New Health and Social Care Minister says he has his "work cut out"

Tue, 04 Mar 2014

Howard Quayle MHK

The new man in charge of Health and Social Care has admitted he has his “work cut out”.

Middle MHK Howard Quayle has been given his first ministerial position as head of the merged department.

He replaces David Anderson with immediate effect.

From April the department will have the biggest budget of just over £184 million.

Mr Quayle says it’s a big challenge but he is looking forward to making a difference: