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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

The office in it's current form has specific responsibility for:^[1]

History

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.

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.

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

List of office holders

Name		Portrait	Entered Office	Left Office	Party	First Minister
Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care
	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
	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
	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
	Shona Robison		17 May 2007	10 Feb 2009	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond
Minister for Public Health and Sport
	Shona Robison	File:Government portrait of Shona Robison.jpg	11 Feb 2009	20 May 2011	Scottish National Party	Alex Salmond
Minister for Public Health
	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
	Aileen Campbell		18 May 2016	27 June 2018	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing
	Joe FitzPatrick		27 June 2018	18 December 2020	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
	Mairi Gougeon		21 December 2020	20 May 2021	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
Minister for Public Health, Women's Health and Sport
	Maree Todd		20 May 2021	29 March 2023	Scottish National Party	Nicola Sturgeon
Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
	Jenni Minto		29 March 2023	Incumbent	Scottish National Party	Humza Yousaf

References

^ "Minister for Public Health and Women's Health". www.gov.scot. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
^ 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

Minister for Public Health and Sport on Scottish Government website

[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".

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 {{Politics of Scotland}}
-The '''Minister for Public Health, Women's Health and Sport''' is a [[Junior minister]]ial post in the [[Scottish Government]]. The post was first created as Minister for Public Health in May 2007 after the appointment of the [[Scottish National Party]] minority administration. It was renamed in February 2009, with further renamings in 2011, 2016 and 2018.
+The '''Minister for Public Health and Women's Health i'''s a [[junior minister]]ial 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.
-The Minister reports to the [[Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport]], who has overall responsibility for the portfolio, and is a member of cabinet. The current Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing is [[Mairi Gougeon]] MSP.<ref name="december2020" />
 == Overview ==
-The Minister has specific responsibility for:<ref name="december2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.scot/about/who-runs-government/cabinet-and-ministers/minister-public-health-sport-wellbeing/|title=Minister for Public Health, Sport and Wellbeing|date=December 2020|accessdate=22 December 2020|publisher=Scottish Government}}</ref>
+The office in it's current form has specific responsibility for:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minister for Public Health and Women's Health |url=https://www.gov.scot/about/who-runs-government/cabinet-and-ministers/minister-for-public-health-and-womens-health/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=www.gov.scot |language=en}}</ref>
+* [[Public health]]
-*COVID-19 testing programme
+* [[Women's health]]
-*Health improvement
+* [[Palliative care]]
-*Public health and healthy working lives
+* [[Abortion]]
-*Physical activity, sport, sporting events and events legacy
+* [[Child Health|Child]] and [[maternal health]]
-*Problem alcohol use and recovery
+* [[Sexual Health|Sexual health]]
-*Care Inspectorate
+* [[Medical record|Medical records]]
-*Carers
+* [[Population health]]
-*Child and maternal health (excluding mental health)
+* [[Obesity|Healthy weight]]
-*Health protection
+* [[Sensory impairment]]
-*Person-centred care
+* [[Food Standards Scotland]]
-*Self-directed support
+* [[Community Pharmacy|Pharmacy]]
-*Sexual health
+* [[Community ophthalmology|Ophthalmology]]
+* [[Audiology]]
+* Pharmacy First
+* MyNHS Digital
+* Mobile healthcare
+* National Pharmaceutical Agency
+* Vaccination programmes
+* [[Dentistry]]
+==History==
+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 [[Government of the 3rd Scottish Parliament|Salmond government]], elected following the [[2007 Scottish Parliament election|2007 elections]], created the junior post of '''Minister for Public Health''' who assisted the [[Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing]] in the Scottish Government.
+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.
+The Minister does not attend the [[Government of the 4th Scottish Parliament|Scottish Cabinet]].<ref>[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/ukpga_19980046_en_1 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".''</ref>
