Merging departments makes sense, says chief minister

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.