Eluned Morgan: How was her time in charge of Wales’ NHS

But will she think she’s achieved enough?

As a politician who likes to be thought of as a “disruptor,” Ms Morgan, shortly after her appointment, told me she was keen to “shake up” the NHS.

She became known, for example, for turning up unannounced at A&E departments.

I’m also told she once famously visited a surgical unit that had been given extra cash to reduce waiting list backlogs but found little activity going on.

Unimpressed, she gave health board bosses a piece of her mind.

Yet, the way the NHS is run and how it performs is not dissimilar now to when she took over and the demand on it, from a relatively old, poor, and sick population, continues to grow.

Being in charge of health is, undoubtedly, a good training ground for a future first minister.

You’re responsible for spending more than half of the Welsh government’s budget, in charge of a service that employs tens of thousands of staff and affects countless lives.

The decisions you have to make are often tough ones.

In the spring, Ms Morgan gave very strong hints that the job could be taking its toll, suggesting that she might not want to continue the job in the new first minister’s cabinet.

Yet continue she did and is now on the verge of getting the top job herself.