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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much, Russell. Certainly, I've been to the site where the proposed new north Powys well-being development is, and it certainly does look like an exciting development. The programme business case for that development is currently working through…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Powys Teaching Health Board is responsible for providing services to its population. We are working with the health board on business cases for both the north Powys well-being development, and refurbishment works at Llandrindod Wells hospital.
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much, Tom. I spent a very nice weekend in the Gower, actually. I very rarely go to the Gower and it was very impressive to see actually how many of the local community are actually taking an interest in the health area—good to see that that kind…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much. We expect health boards, as commissioners of ambulance services, to plan and secure safe and timely services that respond in order of clinical need. That means a whole-system approach, ensuring ambulance crews are available to respond when…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
I accept that there is a problem. The demand on the service has been enormous. The increase in demand on the service is more than anything we've seen before, so obviously there is a demand aspect to this that also needs to be looked at. I think also we've got…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much, Rhun. I hoped you'd be kind to me today on my birthday, but that is a fair question. It is a difficult question to answer, and it's a question I'm very concerned about. The waiting times for ambulances are far too long, and that's why I…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much, Joyce. I think you're absolutely right; we need a far deeper public conversation about what we want and how the whole range of health services will work, not just for the people of Pembrokeshire, but for Carmarthenshire and for Ceredigion in…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Llywydd, of course I am more than anxious to listen to the genuine concerns of local people in relation to any developments in the Hywel Dda health board area, and of course, the decision ultimately in terms of configuration is one for Hywel Dda and it will…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much. The priority for delivering health services in the Hywel Dda area is planning for the continued provision of essential and key services, alongside caring for patients affected by COVID-19, and also working towards the delivery of wider…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much. Yes, it is my birthday, as it is Peter Hain's and John Taylor from Duran Duran. [Laughter.] And Amanda Holden too, I understand, so I'm in very good company. Just in terms of the consultation on the surgery in Pentyrch, I have received a…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much, Mark, and certainly, I'm very interested in the issue of hepatitis C, which, of course, is a very long-term condition that many people have to live with. I'm very pleased to agree to take a look at whether there's any possibility of moving…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch yn fawr, Vikki, and I read the report, 'No place like home', with interest, and I agree with very many of the recommendations and I'm very pleased to say that we're already delivering in many of the areas that have been set out there. There's nobody, I…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch yn fawr, Vikki. We have stated our ambition for the NHS in Wales to be a quality-led service, where the right care is provided at the right time and in the right place. This includes access to care closer to home, where possible, and in specialist…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Health and Care Bill
So, thank you very much, and I do urge Members to support this motion. Thank you.
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Health and Care Bill
Well, I can give that assurance, absolutely. Of course we would want to do that. So, I can give you that assurance, and if we saw them taking advantage of the situation, we would play hell with them. So, I think I can give you that assurance. And also I'm…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Health and Care Bill
—consequential amendments, I understand that this is not an ideal way to make law. We all understand that. But we're not in a position, always, to get the perfect, and so, of course, there is a constitutional risk for Wales. The question is: how much of a…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Health and Care Bill
We have had strong negotiations with the UK Government throughout, and that has led to a number of important amendments. On this occasion, may I say that we did negotiate? We've had a lot of our own way, we've come a long way, and they have understood our…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Health and Care Bill
You have heard that the despatch box commitments have already been given, and what was given there is some detail of exactly what is meant by the kind of constitutional interpretation that they were thinking of. So, it's mainly changing the name of an…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Health and Care Bill
Thank you very much, Llywydd, and thank you very much to Members for their contributions to this debate, and a particular thanks to members of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee and the Health and Social Care Committee, and thank you…
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Legislative Consent Motion on the Health and Care Bill
Diolch yn fawr. Today, I'm recommending that the Senedd consents to the legislative consent motion on the Health and Care Bill. This is a large and complex Bill, which, whilst mostly applying only to England, contains some provisions that do apply to Wales…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Thanks very much, Sarah. I'm pleased to say that we have tried, throughout this pandemic, to take that evidence-based approach, which was why we were slightly blindsided by the UK Government making an announcement that they clearly hadn't discussed with…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Thanks very much, James, and I am also very concerned about the situation in relation to ambulances, and that's why I have had a meeting with the chief executive of the ambulance service this morning, just to see what it is we can do to improve the situation…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Thank you very much, Rhun, and I'm pleased that you agree with the purposeful attitude that we have taken. And as you say, there are very few restrictions left in place. And I agree that some will continue to wish to use the COVID passes in some occasions…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Thanks very much, Russell. Of course, we will have to learn to live with COVID. It's not going away, it's not going to disappear, and that's why, in the next three-week review, you'll be seeing us really developing a longer term strategy for how we intend to…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Llywydd, I will turn now to the review. This was the first three-week review of all the protective measures we have at alert level 0. As the health situation is generally improving, the Cabinet has decided that we will stay at alert level 0. We can also begin…
