Minister for Mental Wellbeing, Public Health, Sport, Alcohol and Drugs
Maree Todd was appointed as Minister for Mental Wellbeing, Public Health, Sport, Alcohol and Drugs in May 2026.
Responsibilities
Supports the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Care.
- public health and healthy working lives
- population health
- women's health
- abortion
- child and maternal health
- mental wellbeing policy and strategy
- Mental Welfare Commission
- child and adolescent mental health
- suicide prevention
- forensic mental health services and reform
- dementia
- augmentative and alternative communication
- social prescribing
- healthy weight
- sexual health
- reducing the harm of problem substance use and supporting the treatment rehabilitation and recovery from alcohol and/or drug dependency, reducing drug deaths
- sport and physical activity
Biography
Ms Todd grew up in the West Highlands. She attended Ullapool High School and studied pharmacy and prescribing at Robert Gordon's and Strathclyde Universities, as well as taking an ante-natal teaching diploma at the University of Bedfordshire.
A pharmacist by profession, Maree Todd worked in NHS Highland for 20 years, mainly as a mental health pharmacist in a psychiatric hospital. She also contributed to Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) guidance on perinatal mental health.
She was previously the Minister for Children and Young People, and was appointed as Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport in March 2023. She was appointed Minister for Drugs & Alcohol Policy and Sport in June 2025.
- Read more about Maree Todd on the Scottish Parliament website.