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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.




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 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.




See also



Ministry




References

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