Minister for Mental Health (New South Wales) explained

Border:parliamentary
Minister:not_prime
Insignia:Coat of Arms of New South Wales.svg
Post:Minister for Mental Health
Incumbent:Rose Jackson
Incumbentsince:5 April 2023
Style:The Honourable
Appointer:Governor of New South Wales
Department:Ministry of Health
Inaugural:Cherie Burton
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. 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.[3]

List of ministers

Title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Minister for Mental Health width=8% O'Farrellalign=center 4 April 2011 align=center 17 April 2014align=right [4]
 Baird (1)align=center 17 April 2014 align=center 2 April 2015align=right [5]
Baird (2)align=center 2 April 2015 align=center 23 January 2017align=right [6]
Berejiklian (1)align=center 30 January 2017 align=center 23 March 2019align=right [7]
Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women Berejiklian (2)
Perrottet (1)		align=center 2 April 2019align=center 21 December 2021
Minister for Mental HealthPerrottet (2)align=center 21 December 2021align=center 28 March 2023
 Minnsalign=center 28 March 2023 align=center 5 April 2023align=right
align=center 5 April 2023align=center incumbentalign=right

Assistant ministers

Assistant ministers

Title Minister Party Ministry Term start Term end Time in office Notes
Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health)  Iemma (1)align=center 10 August 2005 align=center 2 April 2007align=right [8]
Iemma (2)align=center 2 April 2007 align=center 5 September 2008align=right [9]
Reesalign=center 8 September 2008 align=center 14 September 2009[10]
Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health and Cancer)align=center 14 September 2009align=center 8 December 2009
Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health)Keneallyalign=center 8 December 2009align=center 28 March 2011

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PFO-298 Minister Assisting the Minister for Health (Mental Health) [I] ]. 2022-03-24 . NSW State Records & Archives.
  2. Web site: PFO-341 Mental Health [I] ]. 2022-04-10 . NSW State Records & Archives.
  3. Web site: Administrative Arrangements (Second Perrottet Ministry—Allocation of Acts and Agencies) Order 2021 . Legislation NSW . 21 December 2021 . 2022-03-25.
  4. The Hon. Kevin John Humphries (1960 -) . 35 . Yes . 3 April 2019.
  5. Mr Jai Traver Rowell MP (1977 -) . 76 . Yes . 4 April 2019.
  6. The Hon. (Pru) Prudence Jane Goward . 34 . Yes . 3 April 2019.
  7. News: AAP. Refreshed NSW cabinet sworn in. 30 January 2017. Sky News. Australia. 30 January 2017.
  8. Ms Cherie Ann Burton . 2221 . Yes . 13 May 2019.
  9. Mr Paul Gerard Lynch, MP . 7 . 2 April 2019.
  10. The Hon. Barbara Mazzel Perry (1964-) . 2159 . Yes . 22 September 2019.

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