Welsh Labour

Speeches and questions

Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

2,055 speeches and questions

10 January 2024Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much. Well, the Member will be aware that, actually, we have spent a significant amount of time trying to reorganise what is a fundamentally challenged area through introducing a new contract, and that new contract has meant that, for the first…
10 January 2024Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Great. Thanks very much, and thank you for that welcome development in Ringland—£28 million-worth of funding going into that development, and, as you say, we hope that that will be there for all to use by this time next year. We know that there's a lot of…
10 January 2024Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board continues to invest and work to improve access to primary care services in Newport East, to deliver our vision of 'A Healthier Wales'.
10 January 2024Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much. Well, you're quite right that, actually, the relationship between social care and health is one that has to be taken very, very seriously. And the fact is that, in Wales, we spend 40 per cent more money in Wales compared to England on…
10 January 2024Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
While funding is not being reduced, the value, in real terms, may impact on what can be achieved. How local authority budgets are allocated is down to local councillors. Improved partnership working, as monitored through the pathways of care reporting, will…
12 December 2023Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and Intervention Arrangements for Maternity and Neonatal Services in Swansea Bay University Health Board
Thank you very much, Altaf. I'm sure you'll understand that it's not possible for me to speak about individual patients, and I know some of the reports you were referring to do refer to individual patients. We are trying to learn the lessons from Cwm Taf and…
12 December 2023Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and Intervention Arrangements for Maternity and Neonatal Services in Swansea Bay University Health Board
Thanks very much. I think it's really important for us to note what level we're at here. We are engaged in enhanced monitoring. It is very much a supportive role that we're giving to the health board to help them through this particular time. There is a…
12 December 2023Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and Intervention Arrangements for Maternity and Neonatal Services in Swansea Bay University Health Board
Thanks very much. First of all, I can tell you that the report that was commissioned by the chief nursing officer and delivered by the delivery unit back in November—I'm happy for a redacted copy of that report to be published before the end of this week. But…
12 December 2023Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and Intervention Arrangements for Maternity and Neonatal Services in Swansea Bay University Health Board
Thanks very much. Just so that I can follow up one of the questions that I don't think I responded to with Mabon about retention, there's been a huge amount of work done in relation to both nursing and midwifery retention. Obviously, that's part of our…
12 December 2023Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and Intervention Arrangements for Maternity and Neonatal Services in Swansea Bay University Health Board
Diolch yn fawr. So, I hope you'll see from the report that we are preparing to publish in relation to the delivery unit the number of incidents that were seen as a result of that investigation. So, I think what's important is to recognise that, actually, this…
12 December 2023Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and Intervention Arrangements for Maternity and Neonatal Services in Swansea Bay University Health Board
Thanks very much, Russell. I will agree with you that I think it's absolutely critical that we get it right when it comes to anything to do with birth, because the implications for the families when it goes wrong are very, very significant. So, we absolutely…
12 December 2023Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and Intervention Arrangements for Maternity and Neonatal Services in Swansea Bay University Health Board
The decision of the board to invest an additional £750,000 in maternity services is a welcome step forward. As part of this, 35 additional members of staff will be recruited to ensure that staffing levels align with the minimum levels set by Birthrate Plus…
12 December 2023Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and Intervention Arrangements for Maternity and Neonatal Services in Swansea Bay University Health Board
Diolch yn fawr, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Earlier today, Swansea Bay University Health Board announced that it had commissioned an independent review of its maternity and neonatal services. I welcome this announcement. This is the correct approach for the health board…
6 December 2023Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Pancreatic cancer
I'd like to thank you for your work in particular in bringing our attention to this important issue. We know there's more work to do, but we are absolutely determined to do all we can to tackle this very, very dreadful disease. Llywydd, would you mind if I…
6 December 2023Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Pancreatic cancer
Thank you. Thank you very much. We will be improving care for patients by investing in primary care, diagnostic care and specialist care. These will be co-ordinated and supported by our national optimal pathway and supervised nationally using high-quality…
6 December 2023Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Pancreatic cancer
We're also providing training and support to make decisions for every GP practice in Wales on identifying symptoms and referring for cancer. These will be available on all desktop computers. We will be improving support for patients by investing in primary…
6 December 2023Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Pancreatic cancer
Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'd like to start by thanking Members for putting this issue on the Senedd floor. In particular, I'd like to thank Members for sharing the examples of the dreadful suffering that so many have gone through with this dreadful…
6 December 2023Plenary
90-second Statements
Rest in peace, my dear friend.
6 December 2023Plenary
90-second Statements
Glenys Kinnock, who died on Sunday, was a respected Welsh Labour politician whose life was marked by a commitment to social justice, a belief in the power of education to transform children’s lives and a determination to speak up for the poorest. Born Glenys…
6 December 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Nurse Director of NHS Wales
Thank you. Diolch.
6 December 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Nurse Director of NHS Wales
We're stepping up now. You all have a nice Christmas, we're just about to set off. [Laughter.]
6 December 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Nurse Director of NHS Wales
No, no, this is our busiest time now, isn't it?
6 December 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Nurse Director of NHS Wales
I think that would be fair.
6 December 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Nurse Director of NHS Wales
We will work with the Act and we will make it work. I think what we're not interested in doing is spending a whole lot of time adjusting the Act, changing the Act, enhancing the Act, because none of those things are simple. Those things take time, they're…
6 December 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Nurse Director of NHS Wales
We will make this Act work.