29 March 2023 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Okay. I'm aware of the structural issues that you've got with the department, so what discussions have you had with the estates team to maximise that capacity and make a safe working environment for all staff and patients? With the staff sickness problems…
29 March 2023 , Plenary
Topical Questions
I appreciate your response this afternoon, Minister, and I'd like to thank the Llywydd for accepting my topical question this morning. I'm very pleased that it has been accepted as I've read the HIW report into emergency services at Glan Clwyd Hospital today…
29 March 2023 , Plenary
Topical Questions
1. What assessment has the Minister made of Healthcare Inspectorate Wales’s report on the emergency department at Glan Clwyd Hospital? TQ757
29 March 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Last year, Denbighshire welcomed Ukrainian refugees, and I would like to praise my constituents for their generosity to Ukrainians. And I'm pleased that Ken Skates has raised this question today. Equally, I was pleased that the UK, Welsh and local governments…
28 March 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, could I ask for statement this afternoon from the Government in response to the recent Daily Telegraph survey on the town of Rhyl, which claimed it was one of the least desirable seaside towns in Britain to visit, describing it as having 'no past…
22 March 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
I'm out of time. I will conclude by saying that I don't believe that the Minister has taken this role seriously so far. I think you will survive the vote, Minister, if my calculations are right, but what I hope for, as maybe a short positive to that, is that…
22 March 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
I don’t really accept that, because health has been devolved to Wales for 25 years. You may have noticed that I’m the first-ever Conservative to represent the Vale of Clwyd, and I believe that the sole reason is because I put election leaflets and campaigned…
22 March 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Minister for Health and Social Services
I usually start my contributions to debates saying, ‘It’s a pleasure to take part in this debate this afternoon’, but today, it’s not, and it’s with a heavy heart that I support this motion. I’ll share with you just a couple of reasons why I’m choosing to…
22 March 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I'm pleased this subject has been raised this afternoon. I have grave concerns over the decarbonisation of pension funds and how that will be implemented over a sustained period of time as a lot of public sector pensions rely on investments in fossil fuels…
21 March 2023 , Plenary
Debate: The Estyn Annual Report 2021-22
It's a pleasure to take part in this debate tonight on the Estyn annual report 2021-22. I want to start by paying tribute to our dedicated members of staff up and down the country, who work hard, day in day out, to ensure that our learners are given the best…
21 March 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Update on the Health and Social Services Regional Integration Fund
Thank you very much, Deputy Minister, for your statement to the Senedd this afternoon. I note that the programme for government outlines 10 well-being objectives that all RIF-funded activity should be mindful of and seek to contribute to, including providing…
21 March 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for your answer, First Minister. To provide a little bit of history and background, North Wales Hospital was a former mental health asylum in Denbigh, which closed way, way back in 1995 after the implementation of the care in the community Act…
21 March 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
4. Will the First Minister make a statement on the Welsh Government’s role in securing the long-term future of the North Wales Hospital site in Denbigh? OQ59323
9 March 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with health bodies
Thank you, Chair.
9 March 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with health bodies
And just quickly on partnership, how much of a role do you think the RPBs—the regional partnership boards—play in the decision making and the management of contracts in health?
9 March 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with health bodies
I think that's part of the reason why there are so many questions around this, because I think the education point you made is good for obviously the public, but also for us politicians as well to fully understand, because I still feel there's a lot of…
9 March 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with health bodies
I'm just trying to differentiate and see how that model could look. Is there any other evidence that there are potential barriers? I know we've sort of covered it there, but more generally across the Bill, and the scope, really, in attracting third sector and…
9 March 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with health bodies
Sorry if this sounds a little bit of a silly question, but we've obviously got the health and social care Bill in England, but then the scope of this Bill in Wales doesn't incorporate social care like the English one does. Is that the difference, then…
9 March 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with health bodies
Thank you, Chair. Good morning. I want to focus a little bit more on the scope of the Bill and the procurement regime. I know we spoke about it briefly in Jack's set of questions. In Plenary and in briefings that the committee have had with the Welsh…
8 March 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you again, Minister, for your response, but I am a bit disappointed, to be honest, Deputy Minister, as we can't continue to bury our heads in the sand any longer and pretend these issues aren't out there. Kaylea Titford was living in squalor, with…
8 March 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you for that response, Minister. What is disappointing is the fact of the Welsh Government's reluctance to conduct a review of children's services across Wales. What we're starting to see here, Deputy Minister, is a bit of a trend coming in, because we…
8 March 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch, Llywydd, and I'd like to focus my line of questioning to the Deputy Minister for Social Services this afternoon. The subject I'd like to raise today is the sad and tragic death of Kaylea Titford from Newtown in Powys in 2022. As you'll probably be…
7 March 2023 , Plenary
Debate: The Final Budget 2023-24
It's a pleasure to take part in this debate this afternoon, certainly what I regard to be a significant day in the Welsh political calendar. Whilst the Labour and Plaid project of spending taxpayers' money on expanding the Senedd by arguing it is needed for…
7 March 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Could I ask for a statement from the Government regarding care home provision in Denbighshire? As I've mentioned a couple of times in the Senedd Chamber now, I'm undertaking a programme of care home visits in my constituency, and the common theme that's…
2 March 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
I agree. Just finally, quickly, which key stakeholders and partners would you see to be most helpful to help you in your role in terms of turning around some of those targeted interventions and that public perception of the health board? Who would you see as…
