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Minister for Health

Incumbent Ryan Park since 28 March 2023
Ministry of Health
Style	The Honourable
Nominator	Premier of New South Wales
Appointer	Governor of New South Wales
Inaugural holder	Fred Flowers (as the Minister for Public Health)
Formation	22 April 1914 (Public Health)

The New South Wales Minister for Health is a minister in the New South Wales Government and has responsibilities which includes all hospitals, health services, and medical research in New South Wales, Australia.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Together they administer the health portfolio through the Health cluster, including the Ministry of Health, its Office of Medical Research, and a range of other government agencies, including local health districts and the NSW Ambulance service.^[5]

Ultimately, the ministers are responsible to the Parliament of New South Wales.

Office history

The role of a government advisor and administrator on medical policy in New South Wales began in 1914, with the appointment of Fred Flowers as the Minister for Public Health. However the medical portfolio had been administered in the government since 1848 when the first "Medical Adviser to the Government" was appointed, with his office reporting to the Colonial Secretary.^[6] Following the amalgamation of the Board of Health and the Medical Advisor to the Government a "Department of Public Health" was established in April 1904, headed by the President of the Board of Health.^[7] This department was abolished in 1913 and was replaced by the "Office of the Director-General of Public Health" which, like its predecessor, operated under the supervision of the Colonial Secretary. Upon Flowers' appointment as Minister for Public Health, a dedicated government minister supervised the portfolio while remaining the junior minister to the Colonial Secretary. The office was reconstituted as a fully independent "Department of Public Health" headed by the Minister (titled Minister for Health since 1930) in 1938.^[8]

The department existed until its abolition in 1972 with the passing of the Health Commission Act 1972 which created the "Health Commission of New South Wales" headed by the minister.^[9] In December 1982 the Health Commission was abolished by the Health Administration Act 1982 and replaced by the Department of Health. On 5 October 2011 the department was renamed the "Ministry of Health".^[10]

