford
Baron Trafford | | 29 July 1989 | 16 September 1989 | Conservative | | Margaret Thatcher (III) |
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| Virginia Bottomley MP for South West Surrey |  | 28 October 1989 | 10 April 1992 | Conservative | | Margaret Thatcher (III) John Major (I) |
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| Brian Mawhinney MP for Peterborough | | 14 April 1992 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | | John Major (II) |
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| Gerry Malone MP for Winchester | | 20 July 1994 | May 1997 | Conservative | | John Major (II) |
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| Minister of State for Health Services |
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| Alan Milburn MP for Darlington |  | May 1997 | 30 December 1998 | Labour | | Tony Blair (I) |
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| John Denham MP for Southampton Itchen |  | 30 December 1998 | 11 June 2001 | Labour | | Tony Blair (I) |
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| Jacqui Smith MP for Redditch |  | June 2001 | June 2003 | Labour | | Tony Blair (II) |
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| Rosie Winterton MP for Doncaster Central |  | June 2003 | May 2005 | Labour | | Tony Blair (II) |
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| John Hutton MP for Barrow and Furness |  | June 2003 | May 2005 | Labour | | Tony Blair (II) |
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| Minister of State for Quality and Patient Safety |
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| Jane Kennedy MP for Liverpool Wavertree |  | 10 May 2005 | 8 May 2006 | Labour | | Tony Blair (III) |
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| Minister of State for Health |
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| Andy Burnham MP for Leigh, Greater Manchester |  | 8 May 2006 | 28 June 2007 | Labour | | Tony Blair (III) |
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| Ben Bradshaw MP for Exeter |  | 28 June 2007 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | | Gordon Brown (I) |
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| Mike O'Brien MP for North Warwickshire |  | 8 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | | Gordon Brown (I) |
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| Philip Dunne MP for Ludlow |  | 15 July 2016 | 9 January 2018 | Conservative | | Theresa May (I) + (II) |
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| Steve Barclay MP for North East Cambridgeshire |  | 9 January 2018 | 16 November 2018 | Conservative | | Theresa May (II) |
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| Stephen Hammond MP for Wimbledon |  | 16 November 2018 | 25 July 2019 | Conservative | | Theresa May (II) Boris Johnson (I) |
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| Chris Skidmore MP for Kingswood |  | 24 July 2019 | 10 September 2019 | Conservative | | Boris Johnson (I) |
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| Edward Argar MP for Charnwood |  | 10 September 2019 | 6 July 2022 | Conservative | | Boris Johnson (I) + (II) |
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| Maria Caulfield MP for Lewes |  | 7 July 2022 | 7 September 2022 | Conservative | | Boris Johnson (II) |
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| Will Quince MP for Colchester |  | 8 September 2022 | 26 October 2022 | Conservative | | Liz Truss (I) |
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| Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care |
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| Will Quince MP for Colchester |  | 26 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | | Rishi Sunak (I) |
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| Andrew Stephenson MP for Pendle |  | 13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | | Rishi Sunak (I) |
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| Minister of State for Health |
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| Karin Smyth MP for Bristol South |  | 8 July 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | | Keir Starmer (I) |
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