8 November 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Oh, sorry.
8 November 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thanks. And in terms of looking at—
8 November 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
And, you know, in terms of—. You mentioned medicines and different areas of spending, and obviously, you know, there are certain funds for medicines as well. How is that sort of divvied up between central funding into medicines and, then, specific allocated…
8 November 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
You said it was a cut.
8 November 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
So, it is a cut, then.
8 November 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
That's just simple arithmetic.
8 November 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
That's the thing, on the face of it, it looks great, the extra £400 million, but it's simple arithmetic, that if the Welsh NHS is overspending by £800 million and then there's £400 million, there's a big deficit there, isn't there?
8 November 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you, Chair. I want to cover financial pressures, if I may. There was a statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government recently in the Senedd announcing that there would be £400 million extra going into the Welsh NHS, and subsequent…
7 November 2023 , Plenary
Debate: Remembrance
I'm pleased to take part in this important and timely debate as we embark on this period of remembrance. I thank the Government for tabling this debate tonight. Personally, I haven't served in the forces but my grandfather did his national service between…
7 November 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Can I have a statement from the Minister for Health and Social Services this afternoon on NHS dentistry in the Vale of Clwyd and the work the Welsh Government have been doing to alleviate pressures on local dentistry in Denbighshire, particularly patients who…
25 October 2023 , Plenary
Topical Questions
I'm pleased that this subject has been raised today by Jack Sargeant, as large parts of my constituency are vulnerable to storms, particularly in the areas that run parallel to the River Clwyd in Rhuddlan, St Asaph and also in lower Dyserth, given it has a…
25 October 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you.
25 October 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
While we are on the subject of the Welsh language, I would like to congratulate staff and pupils at Ysgol y Llys in Prestatyn and friends of the cylch on their recent successes in the Mudiad Meithrin awards, which recently carried out its seventh awards…
19 October 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales
Thanks. How do we communicate that best then? Because, you know, where that's really positive, and I've seen from my time in the NHS that those facilities are available and a lot better than what they have been in previous years, but then we also know the…
19 October 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales
Mabon touched on it earlier on in the session. I just wanted to dig a bit deeper, really, into the fluidity of the workforce within the multidisciplinary, multiprofessional team. Obviously, it has made real progress in recent years with the upskilling of band…
19 October 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales
Thank you very much, Chair, and good afternoon, everybody. What work is being done by HEIW to understand how the Act aligns with the developments of the multiprofessional team-around-the-patient models of care, particularly given new and evolving models of…
19 October 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the All Wales Nurse Staffing Programme
Thank you very much.
19 October 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the All Wales Nurse Staffing Programme
Yes, that certainly seems to be a common theme coming across during our evidence this morning, as I've asked a similar question to our previous two panels over a similar thing. Just finally, I want to focus on ICT and how the programme is working with Digital…
19 October 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the All Wales Nurse Staffing Programme
Thank you. In terms of how that message is tailored to different stakeholders, whether that be the public, patients or staff, is there different messaging to get that across? Because I can only assume that the messaging would be different to professionals…
19 October 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the All Wales Nurse Staffing Programme
Thank you very much, Chair, and good afternoon, everybody. I would like to focus on working with others, if I may, and how the programme has gone about engaging with stakeholders, including front-line staff, patients and the public, and keeping them informed…
19 October 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with nursing directors
Just in terms of the work that you're doing, are we over-complicating it in saying—? It could just be a simple case of saying, 'Look, we're understaffed today', and saying it in an informal way. Can that necessarily be frameworked or legislated for, or are we…
19 October 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with nursing directors
I suppose unless a patient is a nursing professional themselves or a professional in a health setting, they're not going to necessarily know what a 25B ward is, or, indeed, the nurse staffing levels. So, in terms of getting that message across in a lay…
19 October 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with nursing directors
Okay, thanks. I understand. And just finally, in terms of communication with patients on the nurse staffing level on 25B wards, how is that done in practice, and how is it done to patients in a way that is understandable in terms of staffing and making sure…
19 October 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with nursing directors
Thanks, Gareth. Is it necessarily—? The consequences, are they punitive, or do they tend to be constructive, in terms of non-compliance? I'm just trying to understand an example of a consequence in terms of non-compliance with the Act, and who and what…
19 October 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with nursing directors
Thank you. I want to focus on cases of non-compliance with the Act. Are there clear escalation arrangements, and what are the potential consequences of non-compliance with it?
