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Jeremy Hunt (politician)

The Right Honourable
Jeremy Hunt
MP
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Secretary of State for Health
Assumed office
4 September 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron
Theresa May
Preceded by Andrew Lansley
Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport
In office
12 May 2010 – 4 September 2012
Prime Minister David Cameron
Preceded by Ben Bradshaw (Culture, Media and Sport)
Tessa Jowell (Olympics)
Succeeded by Maria Miller (Culture, Media and Sport)
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
In office
2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010
Leader David Cameron
Preceded by Hugo Swire
Succeeded by Ben Bradshaw
Shadow Minister for the Olympics
In office
2 July 2007 – 11 May 2010
Leader David Cameron
Preceded by Hugo Swire
Succeeded by Tessa Jowell
Shadow Minister for Disabled People
In office
6 December 2005 – 2 July 2007
Leader David Cameron
Preceded by Paul Goodman
Succeeded by Mark Harper
Member of Parliament
for South West Surrey
Assumed office
5 May 2005
Preceded by Virginia Bottomley
Majority 28,556 (49.8%)
Personal details
Born Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt
(1966-11-01) 1 November 1966 (age 50)
London, England
Political party Conservative
Spouse(s) Lucia Guo (2009–present)
Children 3
Alma mater Magdalen College, Oxford
Website Party website
Personal website

Jeremy Richard Streynsham HuntPC MP (born 1 November 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician who has been the Secretary of State for Health since 2012 and the Member of Parliament for South West Surrey since 2005. He was previously Culture Secretary (2010–12).

Hunt was born in Kennington and studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was president of the Oxford University Conservative Association. As Culture Secretary, Hunt spearheaded the drive for local TV, resulting in Ofcom awarding local TV licences to several cities and towns. Hunt also oversaw the 2012 London Olympics, which received widespread acclaim.

As Health Secretary, Hunt was responsible for negotiating a new contract for junior doctors. The proposed contract increased basic pay while reducing the hours that qualified for premium pay, including reclassifying Saturday as "normal hours". Negotiations with the doctors' union, the British Medical Association (BMA) initially failed, resulting in multiple strikes in 2016. An agreement was eventually reached in May 2016 between the BMA leadership and the government. In a subsequent referendum, junior doctors rejected the new contract and in response Hunt imposed the contract in October 2016. During the dispute, the editor of the British Medical Journal, statisticians and the BMA council chair, amongst others, said that Hunt had misrepresented research to support his claim that a lack of adequate staffing in the National Health Service at weekends had led to avoidable deaths.


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