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Minister For Children And Social Care
The Minister for Children and Social Care () is a minister of the Welsh Government, accountable to the Welsh Cabinet, cabinet Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Wales), secretary for health and social care. The current officeholder is Dawn Bowden since March 2024. Deputy ministers Responsibilities The post's responsibilities are: * 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 resear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn Bowden
Dawn Alison Louise Bowden (born 14 February 1960) is a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist serving as Minister for Children and Social Care since 2024. She previously served as Chief Whip of the Welsh Government from 2021 to 2023 and Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport (later also Tourism) from 2021 to 2024. Bowden has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney since 2016. Early life and education Bowden was born on 14 February 1960 in Bristol, England.'BOWDEN, Dawn', '' Who's Who 2017'', A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 201accessed 30 Sept 2017/ref> She was educated at St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School, a state-funded Catholic school in Bristol. Then, from 1976 to 1978, she undertook a secretarial course at Soundwell Technical College. Career Early career Bowden began her working life as a secretary. She worked for the National Health Servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
