The Minister for Social Care (Welsh: Y Gweinidog Gofal Cymdeithasol) is a minister of the Welsh Government, accountable to the cabinet cabinet secretary for health and social care. The current officeholder is Dawn Bowden since March 2024.
Minister for Social Care of Wales | |
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Y Gweinidog Gofal Cymdeithasol (Welsh) | |
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since 21 March 2024 | |
Welsh Government | |
Style | Welsh Minister |
Status | Minister |
Abbreviation | Minister |
Member of | |
Reports to | the Senedd, the First Minister of Wales and the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care |
Seat | Cardiff |
Nominator | First Minister of Wales |
Appointer | The Crown |
Term length | Five years Subject to elections to the Senedd which take place every five years |
First holder | Alun Pugh AM |
Website | gov |
Deputy ministers
editName | Picture | Entered office | Left office | Other offices held | Political party | Government | Notes | |
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Deputy Secretary for Health and Social Services | ||||||||
Alun Pugh | 23 February 2000 | 17 October 2000 | Labour | Interim Morgan administration | [1] | |||
Deputy Minister for Health and Social Care | ||||||||
John Griffiths | 13 May 2003 | 2007 | Labour | Second Morgan government | [2] | |||
Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services | ||||||||
Gwenda Thomas | 31 May 2007 | 19 July 2007 | Labour | Third Morgan government | [3] | |||
Deputy Minister for Social Services | ||||||||
Gwenda Thomas | 19 July 2007 | 10 December 2009 | Labour | Fourth Morgan government | [3] | |||
Gwenda Thomas | 10 December 2009 | 2011 | Labour | First Jones government | [3] | |||
Deputy Minister for Children & Social Services | ||||||||
Gwenda Thomas | 13 May 2011 | 11 September 2014 | Labour | Second Jones government | [4][5] | |||
Minister for Social Services and Public Health | ||||||||
Rebecca Evans | 19 May 2016 | 2017 | Labour | Third Jones government | [6] | |||
Minister for Children and Social Care (2017–18)
Minister for Children, Older People and Social Care (2018) | ||||||||
Huw Irranca-Davies | 3 November 2017 | 2018 | Older People brief added in May 2018.[7] | Labour | Third Jones government | [8] | ||
Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services (2018–2021)
Deputy Minister for Social Services (2021–2024) | ||||||||
Julie Morgan | 13 December 2018 | 20 March 2024 | Labour | First Drakeford government | [9][10] | |||
Minister for Social Care | ||||||||
Dawn Bowden | 21 March 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Gething government | [11] |
Responsibilities
editThe post's responsibilities are:[12]
- Some public health responsibilities, specifically;
- The response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales, screening and vaccination.
- Services for Health improvement and wellbeing
- Delivery and performance of NHS Wales
- Escalation procedures
- Responsibility in managing reports from Healthcare Inspectorate Wales, such as keeping a receipt of, responding to, and managing the direction of their reports.
- Overseeing the Welsh Government's relationship with Audit Wales in matters relating to the NHS.
- The training and development of the medical workforce, excluding the higher education years 1-5 of Doctors
- Health and social care research and development
- Digital health and health innovation
- Mental health services
- Suicide prevention
- Dementia
- Autism
- Gambling problem-related health impacts
- Substance misuse
- Health of the armed forces and veterans
- Strategy for Obesity
- Food Standards Agency in Wales, including food safety
- Genetically modified food (but not genetically modified crops)
- Experience of patients, their involvement, and the citizens' voices
- Safeguarding
- Services for Adoption and Foster care
- Advocacy services for children and young people's, such as managing complains, representations, as well as advocacy, under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014
- Sharing information under the Children Act 2004
- Cafcass Cymru
- Overseeing and deciding policy regarding social service provision of activities by the local authorities in Wales, including issuing statutory guidance
- Overseeing Social Care Wales
- Regulating domiciliary, residential, adult placements, foster care, under 8's care provision and private healthcare
- Inspecting and reporting the provision of social services by the local authorities in Wales, through the Care Inspectorate Wales, including jointly reviewing social services and responding to any reports
- The rights and entitlements of children and young people, including utilising the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Early years, childcare and play, including the "childcare offer" and its workforce
- Early childhood education and care
- Flying Start for children aged 0–3 years
- Policies for Families First and play
The post is accountable and deputy to the Minister for Health and Social Services.[13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Key Events in the Development of the National Assembly for Wales First Assembly: 1999 - 2003" (PDF). senedd.wales. National Assembly for Wales.
- ^ "Key Events in the Development of the National Assembly for Wales Second Assembly: 2003 - 2007" (PDF). senedd.wales. National Assembly for Wales.
- ^ a b c "Key Events in the Development of the National Assembly for Wales Third Assembly: 2007 - 2011" (PDF). senedd.wales. National Assembly for Wales.
- ^ "Carwyn Jones unveils three new faces in Welsh cabinet". BBC News. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Reshuffle lowdown: A new face, a returning face and three are out". ITV News. 11 September 2014.
- ^ "First Minister Carwyn Jones names new Cabinet". ITV News. 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Older people added to Huw Irranca-Davies's brief". BBC News. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Written Statement - Ministerial changes (3 November 2017) | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "First Minister Mark Drakeford appoints new cabinet". ITV News. 13 December 2018.
- ^ Mosalski, Ruth (13 May 2021). "Live updates as Mark Drakeford overhauls Welsh Government cabinet". Wales Online. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Wales' new First Minister Vaughan Gething announces his cabinet". ITV News. 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Julie Morgan MS: Deputy Minister for Social Services | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Welsh Government organisation chart | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.