community care, 2011.01.06
Flitting seamlessly between social services and health is a way of life for Jon Skone. As director of social services in Pembrokeshire and county director of health with the Hywel Dda Health Board, he looks after not just social services but also the area's hospital, Withybush General.
This makes him the first director of social services in Britain to be responsible for a district general hospital. It is a far cry from his first job as a frontline social worker in Neath.