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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
The health board is in targeted intervention for communications and engagement. This means that there is direct and focused action by Welsh Government to improve communication within the health board.
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much. Well, you'll be aware that we're investing record levels in terms of training for the NHS—£262 million just in this financial year. The number of training places for nurses has increased over 69 per cent since 2016—that's 2,396 more nurses…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
The RCN’s report outlines the challenges placed on our workforce by the COVID pandemic and a global shortage of nursing staff. I am committed to ensuring that Wales has the right number of nurses and healthcare staff to meet the care needs of our people.
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Look, the air ambulance is an independent charity. They're the ones who make these decisions, and they have looked at the efficiency of their services. And you would be the first to say to me, 'Why aren't we getting to people quicker?' [Interruption.] You've…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
I know. I'm going to come to that, Rhun. It's difficult for us to publish that data, because it could identify patients, and that's what I've been told. That's what I've been told, and I'm very happy to put that in writing to you.
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch yn fawr. Look, at the moment, we're all working on the basis of a leaked report. So, the important thing is that we let the system and the process work its way through. Now, I know that the chief ambulance service commissioner is acting independently…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much. You're absolutely right; we've got to make sure that equity is something that prevails across Wales. We have a clinical lead for stroke in Wales, and with the support of the stroke implementation group manager and the national allied health…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
While I have a role to set the strategic direction for healthcare services in Wales and to hold the NHS to account, it's Powys health board that is responsible for the planning and delivery of services at a local level and for ensuring they meet the needs of…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
We are getting to a point now where—. Obviously, we're still in a situation where COVID is a reality. One in 50 people have COVID, so we do have to bear in mind that anywhere where there's an aerosol-generating situation, there's an increased risk of the…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much. We are already seeing a difference as a result of that new contract. So, 73,000 new patients have already gained access this year, and as I say, we expect that to reach 112,000 new patients during that financial year. So already it is making…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much, and it's very heartening to hear about the work that they are undertaking in those community dental services in Llanelli. The good news is that we have given an additional £2 million worth of recurrent funding since 2022 to improve access…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
In August 2022, the chief dental officer published updated guidance on the role of the community dental service. This included the expansion of salaried dental officer posts, to support local communities who have limited or no access to general dental…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Approach to Respiratory Viruses
Thank you. Well, as you know, we have modelled and we have looked at what could happen during this coming winter, and the health service is preparing for the models that we have seen, where we'll be likely to see a peak, according to the modelling, in…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Approach to Respiratory Viruses
Thank you very much. Well, I can assure you that there will be a national campaign alongside the campaigns that are happening, I'm sure, at local authority level. If I'm honest, we are a bit disappointed with the number of people who have come forward so far…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Approach to Respiratory Viruses
Our approach emphasises that vaccination continues to offer the best protection from COVID-19 and flu. For those who are eligible to be vaccinated, getting vaccinated is the most important action that they can take to protect themselves and others. Our winter…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Approach to Respiratory Viruses
Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lywydd. I provided an update to Members regarding COVID-19 and winter pressures on 20 September. I highlighted the fact that we are preparing for a third winter of living with COVID, but that the situation regarding respiratory viruses…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Impact of migraine on children and young people
Almost all of the children and young people referred to the team have difficulty in reaching the required attendance rates in schools. A crucial element is collaboration with schools and primary care practitioners to help these young people to access…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Impact of migraine on children and young people
Diolch yn fawr. And I'd like to thank Mark Isherwood for raising this really important issue. Mark, I can always rely on you to teach me something new in these debates—you always have so many facts and figures at your fingertips, and they're always very…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
Russell said that this is not a party political issue. I can assure you that I don't think it's a party political issue, and that's why we, like you, want to see an improvement in the system and that's why we in the Government and on the Labour benches will…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
There is so much to be done, and I know that our committed managers and clinicians are doing everything within their power to meet people's needs. Raising these concerns in terms of systems is no criticism at all of their efforts or their commitment, and I…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
So, just in answer, specifically in terms of how this is going to be built into the women's plan, this is a bottom-up approach. There's a consultation that's going on asking women to contribute: what is it that we should be putting in in that women's…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
And in this plan, I will set out in more detail how we will deliver against the expectation set out in the quality statement for cancer and the care transformation programme that is planned. We will also introduce an action plan on women's health in order to…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
So, the plan for the cancer services will be published in the next few weeks.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
I am more than willing to give particular attention to improving the work on workforce development for cancer and whether our provision for the workforce is sufficient. I intend to introduce a cancer service action plan for the NHS over the next few weeks.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
So, I am holding a summit, a cancer summit, on 12 October, and I can assure you that I am now going to make sure that I put on that agenda gender-related cancer breakdowns just to make sure that we're not seeing a difference in the way that different cancers…
