Health Ministers

Health Ministers before the NHS

  • Dr Christopher Addison (24 June 1919 – 1 April 1921)
  • Sir Alfred Mond (1 April 1921 -19 October 1922)
  • Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen (24 October 1922 – 7 March 1923)
  • Neville Chamberlain (7 March 1923 – 27 August 1923, 22 January 1924- 4 June 1929, 25 August 1931 -5 November 1931)
  • Sir W Joynson-Hicks (27 August 1923- 22 January 1924)
  • John Wheatley (22 January 1924 – 3 November 1924)
  • Arthur Greenwood (7 June 1929- 24 August 1931)
  • Sir E Hilton Young ( November 1931 -7 June 1935)
  • Sir Kingsley Wood (7 June 1935 -16 May 1938)
  • Walter Elliott (16 May 1938 -13 May 1940)
  • Malcolm Macdonald (13 May 1940 – 8 February 1941)
  • Ernest Brown (8 February 1941 -11 November 1943)
  • Henry  Willink (11 November 1943 – 26 July 1945)

HEALTH MINISTERS SINCE THE NHS WAS CREATED

  • Aneurin Bevan (3 August 1945 – 17 January 1951)
  • Hilary Marquand (17 January 1951 – 26 October 1951)
  • Harry Crookshank (30 October 1951 – 7 May 1952)
  • Iain Macleod (7 May 1952 – 20 December 1955)
  • Robin Turton (20 December 1955 – 16 January 1957)
  • Dennis Vosper (16 January 1957 – 17 September 1957)
  • Derek Walker-Smith (17 September 1957 – 27 July 1960)
  • Enoch Powell (27 July 1960 – 20 October 1963)
  • Anthony Barber (20 October 1963 – 16 October 1964)
  • Kenneth Robinson (18 October 1964 – 1 November 1968)
  • Richard Crossman (1 November 1968 – 19 June 1970)
  • Sir Keith Joseph (20 June 1970 – 4 March 1974)
  • Barbara Castle (5 March 1974 – 8 April 1976)
  • David Ennals (8 April 1976 – 4 May 1979)
  • Patrick Jenkin (5 May 1979 – 14 September 1981)
  • Norman Fowler (14 September 1981 – 13 June 1987)
  • John Moore (13 June 1987 – 25 July 1988)
  • Kenneth Clarke (25 July 1988 – 2 November 1990)
  • William Waldegrave (2 November 1990 – 10 April 1992)
  • Virginia Bottomley (10 April 1992 – 5 July 1995)
  • Stephen Dorrell (5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997)
  • Frank Dobson (3 May 1997 – 11 October 1999)
  • Alan Milburn (11 October 1999 – 13 June 2003)
  • John Reid (13 June 2003 – 6 May 2005)
  • Patricia Hewitt (6 May 2005 – 27 June 2007)
  • Alan Johnson (28 June 2007 – 5 June 2009)
  • Andrew Burnham (5 June 2009 – 10 May 2010)
  • Andrew Lansley (11 May 2010- 4 September 2012)
  • Jeremy Hunt ( 4 September 2012 – present)