 == List of office holders ==
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-=== Minister for Public Health ===
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-!colspan="2"|Name
+! colspan="2" |Name
-! width=75|Portrait
+! width="75" |Portrait
 !Entered Office
 !Left Office
 !Party
 !First Minister
+|-
+| colspan="7" |
+=== Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care ===
+|-
+|{{party color cell|Scottish Labour Party}}
+|[[Iain Gray]]
+|[[File:Iain Gray.jpg|100x100px]]
+|13 May 1999
+|26 October 2000
+|[[Scottish Labour|Labour]]
+|[[Donald Dewar]]
+|-
+|{{party color cell|Scottish Labour Party}}
+|[[Malcolm Chisholm]]
+|[[File:Malcolm Chisholm 1999.jpg|101x101px]]
+|26 October 2000
+|22 November 2001
+|[[Scottish Labour|Labour]]
+|[[Henry McLeish]]
+|-
+| colspan="7" |
+=== Deputy Ministers for Health and Community Care ===
+|-
+|{{party color cell|Scottish Labour Party}}
+|[[Hugh Henry]]
+|[[File:Hugh Henry.jpg|99x99px]]
+|22 November 2001
+|4 May 2002
+|[[Scottish Labour|Labour]]
+| rowspan="3" |[[Jack McConnell]]
+|-
+|{{party color cell|Scottish Labour Party}}
+|[[Mary Mulligan]]
+|[[File:Mary Mulligan.jpg|94x94px]]
+|22 November 2001
+|8 October 2004
+|[[Scottish Labour|Labour]]
+|-
+|{{party color cell|Scottish Labour Party}}
+|[[Frank McAveety]]
+|[[File:Frank McAveety.jpg|100x100px]]
+|4 May 2002
+|20 May 2003
+|[[Scottish Labour|Labour]]
+|-
+| colspan="7" |
+=== Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care ===
+|-
+|{{party color cell|Scottish Labour Party}}
+|[[Tom McCabe]]
+|[[File:Tom McCabe.jpg|102x102px]]
+|20 May 2003
+|8 October 2004
+|[[Scottish Labour|Labour]]
+| rowspan="3" |[[Jack McConnell]]
+|-
+|{{party color cell|Scottish Labour Party}}
+|[[Rhona Brankin]]
+|[[File:Rhona Brankin (Scottish Government).jpg|100x100px]]
+|8 October 2004
+|28 June 2005
+|[[Scottish Labour|Labour]]
+|-
+|{{party color cell|Scottish Labour Party}}
+|[[Lewis Macdonald]]
+|[[File:LewisMacdonaldMSP20110510.JPG|89x89px]]
+|28 June 2005
+|17 May 2007
+|[[Scottish Labour|Labour]]
+|-
+|colspan="7"|
+=== Minister for Public Health ===
 |-
 | {{party color cell|Scottish National Party}}
 |[[Shona Robison]]
+| [[File:Shona Robison MSP 2007.jpg|87x87px]]
-|
 |17 May 2007
 |10 Feb 2009
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 | {{party color cell|Scottish National Party}}
 |[[Shona Robison]]
+| [[File:Government portrait of Shona Robison.jpg|113x113px]]
-|
 |11 Feb 2009
 |20 May 2011
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 | {{party color cell|Scottish National Party}}
 |[[Michael Matheson (politician)|Michael Matheson]]
-| [[File:MichaelMathesonMSP20110507.JPG|75px]]
+| [[File:Michael Matheson 2014.jpg|100x100px]]
 |20 May 2011
 |21 November 2014
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 |18 December 2020
 |[[Scottish National Party]]
-|[[Nicola Sturgeon]]
+| rowspan="2" |[[Nicola Sturgeon]]
 |-
 | {{party color cell|Scottish National Party}}
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 |20 May 2021
 |[[Scottish National Party]]
-|[[Nicola Sturgeon]]
 |-
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 | {{party color cell|Scottish National Party}}
 |[[Maree Todd]]
-| [[File:Minister for Public Health, Women's Health and Sport, Maree Todd (51189138802).jpg|75px]]
+| [[File:Maree Todd MSP.jpg|100x100px]]
 |20 May 2021
+|29 March 2023
-|''Incumbent''
 |[[Scottish National Party]]
 |[[Nicola Sturgeon]]
+|-
+| colspan="7" |
+===Minister for Public Health and Women's Health===
+|-
+| {{party color cell|Scottish National Party}}
+|[[Jenni Minto]]
+|[[File:Jenni Minto 2021.jpg|75x75px]]
+|29 March 2023
+|Incumbent
+|[[Scottish National Party]]
+|[[Humza Yousaf]]
 |}
-==History==
-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 [[Government of the 3rd Scottish Parliament|Salmond government]], elected following the [[2007 Scottish Parliament election|2007 elections]], created the junior post of '''Minister for Public Health''' who assisted the [[Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing]] in the Scottish Government.
-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.
-The Minister does not attend the [[Government of the 4th Scottish Parliament|Scottish Cabinet]].<ref>[http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/ukpga_19980046_en_1 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".''</ref>
 ==See also==

v t e Scottish Junior Ministers
Swinney government
Tom Arthur (Employment and Investment) Siobhian Brown (Victims and Community Safety) Graeme Dey (Higher and Further Education; and Veterans) Natalie Don (Children, Young People and The Promise) Jim Fairlie (Agriculture and Connectivity) Jamie Hepburn (Parliamentary Business) Richard Lochhead (Business) Gillian Martin (Climate Action) Ivan McKee (Public Finance) Christina McKelvie (Drugs and Alcohol Policy) Paul McLennan (Housing) Jenni Minto (Public Health and Women's Health) Kaukab Stewart (Equalities) Maree Todd (Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport)
Category Politics of Scotland