24 March 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with the Minister and Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services
Yes.
24 March 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with the Minister and Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services
Well, this is really—. Because we've been in a pandemic, there's been a lot of firefighting. So, the key thing is, now, we've got to get to a place where we're getting back to some kind of normality, but how do you do that? Well, you reset the system. But, in…
24 March 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with the Minister and Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services
Oh, gosh, yes. We definitely want to improve on the situation when we have 1,000 people in the hospital who shouldn't be there. But we're trying to do this, we're trying to tackle this. As I say, the fragility of the care sector is a really key issue here…
24 March 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with the Minister and Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services
Well, there's always room to improve here. The very fact that we know there are 1,000 people in our hospitals who are ready for discharge and they're not being discharged—. There are a lot of reasons for that, and we're analysing this on a constant basis…
24 March 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: evidence session with the Minister and Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services
Well, thanks very much. First of all, can I welcome this inquiry that you've undertaken? I think it's probably worth just stating to begin with that the pandemic has put extreme pressure on all parts of the health and social care system, and they've further…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Well, thanks very much. We're continuing to work with the British Dental Association to explore how the reform of the national dental contract can encourage dental practices to collaborate at a local level. I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear, in relation to…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Well, thanks very much, Jack. You'll be aware that there is real pressure on dental services, partly because of COVID and the fact that that aerosol spray really means that the spread of COVID is more likely. Recovery is happening, but obviously that is very…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
We are working on system reform in dentistry and moving forward collaboratively with the reform programme in 2022. This includes working with practices to improve access, experience and quality of dental care.
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
—and then the outline business case, when that was produced, that increased to £51 million, and now the full business case is £72 million. So, we are in a very different situation from when the proposal was initially put before us, but obviously, I will let…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Well, thanks very much, Gareth. You'll be aware that the restraints on our capital funding are very real, not just for the next coming year, but also for the three years after that. I think that it's probably worth also pointing out that the initial costs of…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
The full business case for the Royal Alexandra Hospital scheme has been received by the Welsh Government. I will make a final decision on the scheme, and the health board and local Members of the Senedd will be informed as soon as that decision is made.
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks. Well, I think that it's fair to say that there have been issues in the past, and I think that we've made good progress since 2016. The fact is that the total number of IPFR requests is decreasing, while the proportion of those approved is increasing…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Well, the Member will understand that I can't comment on individual cases, but I am keen that WHSSC considers the finding of the judicial review and that they ensure that the individual patient funding requests policy is adopted fairly, consistently and…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
We expect the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee to provide all treatments, including those for rare cancers, if they are recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence—NICE—or the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group.
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much.
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much. Well, I think it is important that we set out those national optimal pathways, and they have been developed for different tumour sites. And what we're trying to do is to make sure that we have value-based intervention. Of course, we have a…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Cancer treatments should be provided in line with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines. National optimal pathways have now been published in Wales across a range of cancer types. This means that expert clinicians have set out what…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
I can explain it. And first of all I'd like to correct you on something, and that is that actually we were working through that challenging backlog. In fact, we only had 9,000 people waiting for 36 weeks prior to the pandemic. And, yes, we set out some…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much. I am extremely concerned about the backlog; it keeps me awake at night. The fact is that I'm spending most of my time these days trying to make sure that we have a very clear recovery plan. That planned care programme will, as I say, be…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much, Russell, and I'd like to join you in thanking our health and care workers who have worked so diligently to keep us safe and to protect the people in their care over that very difficult period, but also to extend my sympathies to those who…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much, Mike, and I absolutely agree that we do need to provide alternatives to A&E, which is one of the reasons why we've invested an additional £25 million and set out six priority actions that we expect health boards and the ambulance service to…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch yn fawr, Sam—thanks very much for that. And I'd like to join with you in thanking all of our NHS and, indeed, our care workers for the incredible work they've done over the past two years. And I think it is worth reflecting on the pressure that they've…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
I don't accept that there's a crisis, but I do accept that there is huge pressure on the service at present. I've had another meeting with the chief executive of the ambulance service this morning, as I have regularly, because we are determined to improve the…
23 March 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you. Hywel Dda health board is working at speed to ensure that people in Carmarthen East and Dinefwr have timely access to urgent and emergency care. We are supporting the health board through additional targeted funding to enable improvement in quality…
9 March 2022 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Thanks very much. Of course, the standards that we're seeing, in particular in that service in north Wales, are not acceptable, and that's why we will be keeping a very hawk eye on the situation and those 22 recommendations. I think it's really important that…
