Cabinet Secretary for Health and Care
Angela Constance was appointed as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Care in May 2026.
Responsibilities
- primary care and GPs
- community care
- acute services
- unscheduled care
- NHS performance
- workforce, training, planning and pay
- allied healthcare services
- patient services and patient safety
- health and social care integration
- health improvement and protection
- quality and improvement
- person-centred care
- eHealth
- NHS estate
- centre of excellence for rural and remote medicine and social care
Supporting Ministers
Biography
Angela Constance was born, raised and educated in West Lothian. Prior to 2007, she worked as a social worker and mental health officer and was a local councillor in Livingston.
She has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament since May 2007, first for the Livingston constituency and now for the Almond Valley constituency.
She has served as Minister for Youth Employment and Cabinet Secretary for Training, Youth and Women's Employment, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning and Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities. Also a former Minister for Drugs Policy Ms Constance served as Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs for more than three years until being appointed to her current role.
- Read more about  Angela Constance on the Scottish Parliament website.