# Lijst van Britse ministers van Volksgezondheid

De minister van Volksgezondheid (Engels: Secretary of State for Health) is lid van het Britse kabinet en staat aan het hoofd van het Ministerie van Volksgezondheid. De huidige minister is sinds 13 november 2023 Victoria Atkins van de Conservative Party in het kabinet van premier Rishi Sunak.
Enkele prominenten die hebben gediend als minister van Volksgezondheid waren onder andere: Neville Chamberlain (1924-1929, 1931), Arthur Greenwood (1929-1931), Kingsley Wood (1935-1938), Malcolm MacDonald (1940-1941), Aneurin Bevan (1945-1951), Iain Macleod (1952-1955), Enoch Powell (1960-1963), Norman Fowler (1981-1987), Kenneth Clarke (1987-1990), John Reid (2002-2005) en Alan Johnson (2007-2009).

## Ministers van Volksgezondheid van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1871–heden)

| Minister van Lokale Zaken President of the Local Government Board | Minister van Lokale Zaken President of the Local Government Board | Minister van Lokale Zaken President of the Local Government Board | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) |
| | | James Stansfeld (1820–1892) | 19 augustus 1871 | 20 februari 1874 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) | Gladstone I | |
| | | George Sclater-Booth (1826–1894) | 20 februari 1874 | 23 april 1880 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) | Disraeli II | |
| | | John George Dodson (1825–1897) | 23 april 1880 | 16 december 1882 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885) | Gladstone II | |
| | | Sir Charles Dilke (1843–1911) | 16 december 1882 | 23 juni 1885 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885) | Gladstone II | |
| | | Arthur Balfour (1848–1930) | 23 juni 1885 | 28 januari 1886 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1885–1886) | Gascoyne-Cecil I | |
| | | Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914) | 28 januari 1886 | 3 april 1886 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1886) | Gladstone III | |
| | | James Stansfeld (1820–1898) | 3 april 1886 | 20 juli 1886 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1886) | Gladstone III | |
| | | Charles Ritchie (1838–1906) | 20 juli 1886 | 15 augustus 1892 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1886–1892) | Gascoyne-Cecil II | |
| | | Sir Henry Fowler (1830–1911) | 15 augustus 1892 | 5 maart 1894 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1892–1895) | Gladstone IV | |
| | | George Shaw Lefevre (1831–1928) | 5 maart 1894 | 25 juni 1895 | Liberal Party | Archibald Primrose (1894–1895) | Primrose | |
| | | Henry Chaplin (1840–1923) | 25 juni 1895 | 10 november 1900 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne-Cecil III | |
| | | Walter Long (1854–1924) | 10 november 1900 | 15 maart 1905 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne-Cecil IV | |
| | | Walter Long (1854–1924) | 10 november 1900 | 15 maart 1905 | Conservative Party | Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) | Balfour | |
| | | Gerald Balfour (1853–1945) | 15 maart 1905 | 5 december 1905 | Conservative Party | Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) | Balfour | |
| | | John Burns (1858–1943) | 5 december 1905 | 14 februari 1914 | Liberal Party | Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1905–1908) | Campbell- Bannerman | |
| | | John Burns (1858–1943) | 5 december 1905 | 14 februari 1914 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith I | |
| | | John Burns (1858–1943) | 5 december 1905 | 14 februari 1914 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith II | |
| | | John Burns (1858–1943) | 5 december 1905 | 14 februari 1914 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith III | |
| | | Herbert Samuel (1870–1963) | 14 februari 1914 | 25 mei 1915 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith III | |
| | | Walter Long (1854–1924) | 25 mei 1915 | 7 december 1916 | Conservative Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith IV | |
| Minister van Volksgezondheid Secretary of State for Health | Minister van Volksgezondheid Secretary of State for Health | Minister van Volksgezondheid Secretary of State for Health | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) |
| | | William Hayes Fisher (1879–1954) | 7 december 1916 | 18 april 1918 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George I | |
| | | Auckland Geddes (1879–1954) | 18 april 1918 | 24 juni 1919 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George I | |
| | | dr. Christopher Addison (1869–1951) | 24 juni 1919 | 1 april 1921 | Liberal Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George I | |
| | | dr. Christopher Addison (1869–1951) | 24 juni 1919 | 1 april 1921 | Liberal Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George II | |
