7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
Thank you very much. Thank you. Diolch, Cadeirydd.
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
People do things in health, as you know, that in other parts of the public sector would not be allowed, and, really, what I'm asking is: has the maturity assessment on financial grip and control been completed, and have you actually got a system by which…
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
I agree with you. I served six years on Swansea health board, as it then was. Yes, the laissez-faire attitude to finance that exists in health is one that neither you nor I would have allowed in local government. I think that's one of the things that you and…
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
Ten years ago, approximately, I was on the Public Accounts Committee, and a number of people from Betsi Cadwaladr were here—that doesn't narrow the date down very much because Betsi Cadwaladr health board has almost had a standing invitation to the Public…
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
Thank you. When did the health board expect the issues with the suspended staff in the finance team to be finally resolved?
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
Thank you. From my experience in local government, there was a trick that one or two officers used to pull, and that was that they used to procure a very small number of items that only a limited number of people would bid for. Having done that procurement…
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
We've been told that HR processes are still under way in respect of some senior members of the finance team. What action has been taken to address the problems with internal control identified through the auditor general's report and through Ernst & Young?
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
That's just a comment.
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
I agree with you entirely. But just to comment, because I've finished my questions, if you go and look at the health questions here, the questions on secondary care massively outweigh those on primary care, even though primary care sees 90, 95 per cent of…
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
Yes.
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
Sorry, we're not talking about finance yet; we will later on. Does that mean you'll be spending a greater proportion of your budget next year then you did this year on community? Because one of the problems we've had in health—and, sorry, people have heard me…
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
If I can just talk about the hospitals, you've got three major hospitals, haven't you, that are a long way apart, not in terms of miles, but in terms of the ability to travel between them. I want to declare as an interest my daughter lives in Bangor, and she…
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
Moving on, you've had intervention—this is probably for Carol. Have you had the support in this intervention that you've actually needed? It's easy to have an intervention and it's easy to tell people they're not doing very well or things are wrong. We're…
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
Can I say that I'm happier with that answer than the sort of glib answer we've had from some of your predecessors of, 'It's all under control'?
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
The unknown unknowns.
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
A difficult question here: how confident are you that the health board has identified all the key issues that need to be addressed?
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
And it's up to us, Cadeirydd, to ask the Government to do so, but perhaps that's something that can come out of this meeting. The second one is: in her oral statement two weeks ago, the Minister referred to independent advisors’ feedback and review findings…
7 Mawrth 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I'll start off with a couple of 'yes' or 'no' questions, actually. The first one is: as you know better than I do, a number of independent reviews have been undertaken as part of the escalation into special measures; some of the reviews…
6 Mawrth 2024 , Committee of the Whole Senedd
Grŵp 19: Darpariaeth drosiannol pe bai etholiad cyffredinol eithriadol yn arwain at beidio â chynnal etholiad cyffredinol cyffredin 2026 (Gwelliannau 84, 87, 88)
Will you bring the general election on?
6 Mawrth 2024 , Committee of the Whole Senedd
Grŵp 17: Adolygiad o weithrediad y Ddeddf etc. ar ôl etholiad cyffredinol 2026 (Gwelliannau 9, 10, 19, 116, 11, 12, 49, 53, 20, 50)
We're not rejecting the least proportional; the least proportional is STV, where polling the most votes doesn't get you the most seats. Just look at the Irish general election.
6 Mawrth 2024 , Committee of the Whole Senedd
Grŵp 17: Adolygiad o weithrediad y Ddeddf etc. ar ôl etholiad cyffredinol 2026 (Gwelliannau 9, 10, 19, 116, 11, 12, 49, 53, 20, 50)
Will you take an intervention?
6 Mawrth 2024 , Committee of the Whole Senedd
Grŵp 16: Refferendwm ar Ddeddf Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau) 2024 (Gwelliannau 36, 37)
I know. Do you mean a second referendum or a third referendum, because, back in 1975, the first referendum, we voted to stay in the European Union?
6 Mawrth 2024 , Committee of the Whole Senedd
Grŵp 16: Refferendwm ar Ddeddf Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau) 2024 (Gwelliannau 36, 37)
When did we vote on the police and crime commissioner method of election, and when did we vote on the change to the police and crime commissioner voting system? And when did we vote on the mayoral voting system, and when did we vote on the change to the…
5 Mawrth 2024 , Committee of the Whole Senedd
Grŵp 9: Seddi gwag na ellir eu llenwi yn unol ag adran 11 newydd o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 2006 (i’w mewnosod gan adran 9 o Fil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau)) (Gwelliannau 29, 30, 33, 34, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123)
We have regional lists now, don't we, and, on the regional lists, when somebody drops out, the next person on the list comes in. I've seen some of those regional lists from some parties, and they're awfully long. You'd need a very serious set of events to…
5 Mawrth 2024 , Committee of the Whole Senedd
Grŵp 9: Seddi gwag na ellir eu llenwi yn unol ag adran 11 newydd o Ddeddf Llywodraeth Cymru 2006 (i’w mewnosod gan adran 9 o Fil Senedd Cymru (Aelodau ac Etholiadau)) (Gwelliannau 29, 30, 33, 34, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123)
Will you take an intervention?
