New Secretary of State for Health
Following the formation of a coalition government between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, Andrew Lansley MP has been appointed the Secretary of State for Health. Mr Lansley previously held the health portfolio in opposition and has been an MP for South Cambridgeshire since 1997.
Born in Hornchurch in 1956 he is the son of a distinguished medical scientist. He started his career as a civil servant at the Department of Trade and Industry, becoming private secretary to Norman Tebbit in 1984 and was later policy director and deputy director-general for the British Chambers of Commerce.
He is patron of several organisations including ASPIRE the Spinal injury charity, Stroke and Action for Dysphasic Adults, and Headway the Acquired Brain injury group.