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The Minister for Public Health and Sport is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the minister does not attend[1] the Scottish Cabinet. The post was created as Minister for Public Health in May 2007 after the appointment of the Scottish National Party minority administration and renamed in February 2009 after assuming the Sport portfolio. The minister reports to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy, who has overall responsibility for the portfolio, and is a member of cabinet. The Minister for Public Health has specific responsibility for public health, health improvement, pharmaceutical services, food safety and dentistry, community care, older people, mental health, learning disability, substance misuse and health promotion.[2]
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The current Minister for Public Health is Michael Matheson MSP.
| Name | Entered Office | Left Office | Party | ||
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| 1. | Shona Robison | 17 May 2007 | 20 May 2011 | Scottish National Party | |
From 1999 to 2007 public health was the responsibility of the Minister for Health and Community Care and the Deputy Minister for Health and Community Care. The Salmond government, elected following the 2007 elections, created the junior post of Minister for Public Health who assists the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy in the Scottish Government.
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