Minister for Health of Queensland | |
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since 1 November 2024 | |
Queensland Health | |
Style | The Honourable |
Nominator | Premier of Queensland |
Appointer | Governor of Queensland |
Inaugural holder | Ned Hanlon (as the Secretary for Health) |
Formation | 5 December 1935 |
The Queensland Minister for Health is a minister in the Queensland Government who has overall responsibility for Queensland Health and its sixteen Hospital and Health Boards.[1] Through this, the Minister for Health administers the health portfolio which includes hospitals, health services, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, and the Queensland Ambulance Service.[2]
The current minister is Tim Nicholls, who was sworn in on 1 November 2024 as part of the full Crisafulli ministry following the Liberal National Party's victory at the 2024 Queensland state election.[3]