Minister for Regional Health (New South Wales)

The Minister for Regional Health is a minister in the New South Wales Government with responsibility for hospitals and health services in regional New South Wales, Australia.

Minister for Regional Health
Incumbent
Bronnie Taylor
since 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)
Ministry of Health
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerGovernor of New South Wales
Inaugural holderBronnie Taylor
Formation21 December 2021

In the second Perrottet ministry since December 2021 it is one of four portfolios in the health sector working with the Minister for Health, Brad Hazzard. The current minister Bronnie Taylor also holds the portfolio of mental health. The fourth portfolio, regional youth is currently held by Ben Franklin.[1] Together 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.[2]

Taylor has stated that her role was created to fix issues in NSW regional hospitals that had been identified by a parliamentary inquiry.[3][4][5]

In the second Perrottet ministry there are four other ministers with specific regional responsibility:

List of ministers

The following individuals have served as Minister for regional health, or any precedent titles:

TitleMinister[1]PartyMinistryTerm startTerm endTime in officeNotes
Minister for Regional Health Bronnie Taylor   National Perrottet (2) 21 December 2021 incumbent 132 days [6]

References
  1. Part 6 Ministries since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  2. "Administrative Arrangements (Second Perrottet Ministry—Allocation of Acts and Agencies) Order 2021". Legislation NSW. 21 December 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. Fellner, Carrie (3 March 2022). "'Mrs Fix It' and a new taskforce to tackle failings in NSW hospitals". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  4. "Health outcomes and access to health and hospital services in rural, regional and remote New South Wales". Portfolio Committee No 2 - Health. Parliament of NSW. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  5. "NSW Health chiefs apologise for 'regrettable' outcomes as 'raw and deeply emotional' inquiry ends". ABC News. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  6. "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
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