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# Conservatives Announce More Shadow Ministerial Appointments to Health Team
- URL: https://med-techinsights.com/conservatives-announce-more-shadow-ministerial-appointments-to-health-team/
- Published: 2026-09-07T11:13:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-22T07:57:01.000Z
- Description: Chris Whitehouse, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at Whitehouse Communications, and a Trustee of the Bios Centre for bioethics, flags further Conservative frontbench appointments. Conservative Party Leader, Kemi Badenoch MP, has announced further shadow
- Author: Oliver Johnson
- Tags: Policy & Regulation, News, People & Appointments

###### [*Chris Whitehouse*](https://med-techinsights.com/tag/chris-whitehouse/)*, a political consultant and expert on medical technology policy and regulation at* [*Whitehouse Communications*](http://www.whitehousecomms.com/?ref=med-techinsights.com)*, and a Trustee of the* [*Bios Centre*](https://bioscentre.org/?ref=med-techinsights.com) *for bioethics, flags further Conservative frontbench appointments.*

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Conservative Party Leader, Kemi Badenoch MP, has announced further shadow ministerial appointments of MPs and Peers who will join Shadow Health Secretary, [Damian Hinds](https://med-techinsights.com/2026/09/01/new-shadow-health-secretary-appointed/) MP, as part of the Party’s frontbench health and social care team.

Former junior health minister, Lord Syed Kamall, will remain the Party’s health and social care spokesperson in the House of Lords, whilst Greg Stafford MP will take on the role of Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care.

Stafford began working as a public affairs professional in the healthcare industry for the [Royal College of Occupational Therapists](https://www.rcot.co.uk/?ref=med-techinsights.com) before joining the [General Dental Council ](https://www.gdc-uk.org/?ref=med-techinsights.com)in June 2012\. He later went on to join the national [NHS England ](https://www.england.nhs.uk/?ref=med-techinsights.com)programme known as [Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT)](https://gettingitrightfirsttime.co.uk/?ref=med-techinsights.com). As his most recent role before his election as a Member of Parliament, Stafford was the programme’s Director of Policy and Engagement until July 2024.

Shadow Minister of State, Caroline Johnson MP, who is a consultant paediatrician, remains in post as Shadow Minister of State, a position to which she was appointed in July 2024; and Neil Shastri-Hurst MP was made Shadow Parliamentary under Secretary of State on the same team. Shastri-Hurst, son of a general practitioner father and a nurse mother, served as a military doctor rising to the rank of Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and more recently retrained as a barrister specialising in healthcare law.

*The Author used AI in preparing this article. Comments upon or questions about this article can be addressed to* [*chris.whitehouse@whitehousecomms.com*](mailto:chris.whitehouse@whitehousecomms.com)*.*