The DHSS's new Director of Finance believes his biggest challenge is to rein in departmental spending over the next twelve months.
Simon Jackson says there have been overspends on more than one occasion in the last few years and financial balance needs to be restored, but not to the detriment of services.
The DHSS has a gross revenue expenditure budget is nearly £395 million, about four times larger than the next government department.
And Mr Jackson says there are one or two new measures being introduced to make sure that figure is kept within:
'There's a site sat there doing nothing': Former minister and committee chair at odds over Summerland
'Prayers answered' as Douglas RNLI eyes new base and new lifeboat
Government forecast to underspend despite mounting health and pension pressures
Winter Olympic medallist to give talk on his experience as an openly gay athlete