The Department of Health is one of nine departments of the Isle of Man Government

Isle of Man Government

The Isle of Man Government is the government of the Isle of Man. The formal head of the Isle of Man Government is the Lieutenant Governor, representing HM Queen Elizabeth II, Lord of Mann...

. It was created on 1 April 2010, taking on the health services and public health functions of the former Department of Health and Social Security

Department of Health and Social Security (Isle of Man)

The Department of Health and Social Security or DHSS provided healthcare , social services , and social security .Prior to the separation of its component parts on 1 April 2010, the DHSS was the largest...

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The current Minister for Health is Hon David Anderson MHK

Member of the House of Keys

Member of the House of Keys, or MHK is the title given to a person who has been elected into the House of Keys, the lower house of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man. There are twenty-four Members of the House of Keys. Elections are held every five years; the last election took place in...

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The current Member for Health is Dudley Butt

Dudley Butt

Dudley Butt MLC is currently a Member of the Legislative Council and Tynwald in the Isle of Man. He is a former Detective Chief Inspector of the Isle of Man Constabulary.-Early life and education:...

 MLC.

The Department of Health is the largest in terms of personnel, which stood at 1,632 full time equivalent employees at 1 April 2011, representing approx. 25% of central government's public sector workforce.

Functions

• National Health Services
• Hospital Services
• Public Health
• Preventative Health
• Pathology
• Nurse Education and Training

Ministers for Health

• Hon David Anderson MHK
  Member of the House of Keys
  Member of the House of Keys, or MHK is the title given to a person who has been elected into the House of Keys, the lower house of Tynwald, the parliament of the Isle of Man. There are twenty-four Members of the House of Keys. Elections are held every five years; the last election took place in...
  
  , 1 April 2010 - present

Ministers for Health Social Security

• Eddie Teare
  Eddie Teare
  William Edward "Eddie" Teare, MHK is a Manx politician, who is the Minister of the Treasury and current member of the House of Keys for Ayre. He was first elected to the House at the 2004 by election. He was educated at Ramsey Grammar School....
  
   MHK, 2006-2010
• Steve Rodan
  Steve Rodan
  The Honourable Stephen Charles "Steve" Rodan, SHK, BSc, MRPharmS is a Scottish politician, who is the current Speaker of the House of Keys and former Minister of the Isle of Man Government and Member of the House of Keys for the constituency of Garff...
  
   MHK, 2004-2006
• Clare Christian
  Clare Christian
  Clare Margaret Christian BSc MLC is a Manx politician, who is currently President of Tynwald. She's a former member of the Legislative Council and former Health Minister of the Isle of Man Government....
  
   MLC, 1996-2004
• Bernie May
  Bernie May
  Bernard "Bernie" May MHK is a British politician and entrepreneur, who was a Member of the House of Keys in the Isle of Man and Government Minister.-Early life and career:...
  
   MHK, 1991-1996
• Jim Cain MHK, 1989-1991
• Tony Brown
  James Anthony Brown
  James Anthony "Tony" Brown is a Manx politician, former businessman and electrician, Who was the Chief Minister of the Isle of Man, from December 2006, until October 2011, When he stepped down from office following his decision to retire....
  
   MHK, 1986-1989

Chairmen of the Health Services Board

• Arnold Callin
  Arnold Callin
  Arnold Callin MLC was a Member of the Legislative Council in the Isle of Man.He was born in 1924 and educated at Peel Clothworker's School. He served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War and then became a businessman and auctioneer on the Isle of Man. Between 1956 and 1976 he served on...
  
   MHK, 1981-1986
• Bob Creer, MHK, 1975-1981
• unknown, 1971-1975
• Cecil McFee, MHK, 1967-1971
• Sir Charles Kerruish SHK
  Charles Kerruish
  Sir Henry "Charles" Kerruish OBE LLD CP MLC was perhaps the most well known Manx politician. He was the Speaker of the House of Keys from 1962 to 1990, making him the longest serving Speaker in any Parliament in the Commonwealth, and first President of Tynwald...
  
  , 1955-1967
• Thomas Cowin MHK, 1949-1955

Members for Health

Dudley Butt

Dudley Butt

Dudley Butt MLC is currently a Member of the Legislative Council and Tynwald in the Isle of Man. He is a former Detective Chief Inspector of the Isle of Man Constabulary.-Early life and education:...

 MLC, 1 April 2010 - present.

External links

• Department of Health - Isle of Man Government