The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health was a junior ministerial office in the United Kingdom Government. The Ministry of Health was created in 1919 as a reconstruction of the

Local Government Board The Local Government Board (LGB) was a British Government supervisory body overseeing local administration in England and Wales from 1871 to 1919. The LGB was created by the Local Government Board Act 1871 (C. 70) and took over the public health a ...

. Local government functions were eventually transferred to the Minister of Housing and Local Government, leaving the Health Ministry in charge of Health proper. From 1968 it was amalgamated with the Ministry of Social Security under the

Secretary of State for Social Services The Secretary of State for Health and Social Services was a position in the UK cabinet, created on 1 November 1968 with responsibility for the Department of Health and Social Security. It continued until 25 July 1988 when Department of Health and ...

, until a demerger of the

Department of Health and Social Security The Department of Health and Social Security (commonly known as the DHSS) was a ministry of the British government in existence for twenty years from 1968 until 1988, and was headed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Services. Hi ...

on 25 July 1988. The office became the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security.

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Health, 1919-1968

{, class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" , - ! Name !! Entered office !! Left office , - , Hon. Waldorf Astor , , 24 June 1919 , , 7 April 1921 , - ,

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, , 7 April 1921 , , 25 May 1923 , - , Lord Eustace Percy , , 25 May 1923 , , 23 January 1924 , - ,

Arthur Greenwood Arthur Greenwood, (8 February 1880 – 9 June 1954) was a British politician. A prominent member of the Labour Party from the 1920s until the late 1940s, Greenwood rose to prominence within the party as secretary of its research department f ...

, , 23 January 1924 , , 11 November 1924 , - , Sir Kingsley Wood , , 11 November 1924 , , 11 June 1929 , - ,

Susan Lawrence Arabella Susan Lawrence (12 August 1871 – 24 October 1947) was a British Labour Party politician, one of the earliest female Labour MPs. Early life Lawrence was the youngest daughter of Nathaniel Tertius Lawrence, a wealthy solicitor, and ...

, , 11 June 1929 , , 22 September 1931 , - , Ernest Simon , , 22 September 1931 , , 10 November 1931 , - , Ernest Brown , , 10 November 1931 , , 30 September 1932 , - ,

Geoffrey Shakespeare Sir Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, 1st Baronet (23 September 1893 – 8 September 1980) was a British Liberal Party politician. Life Born in Norwich, the second son of Rev. John Howard Shakespeare, secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Brit ...

, , 30 September 1932 , , 30 July 1936 , - , Robert Hudson , , 30 July 1936 , , 28 May 1937 , - ,

Robert Bernays Robert Hamilton Bernays (6 May 1902 – 23 January 1945) was a Liberal Party and later Liberal National politician in the United Kingdom who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1931 to 1945. Early life Bernays was the third son and four ...

, , 28 May 1937 , , 14 July 1939 , - , Florence Horsbrugh , , 14 July 1939 , , 26 May 1945 , - , Hamilton Kerr , , 26 May 1945 , , 26 July 1945 , - , Charles Key , , 4 August 1945 , , 12 February 1947 , - ,

John Edwards Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004 alongside John Kerry, losing to incumbents George ...

, , 12 February 1947 , , 1 February 1949 , - , Arthur Blenkinsop , , 1 February 1949 , , 3 November 1951 , - ,

Patricia Hornsby-Smith Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith, Baroness Hornsby-Smith, (17 March 1914 – 3 July 1985) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Early life and education Margaret Patricia Hornsby-Smith was born 17 March 1914 in East Sheen ...

, , 3 November 1951 , , 18 January 1957 , - , John Vaughan-Morgan , , 18 January 1957 , , 17 September 1957 , - , Richard Thompson , , 17 September 1957 , , 22 October 1959 , - ,

Edith Pitt Dame Edith Maud Pitt, (14 October 1906 – 27 January 1966) was a British Conservative Party MP for the Birmingham Edgbaston seat. She had also sat on Birmingham City Council, and sought several Parliamentary seats before being placed in the C ...

, , 22 October 1959 , , 16 July 1962 , - ,

Bernard Braine Bernard Richard Braine, Baron Braine of Wheatley, PC (24 June 1914 – 5 January 2000) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 42 years, from 1950 to 1992, representing constituencies ...

, , 16 July 1962 , , 6 September 1962 , - ,

and the Lord Newton , , 6 September , , 24 March 1964 , - ,

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the Lord Newton
and the Marquess of Lothian , , 24 March 1964 , , 1 April 1964 , - ,

and the Marquess of Lothian , , 1 April 1964 , , 16 October 1964 , - ,

Barnett Stross Sir Barnett Stross (25 December 1899 – 13 May 1967) was a British doctor and politician. He served twenty years as a Labour Party Member of Parliament, famously led the humanitarian campaign "Lidice Shall Live" and pushed for reforms in ind ...

, , 20 October 1964 , , 24 February 1965 , - ,

Charles Loughlin Charles William Loughlin (16 February 1914 – 23 September 1993) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Grimsby, Loughlin was educated at St Mary's School. In 1945, he began working for the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Work ...

, , 24 February 1965 , , 7 January 1967 , - , Julian Snow , , 7 January 1967 , , 1 November 1968 , - , colspan="3" , Became the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Security Health ministers of the United Kingdom Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom