Alison McGovern (pictured) has been appointed minister of state at the Department of Health and Social Care.
McGovern is joined by James Frith, who has been appointed as Parliamentary Under-Secretary, while Baroness Merron remains as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State.
Karin Smyth also retains her role as health minister, while Dame Diana Johnson joins the department as health minister.
Their new boss is Yvette Cooper, who succeeded James Murray as secretary of state for health and social care in new PM Andy Burnham’s cabinet reshuffle at the start of the week.
McGovern has been MP for Birkenhead since 2024 and was previously minister of state for local government and homelessness between 6 September 2025 and 22 July 2026.
