Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

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government post junior ministerial office ministerial role in the United Kingdom

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health is a junior ministerial role in the UK government responsible for supporting senior health ministers in developing and implementing national health policy.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health canonical	3
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment	1
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8013581 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
Context triple: [Paul Boateng, positionHeld, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health]

A. Shadow Secretary of State for Health
The Shadow Secretary of State for Health is the UK opposition frontbench politician responsible for scrutinising government health policy and presenting alternative proposals on healthcare and the National Health Service.
B. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health was a junior government ministerial role in the United Kingdom responsible for assisting the Minister of Health in overseeing national health policy and administration.
C. Cabinet Secretary for Health
The Cabinet Secretary for Health is the senior Scottish Government minister responsible for national health policy and oversight of NHS Scotland.
D. Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is the UK government minister responsible for national health policy, the healthcare system, and social care services in England.
E. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland is a junior UK government ministerial role that supports the Secretary of State for Scotland in representing Scottish interests within the UK Government.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
Target entity description: The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health is a junior ministerial role in the UK government responsible for supporting senior health ministers in developing and implementing national health policy.

A. Shadow Secretary of State for Health
The Shadow Secretary of State for Health is the UK opposition frontbench politician responsible for scrutinising government health policy and presenting alternative proposals on healthcare and the National Health Service.
B. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health was a junior government ministerial role in the United Kingdom responsible for assisting the Minister of Health in overseeing national health policy and administration.
C. Cabinet Secretary for Health
The Cabinet Secretary for Health is the senior Scottish Government minister responsible for national health policy and oversight of NHS Scotland.
D. Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is the UK government minister responsible for national health policy, the healthcare system, and social care services in England.
E. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland is a junior UK government ministerial role that supports the Secretary of State for Scotland in representing Scottish interests within the UK Government.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government post ⓘ junior ministerial office ⓘ ministerial role in the United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedBy	Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: British monarch Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: Prime Minister
associatedWith	Department of Health and Social Care policies ⓘ National Health Service ⓘ
category	Health ministers of the United Kingdom ⓘ Ministerial offices in the United Kingdom ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy	United Kingdom Government ⓘ linked to: UK government
jurisdiction	England ⓘ
locatedIn	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
memberOf	Department of Health and Social Care ministerial team ⓘ linked to: Department of Health and Social Care UK Government ⓘ linked to: UK government
officeHeldBy	Member of Parliament ⓘ
partOf	Department of Health and Social Care ⓘ Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ linked to: UK government
positionInHierarchy	below Minister of State for Health ⓘ below Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
rank	junior minister ⓘ
reportsTo	Minister of State for Health ⓘ Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
requires	appointment as a government minister ⓘ
responsibleFor	developing national health policy ⓘ implementing national health policy ⓘ specific health policy areas as allocated ⓘ supporting senior health ministers ⓘ
seat	House of Commons ⓘ linked to: House of Commons of the United Kingdom
styleOfAddress	Minister ⓘ
subordinateTo	Minister of State for Health ⓘ Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
termLength	at His Majesty’s pleasure ⓘ
usedIn	Westminster system ⓘ
worksOn	National Health Service policy ⓘ health service reform ⓘ healthcare regulation ⓘ patient safety ⓘ public health policy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paul Boateng → positionHeld → Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health ⓘ

Nadhim Zahawi → positionHeld → Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment ⓘ

linked to: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

Earl Howe → positionHeld → Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health ⓘ

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey → positionHeld → Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health ⓘ

Jane Ellison → positionHeld → Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health ⓘ