Mark Drakeford Returns to Welsh Government as Health Secretary

Mark Drakeford will take over as Wales’ health secretary in First Minister Eluned Morgan’s Welsh Government cabinet, it has been announced.

The former first minister (FM) will take on the health and social care brief on an interim basis, inheriting the role which Ms Morgan had held since 2021.

The new FM has also confirmed that Huw Irranca-Davies MS becomes deputy first minister alongside his role as climate change and rural affairs secretary, while Ms Morgan retains cabinet responsibility for the Welsh language.

Mr Drakeford, who stood down in March after five years as first minister, previously served as health minister between 2013 and 2016.