| 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]
- ^ "PFO-298 Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health) [I]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ "PFO-341 Mental Health [I]". NSW State Records & Archives. Retrieved 10 April 2022. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ "Part 6 Ministries since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Administrative Arrangements (Second Perrottet Ministry—Allocation of Acts and Agencies) Order 2021". Legislation NSW. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
