| HANCOCK | Chester-born politician, Matt ___, appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in 2018 (7) |
| ANEURINBEVAN | Britain's 1945-1951 Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (7,5) |
| NEILGRAY | Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care in Scotland (4,4) |
| KNIVES | Hit murder mystery film, ___ Out, starring Chester-born Daniel Craig as private detective Benoit Blanc investigating a family gathering that has gone awry (6) |
| HIQA | Which body monitors Ireland's health and social care services? (1,1,1,1) |
| KITCHENER | Herbert ___ ( 1850 - 1916), army officer appointed Secretary of State for War in 1914 ( 9) |
| GRANTSHAPPS | Conservative MP who was appointed Secretary of State for Transport in 2019 (5,6) |
| BRIDGET | --- Phillipson, MP appointed secretary of state for education in July 2024 (7) |
| HARPER | Appointed Secretary of State for Transport in October 2022 (4, 6) |
| VANCE | Cyrus ___ (1917- 2002), US lawyer appointed Secretary of State in 1977 (5) |
| DOBSON | Frank ?, former Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras; Secretary of State for Health from 1997-99 |
| FRANKDOBSON | Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras from 1979 to 2015 who served as Secretary of State for Health from 1997 to 1999 (5,6) |
| DUNWOODY | Gwyneth ___, Shadow Secretary of State for Health from 1980-83 who died in 2008 (8) |
| LANSLEY | Andrew ?, 1997-2015 Conservative MP; 2010-12 Secretary of State for Health |
| ALANMILBURN | Labour Secretary of State for Health from 1999 to 2003 (4,7) |
| BOTTOMLEY | Virginia ___, Secretary of State for Health from 1992-95 (9) |
| HEWITT | Patricia ___, Secretary of State for Health from 2005-07 (6) |
| HUNT | Jeremy - - -, former Secretary of State for Health |
| PHILHOPE | Former Labour MP who was Minister of State for Health from 2008 to 2010 |
| HAIN | Peter ---, Kenyan-born politician who held Cabinet roles under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Leader of the House of Commons 2003-05 (4) |
