CQC leader to join Government
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- Published: Thursday, 14 May 2015 17:16
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It has been announced that David Prior has stepped down as Chair of the Care Quality Commission to become a Health Minister in the new Conservative government and will be given a peerage. He succeeds Earl Howe as Minister but his responsibilities have yet to be confirmed.
David Prior was a Conservative MP from 1997-2001. He was appointed to be Chair of the CQC in 2012.
The full list of Health Department Ministers is as follows:
Secretary of State for Health: The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP*
Minister of State: The Rt Hon Alistair Burt MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Jane Ellison MP*
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: Ben Gummer MP
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: David Prior (to become a peer)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (shared with Department of Business): George Freeman MP*
*indicates a Minister in the Health Department before the Election
Responsibilities (including dentistry) for all ministers have yet to be announced.
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