| | | Sir Alfred Mond (1868–1930) | 1 april 1921 | 23 oktober 1922 | Liberal Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George II | |
| | | Sir Arthur Griffith- Boscawen (1865–1946) | 23 oktober 1922 | 8 maart 1923 | Conservative Party | Bonar Law (1922–1923) | Law | |
| | | Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) | 8 maart 1923 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Bonar Law (1922–1923) | Law | |
| | | Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) | 8 maart 1923 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924) | Baldwin I | |
| | | John Wheatley (1869–1930) | 22 januari 1924 | 3 november 1924 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald | MacDonald I | |
| | | Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) | 4 november 1924 | 5 juni 1929 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929) | Baldwin II | |
| | | Arthur Greenwood (1880–1954) | 5 juni 1929 | 26 augustus 1931 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald II | |
| | | Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) | 26 augustus 1931 | 5 november 1931 | Conservative Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald III (Nationaal Kabinet I) | |
| | | Sir Hilton Young (1879–1960) | 5 november 1931 | 7 juni 1935 | Conservative Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II) | |
| | | Sir Kingsley Wood (1881–1943) | 7 juni 1935 | 16 mei 1938 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | |
| | | Sir Kingsley Wood (1881–1943) | 7 juni 1935 | 16 mei 1938 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| | | Sir Walter Elliot (1888–1958) | 16 mei 1938 | 10 mei 1940 | Unionist Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| | | Sir Walter Elliot (1888–1958) | 16 mei 1938 | 10 mei 1940 | Unionist Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain II | |
| | | Malcolm MacDonald (1901–1981) | 10 mei 1940 | 8 februari 1941 | National Labour | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | |
| | | Ernest Brown (1881–1962) | 8 februari 1941 | 11 november 1943 | National Liberal Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | |
| | | Henry Willink (1894–1973) | 11 november 1943 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | |
| | | Henry Willink (1894–1973) | 11 november 1943 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill II | |
| | | Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960) | 26 juli 1945 | 17 januari 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | |
| | | Aneurin Bevan (1897–1960) | 26 juli 1945 | 17 januari 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee II | |
| | | Hilary Marquand (1901–1972) | 17 januari 1951 | 26 oktober 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee II | |
| | | Harry Crookshank (1893–1961) | 26 oktober 1951 | 7 mei 1952 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | |
| | | Iain Macleod (1913–1970) | 7 mei 1952 | 20 december 1955 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | |
| | | Iain Macleod (1913–1970) | 7 mei 1952 | 20 december 1955 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden | |
| | | Robin Turton (1903–1994) | 20 december 1955 | 10 januari 1957 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden | |
| | | Dennis Vosper (1916–1968) | 10 januari 1957 | 17 september 1957 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan I | |
| | | Derek Walker-Smith (1910–1992) | 17 september 1957 | 27 juli 1960 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan I | |
| | | Derek Walker-Smith (1910–1992) | 17 september 1957 | 27 juli 1960 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| | | Enoch Powell (1912–1998) | 27 juli 1960 | 19 oktober 1963 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| | | Anthony Barber (1920–2005) | 19 oktober 1963 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964) | Douglas-Home | |
| Minister van Volksgezondheid en Sociale Zaken Secretary of State for Health and Social Services | Minister van Volksgezondheid en Sociale Zaken Secretary of State for Health and Social Services | Minister van Volksgezondheid en Sociale Zaken Secretary of State for Health and Social Services | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) |
| | | Kenneth Robinson (1911–1996) | 16 oktober 1964 | 1 november 1968 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson I | |
| | | Kenneth Robinson (1911–1996) | 16 oktober 1964 | 1 november 1968 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson II | |
| | | Dick Crossman (1907–1974) | 1 november 1968 | 19 juni 1970 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson II | |
| | | Sir Keith Joseph (1918–1994) | 19 juni 1970 | 4 maart 1974 | Conservative Party | Edward Heath (1970–1974) | Heath | |
