Secretary of State for Health

Secretary of State for Health is a UK cabinet position responsible for the Department of Health. It was created in 1988 by a demerger of the Department for Health and Social Security, and is a succesor to the role of Minister of Health.

Table of contents

1 President of the Board of Health 2 Minister of Health 3 Minister of Health and Housing 4 Minister of Health 5 Secretary of State for Health and Social Security 6 Secretary of State for Health

President of the Board of Health

• Benjamin Hall III (1853-?)
• Robert Lowe (1859-1864)

Minister of Health

• Christopher Addison (1919-1921)
• A. Mond (1921-1922)
• A. Griffith Boscawen (1922-1923)
• Neville Chamberlain (1923-1924)
• J. Wheatley (1924)
• Neville Chamberlain (1924-1929)
• Arthur Greenwood (1929-1931)
• Neville Chamberlain (1931)
• E. Hilton Young (1931-1935)
• Kingsley Wood (1935-1937)

Minister of Health and Housing

• Nye Bevan (1945-1951)

Minister of Health

Merged into Health and Social Security in 1968.

Secretary of State for Health and Social Security

• Keith Joseph (1970-1974)
• Barbara Castle (1974-1976)
• David Ennals (1976-1979)
• Patrick Jenkin (1979-1981)
• Norman Fowler (1981-1987)
• John Moore (1987-1988)

Secretary of State for Health

• Kenneth Clarke (1988-1990)
• William Waldegrave (1990-1992)
• Virginia Bottomley (1992-1995)
• Stephen Dorrell (1995-1997)
• Frank Dobson (1997-1999)
• Alan Milburn (1999-2003)
• John Reid (2003-)