List of ministers

Health

Title	Minister ^[4]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Public Health	Fred Flowers	Labor	Holman (1)	22 April 1914	27 April 1915	1 year, 5 days
	George Black	Labor	Holman (1)	27 April 1915	15 November 1916	1 year, 202 days
	Jack FitzGerald	Nationalist	Holman (2)	15 November 1916	18 July 1919	2 years, 245 days
	David Storey	Nationalist	Holman (2)	18 July 1919	29 January 1920	195 days
Minister for Public Health and Motherhood	Greg McGirr	Labor	Storey Dooley (1)	9 February 1920	20 December 1921	1 year, 314 days
Minister for Public Health	Charles Oakes	Nationalist	Fuller (1)	20 December 1921 a.m.	20 December 1921 p.m.	7 hours
	Greg McGirr	Labor	Dooley (2)	20 December 1921	13 April 1922	114 days
	Charles Oakes	Nationalist	Fuller (2)	12 April 1922	17 June 1925	3 years, 66 days
	George Cann	Labor	Lang (1)	17 June 1925	26 May 1927	1 year, 343 days
	Robert Stuart-Robertson	Labor	Lang (2)	26 May 1927	18 October 1927	145 days
	Richard Arthur	Nationalist	Bavin	18 October 1927	3 November 1930	3 years, 16 days
Minister for Health	James McGirr	Labor	Lang (3)	4 November 1930	17 June 1931	225 days
	Bill Ely	Labor		17 June 1931	15 October 1931	331 days
	Bill Ely	Lang Labor		15 October 1931	13 May 1932	331 days
	Reginald Weaver	United Australia	Stevens (1)	16 May 1932	10 February 1935	2 years, 270 days
	Herbert FitzSimons		Stevens (2) (3)	11 February 1935	5 August 1939	4 years, 175 days
	Hubert Primrose		Mair	5 August 1939	5 September 1939	31 days
	Herbert FitzSimons		Mair	5 September 1939	16 May 1941	1 year, 253 days
	Gus Kelly	Labor	McKell (1) (2) McGirr (1) (2)	16 May 1941	30 June 1950	9 years, 45 days
	Maurice O'Sullivan		McGirr (3) Cahill (1) (2)	30 June 1950	15 March 1956	5 years, 259 days
	Bill Sheahan		Cahill (3) (4) Heffron (1) (2) Renshaw	15 March 1956	13 May 1965	9 years, 59 days
	Harry Jago	Liberal	Askin (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)	13 May 1965	3 December 1973	8 years, 204 days
	John Waddy		Askin (6)	3 December 1973	3 January 1975	1 year, 31 days
	Dick Healey		Lewis (1) (2) Willis	3 January 1975	14 May 1976	1 year, 132 days
	Kevin Stewart	Labor	Wran (1) (2) (3)	14 May 1976	2 October 1981	5 years, 141 days
	Laurie Brereton		Wran (4) (5)	2 October 1981	10 February 1984	3 years, 0 days
	Ron Mulock		Wran (6) (7) (8)	10 February 1984	6 February 1986	1 year, 127 days
	Barrie Unsworth		Unsworth	6 February 1986	4 July 1986	148 days
Minister for Health Minister for the Drug Offensive	Peter Anderson		Unsworth	4 July 1986	21 March 1988	1 year, 265 days
Minister for Health	Peter Collins	Liberal	Greiner (1)	25 March 1988	6 June 1991	3 years, 73 days
Minister for Health and Community Services	John Hannaford		Greiner (2) Fahey (1)	6 June 1991	24 June 1992	1 year, 18 days
Minister for Health	Ron Phillips		Fahey (2) (3)	24 June 1992	4 April 1995	2 years, 284 days
	Andrew Refshauge	Labor	Carr (1) (2)	4 April 1995	8 April 1999	4 years, 4 days
	Craig Knowles		Carr (3)	8 April 1999	2 April 2003	3 years, 359 days
	Morris Iemma		Carr (4)	2 April 2003	3 August 2005	2 years, 123 days
	John Hatzistergos		Iemma (1)	3 August 2005	2 April 2007	1 year, 242 days
	Reba Meagher		Iemma (2)	2 April 2007	5 September 2008	1 year, 156 days
	John Della Bosca		Rees	5 September 2008	1 September 2009	361 days
	John Hatzistergos		Rees	1 September 2009	14 September 2009	13 days
	Carmel Tebbutt		Rees Keneally	14 September 2009	28 March 2011	1 year, 226 days
	Jillian Skinner	Liberal	O'Farrell Baird (1) (2)	3 April 2011	30 January 2017	5 years, 302 days
	Brad Hazzard		Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	23 March 2019	6 years, 57 days
Minister for Health and Medical Research			Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	2 April 2019	21 December 2021
Minister for Health			Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023		^[3]
Minister for Health and Regional Health	Ryan Park	Labor	Minns	28 March 2023	5 April 2023	1 year, 250 days
Minister for Health	Ryan Park	Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	incumbent	1 year, 250 days

Mental health

Title	Minister^[4]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Mental Health	Kevin Humphries	National	O'Farrell	4 April 2011	17 April 2014	3 years, 13 days	^[11]
	Jai Rowell	Liberal	Baird (1)	17 April 2014	2 April 2015	350 days	^[12]
	Pru Goward		Baird (2)	2 April 2015	23 January 2017	1 year, 296 days	^[13]
	Tanya Davies		Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	23 March 2019	2 years, 52 days	^[14]
Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women	Bronnie Taylor	National	Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	2 April 2019	21 December 2021	3 years, 360 days	^[15]
Minister for Mental Health	Bronnie Taylor	National	Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	3 years, 360 days	^[16]
	Ryan Park	Labor	Minns	28 March 2023	5 April 2023	8 days
	Rose Jackson	Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	incumbent	1 year, 242 days

Assistant ministers

Title	Minister^[4]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health)	Cherie Burton	Labor	Iemma (1)	10 August 2005	2 April 2007	1 year, 235 days	^[17]
	Paul Lynch		Iemma (2)	2 April 2007	5 September 2008	1 year, 156 days	^[18]
	Barbara Perry		Rees	8 September 2008	14 September 2009	2 years, 201 days	^[19]
Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health and Cancer)			Rees	14 September 2009	8 December 2009
Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health)			Keneally	8 December 2009	28 March 2011

Regional health

The following individuals have served as Minister for regional health, or any precedent titles:

Title	Minister^[4]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Regional Health	Bronnie Taylor	National	Perrottet (2)	21 December 2021	28 March 2023	1 year, 97 days	^[20]
Minister for Health and Regional Health	Ryan Park	Labor	Minns	28 March 2023	5 April 2023	1 year, 250 days
Minister for Regional Health	Ryan Park	Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	incumbent	1 year, 250 days

