Sentences with phrase «becoming health minister»

She made the claim in 2005 before becoming health minister and there is no suggestion that the claim is in breach of the expenses rules.

Consequently, five new ministers, including Sir Ara Darzi — a consultant surgeon who became a health minister in the House of Lords, Sir Digby Jones — a former director general of the CBI who became minister of state for trade and investment and Sir Alan West — the former head of the Royal Navy who became a security minister at the Home Office.

In addition to Jim O'Neill (see 2.56 pm), they are: Francis Maude, who is becoming a combined Foreign Office / trade minister; Ros Altmann, who becomes a pension minister; George Bridges, who becomes a Cabinet Office minister; David Prior, who becomes a health minister; and Andrew Dunlop, who becomes a Scotland Office minister.

Not exact matches

Ethiopia's former health minister, Tedros beat out David Nabarro, of the UK, and Sania Nishtar, of Pakistan, to become the agency's next leader.

Ms. Young replaces former Rural and Remote Health Minister Tim McMillan, who resigned in September to become the President of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.

Y ’ know, I'm reading Heather Scoffield's somewhat bone - chilling interview with David Dodge, who was a deputy minister of Health and Finance before becoming Bank of Canada chairman — the one where

Y ’ know, I'm reading Heather Scoffield's somewhat bone - chilling interview with David Dodge, who was a deputy minister of Health and Finance before becoming Bank of Canada chairman — the one where he calls a return to surpluses in 2013 «totally unrealistic.

Encourage the minister and laymen to become involved in citizens advisory committees of community mental health services (such services are beamed toward both prevention and treatment)

But the majority of hurting people seen by mental health therapists and by ministers for counseling respond more rapidly and growthfully when therapists use more active, confrontational, and reeducative methods as these become appropriate in the flow of each session.

At first, the widow was probably merely the beneficiary of the church, one of the needy whom it supported from its common fund; but she soon became, where her strength and health permitted, one of its regular ministers.

In his fourth reshuffle in 16 months as leader, Mr Turnbull also promoted Assistant Health Minister Mr Ken Wyatt to become Minister for Aged Care and Indigenous Health.

People must take responsibility for their own health if the NHS is not to become overwhelmed in the future, the prime minister said today.

In 1984, Harman became a Shadow Social Services minister and served as a Shadow Health minister in 1987.

Former Conservative health minister Nicola Blackwood is to become a senior adviser at Global Counsel, the PR and lobbying firm set up by new Labour architect Peter Mandelson.

The Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman - Manu, says the abuse of the opioid, Tramadol, has become a national threat that must be urgently tackled.

In 2006, Burnham was moved to become a Minister of State at the Department of Health.

Assaults on NHS workers have become so commonplace that health ministers have decided to take a sterner approach.

A former chairman of the parliamentary party, Willie Adamson, became Scottish Secretary, while left - wingers Fred Jowett and John Wheatley became, respectively, First Commissioner of Works and Minister of Health.

And Sharon Hodgson, becomes the shadow minister for public health, despite having accused Corbyn of a «lack of communication and respect» in the wake of her resignation in the summer.

Many bigwigs of the NDC such as former Trade Minister Ekow Spio - Garbrah, former CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Sylvester Mensah, former Vice President Kwesi Amissah - Arthur, Goosie Tanoh, Majority Leader Haruna Iddrisu, former Vice Chancellor of UPSA Prof Joshua Alabi, and Second Deputy Speaker Alban Bagbin have emerged or shown interest in contesting to become the flag bearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the 2020 polls.

«Edward Mahama had refused to become vice president of Ghana; he also refused a health Minister position before.

Having narrowly survived the 2007 election, Brendan Nelson appointed Dutton Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation, becoming Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing when Malcolm Turnbull became Leader, retaining the same portfolios under Tony Abbott.

She was health secretary under Tony Blair but left government when Brown became prime minister in 2007 and is due to stand down as an MP at the next election.

Perhaps it is sheer coincidence that Anna is Parliamentary Private Secretary to Simon Burns MP, Minister of State for Health, who is a close personal friend of Chief Whip Patrick McLoughlin and was also a long - serving whip prior to becoming a Minister.»

Johnson became Secretary of State for Health on 28 June 2007, succeeding Patricia Hewitt in Prime Minister Gordon Brown's first Cabinet.

The issue has become a political football, with Peter Dutton, the opposition health minister, telling a rally in Brisbane on Tuesday that the medical research budget should not be cut but rather raised by $ 212 million (AUD $ 200 million).

Most recently, British Columbia Health Minister MacDiarmid, accepting the evidence of safety, patient satisfaction and cost - effectiveness, has announced government support for women with low - risk pregnancies to plan a home birth, including support for physicians to become appropriately trained to attend home births (28).

Scott Thomas stars as Janet, the newly appointed shadow health minister, whose celebratory soiree becomes more akin to a wake.

Scott Thomas is Janet, a politician who's just become Shadow Health Minister.

The occasion for celebration is the election of Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas), who has become a minister of Parliament and the shadow minister of health.

The Alzheimer's Society predicts that by 2025 over a million people within the UK will be affected, in one way or another, by dementia; likewise, mental health is certainly a hot topic and when Theresa May became Prime Minister of this country she pledged a number of new policies around mental health.

The prime minister stated last month that he wants to «wage war against the excessive health and safety culture that has become an albatross around the neck of British businesses».

Wyatt's heritage includes Yamatji, Wangai and Nyoongar and Wongi ancestry, and he now becomes the first Indigenous person to occupy a Commonwealth Ministry, having been the first Indigenous member of the House of Representatives in 2010, and the first front bencher with his appointment as Assistant Minister, Health and Aged Care in 2015.

The report cites a 1991 article from the Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, by Ken Wyatt: The Rights of Aboriginal Communities and the Obligations of Health Researchers — from before he became Australia's first Aboriginal member of the House of Representatives, Minister for Indigenous Health and Minister for Aged Care.

It wasn't just that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health plan was fully resourced and implemented — and that this became remembered as one of the landmark achievements of Minister Ken Wyatt, along with establishment of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Authhealth plan was fully resourced and implemented — and that this became remembered as one of the landmark achievements of Minister Ken Wyatt, along with establishment of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health AuthHealth Authority.

As Minister for Rural Health, David Gillespie will have a natural interest in the means by which evidence relating to rural and remote health becomes avaiHealth, David Gillespie will have a natural interest in the means by which evidence relating to rural and remote health becomes avaihealth becomes available.

The Minister, who this year became Australia's first Indigenous member of a Federal Ministry, told the conference the acknowledgement of racism as a critical component for health in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan was a «huge step forward» and he believed the subsequent Implementation Plan has «sown seeds to tackle social and cultural determinants of health», which he said contributed to 31 per cent of the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Austrahealth in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan was a «huge step forward» and he believed the subsequent Implementation Plan has «sown seeds to tackle social and cultural determinants of health», which he said contributed to 31 per cent of the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous AustraHealth Plan was a «huge step forward» and he believed the subsequent Implementation Plan has «sown seeds to tackle social and cultural determinants of health», which he said contributed to 31 per cent of the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Austrahealth», which he said contributed to 31 per cent of the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.