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  1. 1 2 As Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care from 8 February 2024 to 8 May 2024

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Neil Gray
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Official portrait, 2023
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care [lower-alpha 1]
Assumed office
8 February 2024
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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for Airdrie and Shotts
2015–2021 		Succeeded by
Scottish Parliament
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