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Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Yes.
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Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
You'd better say the right thing here, Stuart, because you're in big trouble if you don't. [Laughter.]
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Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
You go first, Stuart.
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Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
No, we're definitely on a journey, and I think we're a long way down the journey already. I'll ask Stuart to come in now, as a practising GP, because this is their bread and butter. I think part of the challenge, as I say, is in secondary care, but there's a…
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Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Well, I think there's—. If you look at person-centred care, it has to start in primary care, and GPs are generalists by their nature; they are people who understand the person and the need to look at the whole person. I think, when you get to secondary care…
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Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Certainly, the capacity for us to deal with—. You think about the fact that we already have 2 million contacts in a population of 3 million every month. The trajectory to the future—. Unless we start getting people to take a bit more responsibility, then…
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Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thanks very much, and thanks for your investigation into what I think is a really important issue for the future of healthcare in Wales. I think it's probably right to emphasise the fact that, actually, what we're talking about here is a success story. When…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Mental health and learning disability services at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
We commissioned the report.
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Topical Questions
Thanks very much, Gareth. You're quite right. Doctors want to work in a modernised system, and that is certainly something that I'm very keen to do. We've got to remember that there is one pot of money here, so if I'm giving it to the doctors, it's very…
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Topical Questions
Thanks very much. I'm afraid, Altaf, I'll have to repeat what I said to Mabon, which is that it was your Conservative Government that didn't give us the money until the last few weeks of the financial year. We can't plan on that basis, and so we had to put…
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Topical Questions
Oh, I see. I shall carry on. You'll recognise that, actually, the money came in in the form of consequentials right at the end of the financial year. What had happened is that money had been put into reserves, and we've taken some money now out of reserves in…
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Topical Questions
Thank you very much. I'm sure, if the Member was paying attention, he would have recognised that, actually, some money came in in the form of—[Interruption.]
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Topical Questions
Following robust negotiations with the BMA, I'm pleased to report that the Welsh Government has made substantial offers in terms of salaries to junior doctors, SAS doctors and consultants, with a view to bringing strikes to an end and improving services to…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Six Goals for Urgent and Emergency Care Two Years On
I'll try and make another statement next year. I think it's really important, because I like to keep the momentum going. I think there's been real progress—this is real delivery. But there's quite a lot we've done that I haven't mentioned. For example, we've…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Six Goals for Urgent and Emergency Care Two Years On
And yet, 70 per cent of patients spent less than four hours in emergency care facilities, and the average time to triage was 20 minutes. So, you're right, it's not good enough—of course it's not good enough—but we are going to take a bit of time to cope with…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Six Goals for Urgent and Emergency Care Two Years On
Diolch yn fawr. I will agree with you that if we had more money we could do more, and that would very much be welcome. And, obviously, we're hoping that a new Labour Government will help to stabilise the economy and that more money will then flow into public…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Six Goals for Urgent and Emergency Care Two Years On
Thank you very much. Well, I'm really pleased to hear that you think that systemic change is what's needed, and this is precisely what this is: it's systemic change. It's not doing more of the same and thinking you're going to get different results. So, this…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Six Goals for Urgent and Emergency Care Two Years On
Dirprwy Lywydd, the six goals programme is helping to provide better and more appropriate services for people who need urgent and emergency care. It has also helped to stabilise emergency care performance in the face of rising demand. But I am clear that…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Six Goals for Urgent and Emergency Care Two Years On
Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. Thank you for the opportunity to provide an update on the progress we've made over the second year of our six goals for urgent and emergency care programme. Demand for urgent and emergency care has risen consistently as we've…
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Short Debate: Dis-jointed care: Tackling joint and bone health in Wales
There's a lot more for us to do to reduce long waiting times, but these reductions do show the attention that we and the health service have been giving to orthopaedics. With partners, every health board has a local action plan, and these follow good clinical…
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Short Debate: Dis-jointed care: Tackling joint and bone health in Wales
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'd like to thank the Member for South Wales West for tabling this short debate today about the important topic of tackling joint and bone health in Wales. It's always intimidating to respond to Altaf Hussain, this incredible…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thanks very much. Our social partnership forum for fire and rescue services considered the University of Central Lancashire's studies, resulting in a recommendation for action in 2023. The fire and rescue authorities in Wales are taking significant positive…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
I have not had any specific discussions with the Cabinet Secretary regarding fire and rescue service health policy. I am, however, fully aware of her commitment to address risks to firefighter health and safety through the social partnership forum for fire…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
So, prices charged by suppliers and wholesalers for medicines are unlikely to differ between England and Wales, so Welsh pharmacies are not disadvantaged. Pharmacies in Wales make around £55 million each year from retained purchase profits. So, whilst…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
The drug tariff is published monthly by the Department of Health and Social Care and covers both England and Wales. It specifies remuneration to pharmacies for NHS prescription medicines and services. The reimbursement values are reviewed and updated…
