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Endoscopy services: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Those two out of the 100 that do test positive and take that little bit longer, does that cause a significant delay in the route through colonoscopy services, or is it just a standard waiting time? Are there problems there? Can something be done to quicken…
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Endoscopy services: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Okay. Thank you, Steve. Just finally, Sharon, you very eloquently put the route of diagnosis at the beginning of the committee and I apologise if I, perhaps, missed part of that. The pre-colonoscopy assessment, I think that’s when you’re referred into the…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Well, Public Health Wales, Bowel Screening Wales, and the way they work with the health boards, yes.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with Public Health Wales
I totally understand that. Thank you. Steve, perhaps if I could ask you about the expansion or the planned expansion of the bowel screening programme. How are you working with Bowel Screening Wales, and what does that look like for the committee? Do you want…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with Public Health Wales
I don't want to put you on the spot here, but if the committee were to come back in a year's time, we would see it closer to the average—. I know you can't guarantee the average, but it would be somewhere—
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you for that. They're obviously recruiting, and that's down to a staffing issue. Have they now recruited enough? When will we likely see that get back down to somewhere around the eight and a half—
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you, Chair. Public Health Wales, in their evidence to the committee, have said the average waiting time for colonoscopy services, the first screening, is 8.5 weeks, but one particular health board, their waiting time is 20 weeks. Why is that so…
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Endoscopy services: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Okay. Thank you.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with Public Health Wales
I'm grateful for that. But, would you say that there's no need for further research, that you know what the problems are, and it's about applying that solutions-based approach, rather than delving into more? Because they seemed to suggest that—the way I…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Please, Chair, and thank you. Good morning, both. In the previous session—. It links back to the point that Rhun said on the back of the data. You mentioned that you've got audit data, but you don't have the other data—you don't collect the other data. And…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
Okay. I'll leave it there, Chair. Thank you, both.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
So, again, that research needs to happen and it hasn't. And then—.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
Okay. That's fine. Thank you. Gerard, in terms of bowel cancer, I think you've mentioned some specific actions to the committee already—GP letters to endorse screening, and so on. But you've also mentioned the personalised approach to screening. Could you…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
That's what—. Perhaps you could have a think about that.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
All I'm trying to get at is if—. It's not you; it's the Government. If the data is there, why isn't it being used in a way that is—? Or, do we need to find a way of collecting it and—?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
I'm not trying to catch you out. I'm just saying—
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
Can I just pick up on that point? You said the data doesn't tell us. Is that because the data is simply not there, or the data is not being analysed properly or collected properly? We've heard this a few times.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
Thank you, Chair. That leads me on nicely, Katie. You're not the only organisation to recognise inequalities. Gerard has as well, but we've also heard it from the Welsh NHS Confederation, for example. How do we tackle that? You've mentioned public awareness…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
Okay, thanks.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
Okay. So, I'm being a bit more cynical than what it actually is. Okay.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
Thanks, Chair. Gerard, you mentioned that the data is most comparable in July through to September. Does that mean that the nations are using data differently?
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
I'm grateful to the Minister for his answer and, also, to the Welsh Government for their continued support for the steel industry in Wales. The Minister has joined me on many occasions at Shotton Steel in my own constituency, which proves that you understand…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
5. What discussions has the Minister had with UK Government counterparts on protecting the future of the steel industry in Wales? OQ59034
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
I'm grateful, Deputy Presiding Officer, to have the opportunity once again to raise the issue of banking provision in the Senedd. I think it's one that's well rehearsed on the floor of this Chamber. It's one that affects every corner of Wales. The Minister…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
If I could continue on what is a national scandal and my campaign to end that national scandal of the forced installation of prepayment meters, Trefnydd, you'll be aware that, out of 500,000 warrants applied for through the courts, just 72 were refused. It…
