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Questions to the First Minister
9. Will the First Minister provide an update on social care staff pay? OQ58428
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Cost of living
I've sat here and listened to this debate for the past hour with interest, and just once from Carolyn Thomas I've heard a reference to Vladimir Putin's war against Russia, and especially with the chilling words from the Russian President this morning, stoking…
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COVID-19: Evidence session with Welsh Government
Thank you.
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COVID-19: Evidence session with Welsh Government
Thanks for that. It's reassuring to know that things are on track currently. Just finally I want to just take an education tack, if I may. It's just to ask about children and young people. Are they going to see, possibly, another year of disruption in schools…
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COVID-19: Evidence session with Welsh Government
I appreciate the responses there. I'll focus on the winter strategy, if I may. Recently, the Welsh NHS Confederation has expressed concerns about the capacity needed to deliver the vaccinations over the winter. So, is there the capacity there to achieve this…
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COVID-19: Evidence session with Welsh Government
Thank you, Chair, and good morning, everyone. I want to focus on the COVID-19 vaccination programme, if I may, and the evidence that there may be inequalities in the take-up of the COVID-19 vaccinations. What is being done to maximise the uptake of the…
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Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Powys Teaching Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
Thanks for that answer, Carl. We spoke about internal organisation matters and I just want to touch on cross-border working, because a large chunk of the population of Powys use services in Shrewsbury and Telford and Wrekin health boards. So, how would you…
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Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Powys Teaching Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
Thank you very much, Chair, and good morning, Carl, and thanks for joining us this morning. I just want to focus this morning on working relationships and ask how you would develop a strong working relationship with the chief executive, the board and the…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that answer, First Minister. As you may be aware, over the summer, Christ the Word Catholic School in Rhyl received a damning Estyn report following an inspection, which has resulted in special measures being imposed on the school. Now, the…
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Questions to the First Minister
1. What is the Welsh Government’s plan to achieve educational excellence in Denbighshire? OQ58379
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Motion of condolence and tributes to Her Majesty The Queen
I'd like to thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak today on what is such an important and significant time in our country's history, and indeed for recalling the Senedd today to give Members the chance to pay their tributes to Her Majesty Queen…
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Topical Questions
The Welsh Conservatives called for a general review of children's services across Wales, and my colleague only yesterday—Andrew R.T. Davies—mentioned it in First Minister's questions. I raised it in the business statement. Jane Dodds has mentioned it in a…
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Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
It's disappointing to see that the Welsh Government is continuing to abolish private children's provision here in Wales, given that it makes up, indeed, 80 per cent of the sector. What the Government should be focusing on is getting the number of children in…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the secondary care sector
Thank you, Professor.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the secondary care sector
What are the key factors in terms of the impact on the well-being of the workforce, and what do you think the main problems are, the barriers, to tackling some of these problems in the recruitment and retention of psychiatrists and mental health professionals…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the secondary care sector
What action is needed to ensure long-term workforce sustainability and keeping people in jobs, and making psychiatry and mental health an attractive profession to come into, and to indeed stay in, and making it more effective to use other health professionals…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the secondary care sector
Thanks, Professor. In written evidence, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy described its members as an underutilised workforce and an untapped resource. What are your views on that?
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the secondary care sector
Thank you, Chair, and good morning, Professor. I want to focus on recruitment, retention and well-being. We've heard a lot about long-term capacity issues in parts of the mental health workforce. In which mental health professions specifically are the main…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the primary care sector
How do we better diversify the mental health workforce then? I suppose, in Wales specifically, an example of that might be getting more Welsh-speaking mental health nurses in west Wales so that they better reflect the communities we serve. So, how do we make…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the primary care sector
So, what do you think needs to change in that sense, then? Do you think it needs to be contractual things in employment laws?
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the primary care sector
So, there definitely seems to be a need, then, for role-specific training rather than more generic stuff, and do you think there needs to be a better understanding of the needs and experiences of different groups and communities, and the things that affect…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the primary care sector
Yes. I'm aware of that, but in terms of general nurse training. So, I'll redirect my question and ask: in generic training, what proportion of mental health awareness is there in those courses?
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with the primary care sector
Thank you, Chair. I want to focus my questioning on awareness and training. Just to kick off, do you think that mental health is adequately covered in medical and nurse training? And what proportion of that training is allocated to mental health in…
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Business Statement and Announcement
I wish to ask for an urgent statement this afternoon from the Deputy Minister for Social Services, regarding her review into children's services in Wales. I was horrified to see the details of the Logan Mwangi case—a young life ended so soon by those who were…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that answer, First Minister. Of course, as we mark the seventy-fourth birthday of the national health service today, I'd like to give my thanks to the hard-working front-line staff, past and present, who have served to support the nation's…
