Minister for Public Health

Scotland

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The Minister for Public Health and Sport is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the minister does not attend^[1] the Scottish Cabinet. The post was created as Minister for Public Health in May 2007 after the appointment of the Scottish National Party minority administration and renamed in February 2009 after assuming the Sport portfolio. The minister reports to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy, who has overall responsibility for the portfolio, and is a member of cabinet. The Minister for Public Health has specific responsibility for public health, health improvement, pharmaceutical services, food safety and dentistry, community care, older people, mental health, learning disability, substance misuse and health promotion.^[2]

Minister

The current Minister for Public Health is Michael Matheson MSP.

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 assists the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy in the Scottish Government.

See also

• Scottish Government
• Scottish Parliament
• Question Time

References

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".
2. ^ "Scottish Executive - Scottish Cabinet and Ministers". Scottish Executive. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Scottish-Cabinet. Retrieved 2007-07-25. 

External links

• Scottish Ministers - the Scottish Cabinet
• Minister for Public Health - Scottish Government

v t e      Junior Ministers in the Scottish Government Shona Robison (Minister for Commonwealth Games and Sport) · Michael Matheson (Minister for Public Health) · Fergus Ewing (Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism) · Derek Mackay (Minister for Local Government and Planning) · Roseanna Cunningham (Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs) · Stewart Stevenson (Minister for Environment and Climate Change) Alasdair Allan (Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland's Languages) · Aileen Campbell (Minister for Children and Young People) · Angela Constance (Minister for Youth Employment) · Keith Brown (Minister for Housing and Transport) · Brian Adam (Minister for Parliamentary Business and Chief Whip) ·

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