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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
Sorry. Richard.
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
We've had this conversation before. It doesn't surprise me anymore, but it maybe stuns me in a way that we don't collect this because it doesn't seem difficult data to collect, really, if individual health boards—. We'll need to, perhaps, make more of a…
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
The troubling part of all of that—and, Richard, I'll perhaps bring you in in a second—and it was quite troubling, all of it, was the fact that we don't know how many nurses we have. So, you are a specialist cancer nurse, but if you retire tomorrow, are you…
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
Thank you, Chair. If we can move on to the workforce, and the cancer workforce in particular, we've spoken a little bit already, as we often do in our committee, about the workforce. I think we should note our thanks to the workforce for all they do, and we…
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
That's why I think we need to look into that, Chair.
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
Just to pick up on that, then, how would you measure it?
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
Yes, thanks, Chair. From what we've heard already on the videos and so on, public awareness is really up there, isn't it, as a key driver, and, of course, GPs or medical professionals themselves having that awareness. The campaign was successful. If it had…
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Gynaecological cancers: video evidence
As an outsider with absolutely no medical skills at all, take my practice records, Chair—maybe a few times for football injuries, a couple of times for mental health problems. If I turned up with some pain, it probably is a bit of a red flag for the doctor to…
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Gynaecological cancers: video evidence
Thanks, Chair. Looking back at part of Linda's video, she described the setting as, 'Didn't really go to the doctor's, decided something was wrong, went to the doctor's'. I think the words were that it became a bit of a pain or a nuisance, going back and…
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Gynaecological cancers: video evidence
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. It's just my assessment, really, and perhaps not really too much of a question, from the videos that we saw, from both Claire and Linda's stories, and deeply troubling stories as well. I wrote something down on the top of my paper…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: HS2 redesignation
Thank you very much. Diolch yn fawr iawn, Natasha, for that. You say you agree that money should come across from HS2; we disagree that it shouldn't come to the Welsh Government, the elected Welsh Government. But, having said that, do you think then—? Or will…
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Debate on the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee Report—Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Accounts 2020-21
I'm grateful, acting Presiding Officer. It's wonderful to see you in the chair today. I'd like to take the opportunity, if I may, Chair, to set the context of public finances across the United Kingdom, because it is rather important to set the context here…
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Questions to the Minister for Economy
Minister, yesterday I hosted an event with Airbus and colleagues from the trade union movement, as well as the French ambassador, who I was delighted to welcome to our Senedd. The event itself was entitled 'Flightpath to Decarbonising Aerospace', and speakers…
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
We're way over, aren't we, so I'll stop.
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
So, it's equally as important that those organisations understand the importance of this Bill and what that could mean for them.
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
Just very, very quickly. If you take my example, then, of Care and Repair, and they would develop this unique thing, perhaps, in Flintshire and other areas, that would be a grant, as it is now. Then you might see that the NHS or health boards want to procure…
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
It's ping pong, I think. [Laughter.]
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks, Chair. It's on that point, isn't it, of publishing awards. And I would suggest that—maybe I'm being cynical today, but there we are, it's the end of term for me—one of the areas where we might want to differ from the UK Government is in that…
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
I suppose the question would be, then, in the consultation that you have, there might need to be a look to say, 'This is changing. What do you think you will need in order to bring you up to scratch?' Because there could be an unintentional consequence here…
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks, both, for those answers, and I think the important point from that was the 12-week, the confirmation and guarantee of the 12-week consultation, because, in the informal discussions we had, I pressed, 'Well, if it's going to be rushed, you need—?' And…
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
So, they still will have that meaningful input, even if it is, perhaps, a carbon copy.
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd. We've covered already, I think, from the start, engagement and consultation. You've had the informal discussions, mainly with NHS Wales, I think Dafydd was saying earlier on. I think it's fair to say, and it's worth saying, in some…
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
One of the things we heard, and I hope I'm not encroaching here, was actually that it wasn't essentially the regime of procuring, it was the funding cycle.
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch, Cadeirydd. There are clear examples across the border where contracts have been perhaps not transparent, and there is room for concern here with this. But building on the points Dafydd mentioned, and that relationship building—. I don't want to go…
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
That's a good example as well.
