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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Access to defibrillators
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Diolch yn fawr, Laura. I'm delighted that we are going to, hopefully, be able to keep more of our children in school. We're intensely aware of the fact that for a child, if they lose six months of schooling, then they will, over the course of their lifetime…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Well, thank you very much. I'm aware that a number of the health boards have now restricted visitors. I'm very pleased to see that there are exceptions, and that people do have a right to attend the birth, and I have to say that that is already an exception…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Thanks very much, James. And I acknowledge that there is real pressure on the ambulance service at the moment, but, no, I wouldn't describe it as a crisis at the moment. I think it's really important for us to understand that the pressures are very much…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you, Jane, and lovely to see you back, as it is to see so many people back, and it's great to see a few more people in the Chamber. I would like to extend my thanks, as you've extended yours, to the incredible vaccination teams we have…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Thank you very much. I can confirm that, whatever the decision taken this week in Cabinet, I’m sure vaccine passports will remain on the table. If we don’t progress with them, they will remain an option for the future. We’ve yet to come to a decision. It is a…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
I'm very pleased that you agree with our position in relation to the booster vaccination. The fact is that we've been ready to roll out the booster vaccination for a long time in Wales. We've been waiting for that JCVI advice for a very long time, which is…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Llywydd, if our modelling is correct—and it has been so far—we will be facing a peak in COVID-19 hospital admissions and cases just as the NHS winter period starts. This will put further pressure on our health and care system, a system that, as you know, is…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. I would like to thank you for this opportunity to update Members about what continues to be a fast-moving and evolving public health situation. Now, much has changed since the last Senedd, since we last met to discuss…
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Short Debate: More than just a smile: Are care home residents getting the right dental treatment?
Now, we know that this has been a very challenging time, and we recognise the impact that COVID-19 has had on individual members of the dental team and on the profession as a whole. As the risks of COVID-19 reduce, more treatments will be able to be provided…
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Short Debate: More than just a smile: Are care home residents getting the right dental treatment?
So, we know that the return of services will continue to be gradual, and we recognise that people across Wales have not had the regular check-ups that they've been used to. However, the service has adapted to prioritise urgent care, and I would like to take…
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Short Debate: More than just a smile: Are care home residents getting the right dental treatment?
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'd like to start by thanking the Member for raising this important issue of dental services for people in care homes. As Members will know, the aim of the Gwên am Byth programme, introduced in 2015, which has already been referred…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Well, thanks very much, Sarah, and can I assure you that there is not going to be any big liberation day here in Wales when it comes to COVID, not when rates are increasing at the rate they are? It really defies belief to look at what's happening in England…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
The delta variant continues to spread both in Bridgend and elsewhere in Wales, but Bridgend does currently have comparatively low rates of infection compared to a lot of other local authority areas in Wales. Our vaccination programme continues to offer the…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much, Vikki, and I know that some GPs have been incredibly innovative in the way that they've responded to the pandemic, and knowing that it's difficult to meet people face to face under some conditions, and therefore they have been really…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Our priority is to build on the impressive digital response to the COVID pandemic, and to lock in new ways of working that enabled us to use digital platforms to support our outstanding contact tracing and vaccine delivery services in Wales.
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Well, thanks very much. Now, since the launch of our ‘Train. Work. Live.’ campaign, north Wales in particular has benefited from a higher number of appointments into GP training. So, last year saw 29 new trainees who were recruited to speciality training…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch yn fawr, Jack. I know there have been some issues in particular with surgery at Connah's Quay in recent weeks. I think some of the issues that we saw outlined there, where, actually, a message went out that the practice was actually closed, and…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
GP practices across Wales are providing a wide range of options for patients to access services through the use of digital technology. Clinical triage is a key tool to ensure patients receive the care they need, at the right time, from the right person.
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much for that question, Altaf. I don't know enough about this particular partnership to comment on it, but I will make sure that I go and investigate further. I know that some of the people involved in the call that I was on on Saturday are…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch yn fawr, Alun. I'm very aware of the fact that there are literally hundreds of thousands of patients, many waiting in severe pain for an operation. I can assure you that apart from COVID and preparing the NHS for winter, addressing this backlog is…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
It is the responsibility of health boards to ensure that they provide services to meet the needs of their local populations. It's a requirement for health boards to use the local capacity of the health service in the first instance, and then, any capacity…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much. You'll be aware, in our publication on the new recovery plan, that we did give specific attention to those working in our health and care system who are suffering from long COVID, and we did ensure that guidance is available in order to…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Well, I want to ensure that we don't miss this opportunity presented by the pandemic to change things. A lot has already changed, and we need to tie in what's good as regards the changes that have happened in terms of how the workforce operates, but also the…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much. As it happens, I've just come from a call with HIW where we were talking about the problems specifically in relation to radiologists. Now, they have put a system in place where we do produce about 20 new radiologists every year, so that…
