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STATES OF JERSEY
TRANSFERS BETWEEN HEADS OF EXPENDITURE UNDER THE
PUBLIC FINANCES (JERSEY) LAW 2019: ARTICLE 18 –
4TH JULY 2025
Presented to the States on 4th July 2025 by the Minister for Treasury and Resources
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REPORT
Decision(s): Under Article 18(4) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2019 (the Law), the Minister for Treasury and Resources hereby notifies the States, and having consulted with any relevant Minister under Article 18(5) of the Law; that she has agreed to the following –
Transfers between Heads of Expenditure under Article 18 of the Law
MD- TR- Ref. | Department | £ | Funding of – | |
From – | To – | |||
2025 - 482 | Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) | Health and Community Services (HCS) (now Health and Care Jersey) | £7,853,306 | A restructure of key health and care functions, including the States of Jersey Ambulance Service, Public Health and Strategic Health Policy. |
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After the expiry of 4 weeks following the presentation to the States of these transfers, the Minister hereby authorises the Treasurer of the States to action the transfers outlined in the table above.
Background
The Minister approved the transfer of expenditure budget of £7,853,306 and 88 FTE from Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) head of expenditure to the Health and Community Services (now Health and Care Jersey) head of expenditure.
From 1 July 2025, the States of Jersey Ambulance Service will transfer from Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) to Health and Community Services (now Health and Care Jersey).
This is in accordance with a decision by the Minister for Health and Social Services, which was confirmed in early December 2024.
During October and early November 2024 Deputy Tom Binet , Minister for Health and Social Services ("MHSS") consulted key stakeholders on proposals to develop a more integrated health and care system for Jersey, following a presentation to Council of Ministers in July 2024.
A restructure of key health and care functions, including the States of Jersey Ambulance Service, Public Health and Strategic Health Policy, is the outcome of this consultation. The restructure aims to address the historic issues caused by Government's health and care functions sitting in multiple Departments and being the responsibility of different Ministers. From 1 January 2025, many of those functions were brought together into a single Department - Health and Care Jersey. This included public health, health policy, community development, hospital, mental health, adults social care and community care services. From 1 July 2025, this will also include the States of Jersey Ambulance
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Service. Health and Care Jersey will work to protect and improve the health and wellbeing of local people by working to embed health promotion and disease prevention and improve the effectiveness of all health and care services, not just government services.
A breakdown of the transfers for the current Government Plan period is in the table below:
Service Area | FTE | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 |
SoJ Ambulance Service | 88 | 7,853,306 | 7,822,715 | 7,845,715 | 7,845,715 |
Total | 88 | 7,853,306 | 7,822,715 | 7,845,715 | 7,845,715 |
This decision can be found on www.gov.je under the following Ministerial Decision references –
MD-TR-2025-482
which was signed on 4th July 2025.
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