Minister for Health (House of Lords)

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation is a junior position in the Department of Health and Social Care in the British government. It is currently held by The 5th Baron Bethell, MP, who took the office on 9 March 2020.

Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for the following:


 * COVID-19:
 * supply (medicines and testing)
 * treatments and vaccines
 * long-term health impacts
 * test and trace: testing, trace, technology
 * life sciences
 * medicines
 * research
 * health protection
 * anti-microbial resistance
 * global health security
 * international diplomacy and relations
 * data and technology
 * rare diseases
 * NHS security management, including cyber security
 * blood and transplants and organ donation