Plans to reunite the departments of health and social care make sense both financially and operationally.
So says the chief minister, a week before the proposals – part of an overall package of government reforms – go to Tynwald for debate.
If approved, the two departments will become one from April the first – just four years after they were separated.
However, Allan Bell insists the new structure won’t bear a resemblance to the former DHSS.
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Police renew appeals for missing 13-year-old
She's been missing since 10.30pm on 25 April
No current plans for Sarah's Law on the Isle of Man
DHA says new legislation provides more stringent controls
Missed opportunity in inmate's care, inquest finds
Craig Anderson was found in his cell in November 2022
Seven arrests made as part of King Gaming fraud and money laundering investigation
Officers raid business premises in Douglas
Motorists urged to avoid Cooil Road following RTC
The road has now reopened
Probation for man caught with knife at Sea Terminal
The court heard that he uses the bladed article for day-to-day 'farm work'.