Medical research

Title	Minister ^[4]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Minister for Science and Medical Research	Frank Sartor	Labor	Carr (4) Iemma (1)	2 April 2003	2 April 2007	4 years, 0 days
	Verity Firth		Iemma (2)	2 April 2007	5 September 2008	1 year, 159 days
	Tony Stewart		Rees	8 September 2008	4 November 2008	57 days
	Jodi McKay		Rees Keneally	4 November 2008	28 March 2011	2 years, 144 days
Minister for Medical Research	Jillian Skinner ^[a]	Liberal	O'Farrell Baird (1)	3 April 2011	2 April 2015	3 years, 364 days
	Pru Goward		Baird (2)	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	1 year, 303 days
	Brad Hazzard ^[a]		Berejiklian (1)	30 January 2017	23 March 2019	4 years, 325 days
Minister for Health and Medical Research	Brad Hazzard ^[a]		Berejiklian (2) Perrottet (1)	2 April 2019	21 December 2021	4 years, 325 days

Minister for Medical Research	David Harris	Labor	Minns	5 April 2023	incumbent	1 year, 242 days

Former ministerial titles

Assistant ministers

Title	Minister ^[4]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Assistant Minister for Health	Deirdre Grusovin	Labor	Unsworth	26 November 1987	21 March 1988	116 days

Assistant Minister for Health	Jim Longley	Liberal	Fahey (2)	3 July 1992	26 May 1993	327 days

Assistant Minister for Health	Jai Rowell	Liberal	Baird (2)	23 April 2014	2 April 2015	344 days
Assistant Minister for Health	Pru Goward	Liberal	Berejiklian (1)	2 April 2015	30 January 2017	1 year, 303 days

Hospitals

Title	Minister ^[4]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Minister for Hospital Management	Ron Phillips	Liberal	Greiner (2)	6 June 1991	26 June 1991	20 days
Minister for Health Services Management	Ron Phillips	Liberal	Fahey (1)	26 June 1991	24 June 1992	364 days

Cancer

Title	Minister ^[4]		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office
Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Cancer)	Frank Sartor	Labor	Carr (4) Iemma (1)	2 April 2003	2 April 2007	4 years, 0 days
	Verity Firth		Iemma (2)	2 April 2007	5 September 2008	1 year, 156 days
	Tony Stewart		Rees	8 September 2008	4 November 2008	57 days
	Jodi McKay		Rees	4 November 2008	4 December 2009	1 year, 30 days
	Frank Sartor		Keneally	8 December 2009	28 March 2011	1 year, 110 days

Healthy lifestyles

Title	Minister ^[4]	Party		Ministry	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Notes
Minister for Healthy Lifestyles	Kevin Humphries		National	O'Farrell	3 April 2011	17 April 2014	3 years, 14 days

Notes

^ ^a ^b Concurrently held the Health portfolio.

References

^ Vukovic, Dom; Gerathy, Sarah; McDonald, Philippa (29 January 2017). "NSW Cabinet reshuffle: Premier Gladys Berejiklian announces big changes to front bench". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
^ "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "Administrative Arrangements (Second Perrottet Ministry—Allocation of Acts and Agencies) Order 2021". Legislation NSW. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
^ "Medical Adviser to the Government". NSW State Records. NSW Government. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
^ "Department of Public Health [I]". NSW State Records. NSW Government. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
^ "Office of the Director-General of Public Health (1913-1938) / Department of Public Health [II] (1938-1973)". NSW State Records. NSW Government. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
^ "Health Commission of New South Wales". NSW State Records. NSW Government. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
^ "NSW Health Department (1982-2009) Department of Health (2009-2011) Ministry of Health (2011- )". NSW State Records. NSW Government. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
^ "The Hon. Kevin John Humphries (1960 - )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ "Mr Jai Traver Rowell (1977 - )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
^ "The Hon. (Pru) Prudence Jane Goward". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ "Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in". Sky News. Australia. AAP. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^ "Government Notices (30)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 2 April 2019. p. 1088-1090. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
^ "Ms Cherie Ann Burton". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "Mr Paul Gerard Lynch". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
^ "The Hon. Barbara Mazzel Perry (1964- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
^ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.

External links

NSW Ministry of Health
"The Ministry of Health" (PDF). A History of Medical Administration in NSW. NSW Department of Health. 1973. Retrieved 21 May 2009.

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