| | | Barbara Castle (1910–2002) | 4 maart 1974 | 5 april 1976 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1974–1976) | Wilson III | |
| | | David Ennals (1922–1995) | 5 april 1976 | 4 mei 1979 | Labour Party | James Callaghan (1976–1979) | Callaghan | |
| | | Patrick Jenkin (1926–2018) | 4 mei 1979 | 14 september 1981 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher I | |
| | | Norman Fowler (1938) | 14 september 1981 | 13 juni 1987 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher I | |
| | | Norman Fowler (1938) | 14 september 1981 | 13 juni 1987 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher II | |
| | | John Moore (1937–2019) | 13 juni 1987 | 25 juli 1988 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher III | |
| Minister van Volksgezondheid Secretary of State for Health | Minister van Volksgezondheid Secretary of State for Health | Minister van Volksgezondheid Secretary of State for Health | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) |
| | | Kenneth Clarke (1940) | 25 juli 1988 | 1 november 1990 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher III | |
| | | William Waldegrave (1946) | 1 november 1990 | 10 april 1992 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher III | |
| | | William Waldegrave (1946) | 1 november 1990 | 10 april 1992 | Conservative Party | John Major (1990–1997) | Major I | |
| | | Virginia Bottomley (1948) | 10 april 1992 | 5 juli 1995 | Conservative Party | John Major (1990–1997) | Major II | |
| | | Stephen Dorrell (1952) | 5 juli 1995 | 2 mei 1997 | Conservative Party | John Major (1990–1997) | Major II | |
| | | Frank Dobson (1940–2019) | 2 mei 1997 | 11 oktober 1999 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair I | |
| | | Alan Milburn (1958) | 11 oktober 1999 | 13 juni 2003 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair I | |
| | | Alan Milburn (1958) | 11 oktober 1999 | 13 juni 2003 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair II | |
| | | John Reid (1947) | 13 juni 2003 | 5 mei 2005 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair II | |
| | | Patricia Hewitt (1948) | 5 mei 2005 | 27 juni 2007 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair III | |
| | | Alan Johnson (1950) | 27 juni 2007 | 5 juni 2009 | Labour Party | Gordon Brown (2007–2010) | Brown | |
| | | Andy Burnham (1970) | 5 juni 2009 | 11 mei 2010 | Labour Party | Gordon Brown (2007–2010) | Brown | |
| | | Andrew Lansley (1956) | 11 mei 2010 | 4 september 2012 | Conservative Party | David Cameron (2010–2016) | Cameron I | |
| | | Jeremy Hunt (1966) | 4 september 2012 | 9 juli 2018 | Conservative Party | David Cameron (2010–2016) | Cameron I | . |
| | | Jeremy Hunt (1966) | 4 september 2012 | 9 juli 2018 | Conservative Party | David Cameron (2010–2016) | Cameron II | |
| | | Jeremy Hunt (1966) | 4 september 2012 | 9 juli 2018 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) | May I | |
| | | Jeremy Hunt (1966) | 4 september 2012 | 9 juli 2018 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) | May II | |
| | | Matt Hancock (1976) | 9 juli 2018 | 26 juni 2021 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) | May II | . |
| | | Matt Hancock (1976) | 9 juli 2018 | 26 juni 2021 | Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson I | |
| | | Matt Hancock (1976) | 9 juli 2018 | 26 juni 2021 | Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson II | |
| | | Sajid Javid (1969) | 26 juni 2021 | 5 juli 2022 | Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson II | |
| | | Stephen Barclay (1972) | 5 juli 2022 | 6 september 2002 | Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson II | |
| | | Thérèse Coffey (1971) | 6 september 2022 | 25 oktober 2022 | Conservative Party | Liz Truss (2022) | Truss | Vicepremier |
| | | Stephen Barclay (1972) | 25 oktober 2022 | 13 november 2023 | Conservative Party | Rishi Sunak (2022–2024) | Sunak | |
| | | Victoria Atkins (1976) | 13 november 2023 | 5 juli 2024 | Conservative Party | Rishi Sunak (2022–2024) | Sunak | |
| | | Wes Streeting (1983) | 5 juli 2024 | heden | Labour Party | Keir Starmer (2024–heden) | Starmer | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Afgetreden
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Industrie
* ↑ Hernoemd na naamswijziging tot minister van Sociale Zaken
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Onderwijs
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Cultuur
* ↑ Uit functie ontheven na een kabinetsherschikking
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Binnenlandse Zaken
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot Leader of the House of Commons en Lord Privy Seal
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Buitenlandse Zaken
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Milieu, Voedsel en Agrarisch Zaken