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Topical Questions
Thanks very much. Of course, as a Minister, yes, I'm the one who, ultimately, decides, but I act on the advice that comes from the civil service, but also from HIW and Audit Wales, so there is a clear approach to how escalation happens. I published the NHS…
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Topical Questions
Well, thanks very much. Well, I'm afraid it's not really topical. This was published by the health board on 30 May. So, if you are genuinely interested, it would make sense for you to keep an eye out for the board papers, where this was published. So, I just…
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Topical Questions
No, they’re definitely not being shifted, but I think we’ve got to live in the realms of reality, and the fact is that if you’re in special measures, you need to know where the steps are, you’ve got to provide something that allows you to go into that…
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Topical Questions
The new special measures framework, including de-escalation criteria, which sets clear expectations on the next period of the current escalation intervention arrangements, has been agreed between the NHS chief executive in Wales and the chief executive of…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill
Thank you very much, Cefin, and thank you for your work on this Bill. And thank you to Jeremy Miles too for all of the work that he has done in preparing for the introduction of this Bill. You're quite right that workforce is a challenge; it's a challenge…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill
Thank you very much, Rhys, and, of course, I was in that first Welsh-medium school in Cardiff with your brother. There were only 99 of us in the first Welsh-medium secondary school in Cardiff in that first year. Just in terms of Welsh-medium education, it's…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill
Thanks very much, Mike, and can you please pass on my thanks to your daughter for her contribution on Anglesey? I certainly think there has been an improvement just in the awareness of the Welsh language in some of our English-speaking schools. I think, if…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill
Thank you very much, Heledd. I think it's worth reflecting on the journey that we've been on in 25 years, and even before then. I went to a Welsh-medium school in this capital city. There was one primary school in Cardiff. When I was going to school, people…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill
Just in terms of how do we measure that 1 million, well, that’s been clear right from the beginning: it’s the census that determines, and people answer the question. The really frustrating part of that, of course, is that lots of people—lots of people—tick…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill
the Welsh language belongs to all of us.
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill
Diolch yn fawr, Tom. Obviously, you did get a copy in advance. Actually, we’re not obliged to provide a statement in advance; that is a courtesy that we extend when we feel like it. So, I hope you don’t mind that that was—[Interruption.] Well, it is no…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill
We have moved on from describing our ability in Welsh in terms of 'fluent' or 'not fluent'. The Bill will establish a standard method for describing ability in Welsh based on the common European framework of reference for languages, or CEFR. This will give…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill
Thank you for allowing me to make a statement on the Welsh language and education Bill, which was introduced to the Senedd yesterday. As a Government, we are committed to building a Wales where the Welsh language thrives in every community, and where our…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS waiting lists
—76 years ago to this Friday, that 'the NHS will last as long as there are folk left with the faith to fight for it.' The best gift we could give to the NHS this Friday is a Labour Government, not just here in Wales, but also in Westminster. Two Labour…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS waiting lists
No, I'm not taking interventions, thank you. Currently, if you look at the waiting list in England, 7.57 million—I'm not sure if I'd be wanting to go into an election with those kinds of waiting lists. At a time of significant financial challenge, we've made…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: NHS waiting lists
Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. We've heard an attempt at political point-scoring from the Chamber this afternoon in what I think has become a traditional eve-of-election debate about the NHS in Wales. Now, there's obviously quite a lot that we don't agree…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Dentistry training
We have already taken steps to increase the number of hygienists and dental therapists. This includes the establishment of a dental hygiene programme in Bangor and increasing the number of training places for dental therapy in Cardiff. However, I do want to…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Dentistry training
Diolch yn fawr. I'd like to, first of all, thank Siân Gwenllian for tabling this debate today. As Members will know, NHS dentistry has been a key priority of mine since taking up the portfolio, and I very much welcome the opportunity to provide Members with…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
I agree with you. I think the pressure is intense. I do very much feel not just for the patients, but also for the staff and the pressure that they're under, particularly if you look at the number of patients. So, the demand on the service is absolutely…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Last year there were over 850,000 hospital attendances within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, reflecting continued increases in demand and considerable pressures. But there are opportunities for improvement and we are working closely with the health…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Well, I can reassure you, Laura, that I am very fixed on keeping an eye on what's happening in relation to the Grange. That's why, in relation to emergency care, they are in enhanced monitoring, which means that my officials are keeping a very beady eye on…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
We've been open about the challenges emergency care services are under. These are not unique to Wales, and the Grange hospital is not an exception. The recent business continuity incident at the hospital reflects the level of pressure the system is under due…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thanks very much, Jenny. You'll know that we've got an all-Wales breastfeeding action plan. It's important that health boards stick to that action plan, and I will make some enquiries, following this question, just to make sure that there is consistency in…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Diolch yn fawr. I am aware that there have been changes to the breastfeeding support group provision in Cardiff and Vale. Now, officials are assured that the alternative arrangements meet the needs of women and family. I'm really pleased to note the upward…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Public Health Wales is delivering the all-Wales breastfeeding action plan, and the plan is reaching key targets, including a continued increase in breastfeeding rates. The strategic leads are working with other UK nations and health boards across Wales to…
