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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
But, there is a reality to all of this. It's going to take time to recover, time to grow our workforce and to reach where we need to be. Now, I'm aware in terms of cancer services that time is not always available to people, and I'm not asking people to be…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Gynaecological cancer
Diolch yn fawr. I'd like to thank Russell and the Conservatives for bringing forward another important debate on cancer services. I'd like to thank others, also, for their really powerful and thoughtful contributions to this debate. As we emerge from the…
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Debate on petition P-06-1276, 'Extend section 25B of the Nurse Staffing Levels Act (Wales) 2016'
Now, it appears that what those who have signed the petition are saying is that they want the right number of nurses and healthcare staff in the system to meet the care needs of the people of Wales, and that's my aspiration too. But a legislative pledge that…
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Debate on petition P-06-1276, 'Extend section 25B of the Nurse Staffing Levels Act (Wales) 2016'
Thank you. Well, not while I'm standing on my feet in the middle of a debate. So, I have asked for ideas from the professionals who are helping me with this.
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Debate on petition P-06-1276, 'Extend section 25B of the Nurse Staffing Levels Act (Wales) 2016'
That's a 'no', Darren. Thank you.
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Debate on petition P-06-1276, 'Extend section 25B of the Nurse Staffing Levels Act (Wales) 2016'
Well, we have had a couple of interventions.
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Debate on petition P-06-1276, 'Extend section 25B of the Nurse Staffing Levels Act (Wales) 2016'
Thanks very much. Well, I have asked HEIW to do some work on this, so I'll come on to that in a second, if you don't mind. The second point that I think is really important to understand is, even if those tools were available for every nursing situation, it's…
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Debate on petition P-06-1276, 'Extend section 25B of the Nurse Staffing Levels Act (Wales) 2016'
As Minister for Health and Social Services, I, of course, appreciate the challenges faced daily by our NHS workforce. We've come through a challenging pandemic, largely due to the incredible efforts of our front-line workers, not least the nursing staff, and…
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Debate on petition P-06-1276, 'Extend section 25B of the Nurse Staffing Levels Act (Wales) 2016'
Thank you very much. I welcome this debate today, and I thank Members for their comments.
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID and Winter Pressures
Diolch yn fawr. There is a huge pressure on our services at the moment. I'll just give you a sense of the difficulty we have, in particular in relation to delayed transfers of care. We're at a point now where we have around 1,200 people ready to leave our…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID and Winter Pressures
Great. Thank you very much, Russell. I think I need to be absolutely clear that we have given very clear guidance to NHS boards that actually the winter planning has to be done early. So, we've asked them to do it as part of their normal planning, because if…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID and Winter Pressures
As I mentioned earlier, our testing and contact tracing teams are now focusing on targeting those who are most vulnerable to harm in our society. People who are at high risk of becoming severely ill due to COVID-19 are eligible for treatment with antiviral or…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID and Winter Pressures
We're approaching what is likely to be a very challenging winter period for the people in Wales as we face a cost-of-living and energy crisis and, of course, ongoing pressures within our health and care systems. Our planning for winter for the health and care…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID and Winter Pressures
Thank you very much, Llywydd.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Hepatitis C
Despite the challenges of recent years, we have several stories of success here in Wales, and these will work as catalysts to achieve our target. We've already mentioned about the opt-out tests for blood-borne viruses that were introduced in Swansea prison in…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Hepatitis C
Diolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Llywydd. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to provide an update on what we’re doing in Wales to help reach the World Health Organization's target to eliminate hepatitis C as a significant public health threat by 2030. The World…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Hepatitis C
Formally.
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much, Altaf, and I'm pleased to say that officials are already working with their NHS counterparts to begin that process of reviewing the standards that include hospital food. However, it is a very significant piece of work and something where…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
The all-Wales nutrition and catering standards were published in 2011 to ensure hospital food meets the diverse needs of the hospital population. Work is currently under way to review those standards to ensure they continue to meet the nutritional and dietary…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much, Mike, and I'm sorry to hear about your mother. I think what's clear is we've got to be very careful, because, obviously, GPs see countless numbers of people with headaches or issues with balance or vague symptoms, such as fatigue, so it's…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much, Joel. I think, whenever we're dealing with physical issues where people are really confronting very, very difficult situations, then we do have to consider in particular, perhaps, the mental health impact on people trying to deal with those…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much. Our programme for transforming and modernising planned care, published in April, included a commitment to continue to promote key messages about cancer symptoms and to encourage people to come forward with suspected cancer. We're also…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
You are quite right, and I think that we have to be very careful. The impact on children is something that's going to affect them for a long time if we don't deal with this issue at an early stage. We will be having an update on the recovery before long, and…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much, and it is true that there are many people who are suffering from long COVID. I was speaking to a mother yesterday who was talking to me about her son who suffers from long COVID, and I think it is important that we do recognise that this…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Well, as you know, I'm very keen to see the development of regional surgical hubs. I am restricted by the amount of capital funding that we've been given by the UK Government—that's what's tying my hands at the moment. And let me tell you that we are already…
