Maria Caulfield MP confirmed as new Minister for Patient Safety

Maria Caulfield MP has been confirmed as the new Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Patient Safety and Primary Care). Caulfield is a former NHS nurse who specialised in cancer treatment and was a Senior Sister at the Royal Marsden NHS Hospital.

The Minister for Patient Safety and Primary Care leads on:

• primary care
• community health
• major diseases, rare diseases and long COVID
• patient safety
• maternity care
• inquiries
• patient experience
• cosmetic regulation
• gender identify services
• blood transplants and organ donation
• fertility and embryology
• sponsorship of:
  – NHS Resolution
  – CQC
  – NHSBT
  – HTA
  – HFE