The Minister for Children and Social Care (Welsh: Y Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol) is a minister of the Welsh Government, accountable to the cabinet secretary for health and social care. The current officeholder is Dawn Bowden since March 2024.
| Minister for Children and Social Care of Wales | |
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| Y Gweinidog Plant a Gofal Cymdeithasol (Welsh) | |
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| 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
edit| Name | Picture | Entered office | Left office | Other offices held | Political party | Government | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy Secretary for Health and Social Services | ||||||||
| Alun Pugh | 
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23 February 2000 | 17 October 2000 | Labour | Interim Rhodri Morgan administration | [1] | ||
| Deputy Minister for Health and Social Care | ||||||||
| John Griffiths | .jpg)
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13 May 2003 | 2007 | Labour | Second Rhodri Morgan government | [2] | ||
| Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services | ||||||||
| Gwenda Thomas | 
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31 May 2007 | 19 July 2007 | Labour | Third Rhodri Morgan government | [3] | ||
| Deputy Minister for Social Services | ||||||||
| Gwenda Thomas |
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19 July 2007 | 10 December 2009 | Labour | Fourth Rhodri Morgan government | [3] | ||
| Gwenda Thomas |
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10 December 2009 | 2011 | Labour | First Jones government | [3] | ||
| Deputy Minister for Children & Social Services | ||||||||
| Gwenda Thomas |
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13 May 2011 | 11 September 2014 | Labour | Second Jones government | [4][5] | ||
| Minister for Social Services and Public Health | ||||||||
| Rebecca Evans | 
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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 | _(cropped).jpg)
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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) | ||||||||
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13 December 2018 | 20 March 2024 | Labour | First Drakeford government | [9] | ||
| Second Drakeford government | [10] | |||||||
| Minister for Social Care (2024) | ||||||||
| Dawn Bowden | .JPG)
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21 March 2024 | 11 September 2024 | Labour | Gething government | [11] | ||
| Eluned Morgan government | ||||||||
| Minister for Children and Social Care | ||||||||
| Dawn Bowden |
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11 September 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Eluned Morgan government | [12] | ||
Responsibilities
editThe post's responsibilities are:[13]
- 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.[14]
See also
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References
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.
- ^ "Welsh government reshuffle: Miles back as minister after ousting Gething". BBC News. 11 September 2024. Retrieved 11 September 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.