:Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Wales)

{{Short description|Welsh Government cabinet minister}}

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| post = Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

| body = Wales

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| insigniacaption = Insignia of the Welsh Government

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| image = Official portrait of Jeremy Miles 3.jpg

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| incumbent = Jeremy Miles MS

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| incumbentsince = {{Start date|df=yes|2024|09|11}}

| department = Welsh Government
Department of Health and Social Services

| style = Welsh Minister

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| status = Cabinet Minister

| abbreviation = Health Secretary

| member_of = {{Hlist|the Senedd|Cabinet}}

| reports_to = the Senedd and the First Minister of Wales

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| seat = Cardiff

| nominator = First Minister of Wales

| appointer = The Crown

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| termlength = Five years

| termlength_qualified = Subject to elections to the Senedd which take place every five years

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| formation = 12 May 1999

| first = Jane Hutt AM

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| deputy = Julie Morgan MS

| salary = £105,701 per annum{{Cite web|date=9 April 2020|title=Determination on Members' Pay and Allowances: 2020-2021|url=https://senedd.wales/laid%20documents/gen-ld13133/gen-ld13133%20-e.pdf|url-status=dead|access-date=4 June 2020|website=Senedd Cymru|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604175205/https://senedd.wales/laid%20documents/gen-ld13133/gen-ld13133%20-e.pdf}}

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The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care ({{Langx|cy|Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol}}) is a cabinet position in the Welsh Government, currently held by Jeremy Miles since September 2024.

The minister is responsible for the running of the National Health Service in Wales, all aspects of public health and health protection in Wales, the Food Standards Agency in Wales, post-graduate medical education and any charges for NHS services.{{cite web|url=http://wales.gov.uk/about/cabinet/cabinetm/lesleygriffiths?lang=en |title=Welsh Government | Lesley Griffiths AM |accessdate=2013-04-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822202552/http://wales.gov.uk/about/cabinet/cabinetm/lesleygriffiths?lang=en |archivedate=2012-08-22 }}

The position was briefly titled as Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport from 2016 to 2018. Under the Government of the 5th Assembly (2018) the position was renamed to its previous name.

Ministers

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colspan=7|Minister for Health and Social Services (1999–2016)
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| Jane Hutt AM

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| 12 May 1999

| 10 September 2005

| Welsh Labour

| Labour
Labour/Liberal Democrat coalition (2000–2003)

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| Brian Gibbons AM

| 80px

| 10 September 2005

| 25 May 2007

| Welsh Labour

| Labour

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| Edwina Hart AM

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| 25 May 2007

| 11 May 2011

| Welsh Labour

| 5th Morgan

1st Jones

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| Lesley Griffiths AM

| 80px

| 11 May 2011

| 14 March 2013

| Welsh Labour

| 2nd Jones

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| Mark Drakeford AM

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| 14 March 2013

| 19 May 2016

| Welsh Labour

| 2nd Jones

colspan=7|Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport (2016–2018)
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| Vaughan Gething AM

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| 19 May 2016

| 13 December 2018

| Welsh Labour

| 3rd Jones

colspan=7|Minister for Health and Social Services (2018–2024)
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| Vaughan Gething MS

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| 13 December 2018

| 13 May 2021

| Welsh Labour

| 1st Drakeford

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| Eluned Morgan MS

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| 13 May 2021

| 21 March 2024

| Welsh Labour

| 2nd Drakeford

colspan=7|Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (2024–present)
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| Eluned Morgan MS

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| 24 March 2024

| 6 August 2024

| Welsh Labour

| Gething

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| Mark Drakeford MS

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| 7 August 2024{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gvvy786mdo|title=Mark Drakeford back in Welsh government as health secretary|date=6 August 2024|website=BBC News}}

| 11 September 2024

| Welsh Labour

| Eluned Morgan

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| Jeremy Miles MS

| 80px

| 11 September 2024{{Cite web |date=2024-09-11 |title=Welsh government reshuffle: Miles back as minister after ousting Gething |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj9lm4vr0meo |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}

| Present

| Welsh Labour

| Eluned Morgan

See also

References

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