Relations with the UK Government

Mabon ap GwynforPlaid

8 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

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Again, we've received assurances from the UK Government that those amendments will be placed, so we have to wait and see that, but that gives us the security that they've listened to our concerns around it.

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Natasha AsgharConservative

8 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4

Okay. Thank you so much for your answer. In relation to safeguarding, because obviously we're going to be talking about patient confidentiality, we're talking about public confidence, and also the appropriate use of data in relation to Schedule 7, which I just touched upon, I just wanted to know, in…

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Mari Williams

8 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

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If I could just come in—just to say, Schedule 7 is slightly different. These are health and social care information systems, and they can be established by the Secretary of State. There is currently an ability for the Secretary of State to establish such systems for the Welsh Ministers if we request…

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Mabon ap GwynforPlaid

8 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4

We did have some serious reservations about the proposed changes with Schedule 7, as was promoted, which was going to amend the 2012 Act, but officials shared those concerns with the UK Gov officials, expressed those concerns, and as Mari has eloquently described, those concerns were taken on board…

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Natasha AsgharConservative

8 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4

No, that's okay. In relation to Schedule 7 and the Bill's wider data sharing and information provisions for healthcare and adult social care services in Wales—I know you just touched upon that in your response—I just wanted to know, with regard to your engagement to the UK Government—. I know you've…

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Jayne BryantLabour

8 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4

Can I just ask, at this point, would you share the UK Government letter with us, or at least set out the relevant bits of information from that? That would be helpful.

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Mari Williams

8 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4

They believe that the amendments—. Apologies, I have the letter on screen. As the Minister says, I think they're bringing them forward end of the month, beginning of next month, but we would hope that they would share those amendments with us in advance so that we would be able to comment on those…

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Mari Williams

8 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4

Yes, thank you. Just to reiterate the point on the single patient record, some of the concern we'd raised was that the purpose of it, as we'd been assured by UK Government, was to enable English bodies to access the record, but they had drafted it with flexibility in mind, to ensure that where…

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Mabon ap GwynforPlaid

8 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4

Okay, so when it comes to the single patient record, the main area of concern for us in Welsh Government has been on understanding the cross-border element of the information-sharing implications for Wales. So, we've had some assurances from the UK Government in the response today. Again, I haven't…

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Natasha AsgharConservative

8 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

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Thank you very much, Chair. Good morning. I'd like to ask: what role will NHS organisations have in the development and governance of the single patient record? And what steps are the Welsh Government and Digital Health and Care Wales going to be taking to prepare for the—? I do apologise. What…

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Alex Slade

8 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4

Yes, thank you, diolch, Minister. There's no reason that the Bill gives rise to concerns about the pathway. But clearly, as the committee knows, for those specialist pathways, the route of treatment, speed of treatment, availability of medicines, could all change at any given time, but that has no…

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Mabon ap GwynforPlaid

8 October 2026, Health and Social Care Committee

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Yes, so these are all considerations that will have to be kept in mind as the Bill progresses. As things stand, again, just to re-emphasise my understanding, we've got no real concerns about the agreements that we currently have between the JCC, as the commissioning body, and organisations in…

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