Maree Todd - Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport
Ms Todd grew up in the West Highlands, attending Ullapool High School and then studying pharmacy and prescribing at Robert Gordon's and Strathclyde, 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 SIGN guidance on perinatal mental health.
Ms Todd has previously been the Minister for:
- Childcare and Early Years
- Public Health, Women's Health and Sport
- Children and Young People
- As well as holding membership of Health and Sport, Finance and Constitution, and Finance Committees within the Scottish Government.
Ministerial Responsibilities
Supports the Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care
Specific responsibilities are:
- Sensory loss
- Social care and integration
- National Care Service
- Mental health wellbeing
- Child and adolescent mental health
- Suicide prevention
- Dementia
- Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
- Mental Welfare Commission
- Survivors of childhood abuse
- Forensic mental health services and reform
- Care Inspectorate
- Self-directed support
- Adult support and protection
- Care, support and rights
- Social service workforce
- delivering ‘Anne’s Law’ – calls for designated visitors be given the same rights as staff to enter their loved ones’ care homes, while following infection prevention rules. The SNP manifesto stated “As part of a rights-based approach to care we will strengthen residents’ rights in adult residential settings.
- Sport and physical activity
- Independent Living Fund
- Sensory loss
