Minister for Mental Health | |
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since 5 April 2023 | |
Ministry of Health | |
Style | The Honourable |
Appointer | Governor of New South Wales |
Inaugural holder | Cherie Burton (as Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health)) |
Formation | 10 August 2005 |
The Minister for Mental Health is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for hospitals and health services in regional New South Wales, Australia.
It was first established in 2005 in the First Iemma ministry as an assistant minister,[1] before becoming a separate portfolio in 2011 in the O'Farrell ministry. The portfolio was not tasked with the management of a department.[2]
The current minister is Rose Jackson since April 2023.[3] Together with the Minister for Health, Minister for Regional Health and Minister for Medical Research, they administer the health portfolio through the Health cluster, including the Ministry of Health and a range of other government agencies, including local health districts and the NSW Ambulance service.[4]