Department merge will be a 'tough ask'

The Health Minister says managing the soon to be combined departments of Health and Social Care will be a ‘tough ask’ for whoever is placed in charge.

As part of new plans for a more streamlined government the two departments will be rejoined in April.

Chief Minister Allan Bell will be announcing who's in charge of what with a reshuffled Council of Minister line up in due course.

Despite their previous history David Anderson says it will be a different department to what the DHSS once was.

He says his department is braced for major change: