May’s New Year Shuffle Department of Health & Social Care

The New Cabinet – for Health and Social Care and MP for North East Rt Hon – Prime Minister First selected as the MP for North East Cambridgeshire in 2010, Barclay previously qualified as a solicitor in 1998 and then worked as an insurance company lawyer for Axa Rt Hon MP – Insurance, as a regulator for the Financial Services Authority, and as Director of Chancellor of the Exchequer Regulatory Affairs and then Head of Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions at Retail Bank prior to entering Parliament. Rt Hon MP – In Parliament Barclay was a member of the Public Accounts Committee from 2010 to 2014, focusing on achieving better value for money in public spending, promoting patient Rt Hon MP – Home safety in the NHS and greater fairness in the tax system. He became an Assistant Secretary Government Whip under in 2015, and a Lord Commissioner (Treasury Government Whip) under Theresa May a year later, before being moved to Economic Rt Hon David Davis MP – Exiting Secretary in HM Treasury in 2017. Although formally the Economic Secretary, he was the European Union Secretary appointed by Theresa May – at a time when other cities across the EU are aiming to grab business from the City after . Notably, Barclay was a supporter of the Vote Leave campaign and, as a former banker, was Rt Hon MP – International considered crucial to the Brexit process. Trade Secretary

In local politics, he campaigned for minor injury unit (MIU) sites in the Cambridge and Peterborough CCG to be Rt Hon MP – transformed into Rural Health Hubs, which retain the MIUs and expand the health services these sites can offer – this Defence Secretary is in response to the different health needs of his constituency. He has also campaigned for improved mental health treatment in North East Cambridgeshire. Rt Hon MP – Health and Social Care Secretary

Rt Hon – Housing, – Minister of State for Health and Social Care and MP for Communities & Local Government Secretary Dinenage was elected in 2010 as the MP for Gosport, and in 2014 was appointed as Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Minister for Women and Equalities, Nicky Rt Hon MP– Lord Morgan. In 2015 Dinenage was appointed to an additional dual role of Parliamentary Chancellor & Justice Secretary Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice. Rt Hon MP – Since then, Dineage has served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women, Northern Ireland Secretary Equalities and Early Years at the (July 2016- July 2017) and as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Work and Pensions Rt Hon MP – Digital, with a responsibility for family support and welfare (June 2017 – January 2018). Culture, Media and Sport Secretary

Prior to becoming an MP, Dinenage served on the local council, and held a director role for a small Rt Hon MP – Business, business that distributes and supplies corporate identity products. Dinenage, previously, has sat on the House of Energy & Industrial Strategy Commons Business, Innovation and Skills Committee and was previously elected as Vice-Chairman of a NATO Secretary Science and Technology Sub-Committee. Rt Hon MP – Dinenage has spoken out on the importance of mental health funding, and building on the parity of esteem between Environment, Food & Rural Affairs mental and physical health. Dinenage has been active in the Gosport Vanguard project to improve community care, Secretary aiming to simplify and improve access to healthcare locally, expressing interest in integrating healthcare and reducing hospital admissions. Esther McVey MP – Work and Pensions Secretary

Analysis Rt Hon MP – Transport Secretary

Following the surprising decision to expand Jeremy Hunt’s role across both health and Rt Hon MP – social care as one portfolio, the Department of Health has accordingly been renamed International Development the Department of Health and Social Care. The DHSC said the changed brief for the Secretary department will see it take a lead on the upcoming Government green paper on social

care for older people, due later this year. This merger surely emphasises the MP – Education government’s continued commitment to the integration agenda – hopefully this will be Secretary the shift that enables the government to deliver truly tangible progress, to the benefit of

patients. Rt Hon MP –

Chancellor of the Duchy of

Lancaster and Reportedly, it was Hunt who resisted the much speculated move to First Secretary of State, having last year stated Minister his desires for the NHS to be his ‘last big job’ in politics. However, with his greater portfolio of responsibilities in his newly tweaked role within the DHSC, there is at least promise of continuity and stability for patients, industry and the Rt Hon MP – NHS. Scotland Secretary

Hunt’s new team will certainly be under pressure to hit positive strides early on, in the wake of Philip Dunne’s gaffe Rt Hon MP – Wales about A&E closures (stating in parliament that patients can ‘sit in seats’ if no A&E beds are available), resulting in the Secretary loss of his Ministerial position.

Rt Hon Baroness Evans – Leader of the House of Lords