, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
It just amazes me, really, that we collect the data and we don't use it. It begs the question: is there a point in doing it? Well, surely, there must be a point in doing it.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Yes, just very quickly. Thank you, Chair. I may have misheard—did you say that we collect lots of data, we just don't process it very well?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Okay, thank you. I'm going to put my mouth back in my body there—I think I took quite a lot of time, Chair.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Okay, thank you.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Okay. Thank you.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
To expand on that, and we can come in then—. A lot of this is prevention. We've heard some of the stuff before to do with the general public health. What action—? If you could give the committee a recommendation of what action needs to be taken to tackle…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Okay. So, there would be a different programme for six to 10-year-olds.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
So, just an overview of the—.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Thank you. I want to move away from Gwên am Byth and go perhaps to Designed to Smile, looking at our younger generations. Firstly, what are the main challenges, maybe, you could outline for the committee in delivering the oral health services that are…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Okay. Chair, if I've got time, can I—?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Okay. Rob.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
And that's just in terms of more resource available.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
You've been nominated, Vicki.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Okay. Thank you for that. Just going specifically on the Gwên am Byth programme, again, we've talked a lot about resources. I think there are two questions here: (1) should it be expanded to places? We've heard from the Welsh NHS Confederation there's been…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Thank you. Manolis, sorry.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
That would be routine across Wales, that wouldn't be mixed—
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
And just one final question—I will come to you next. You decide where the patients go when they come through to you. Who sets those criteria? Are they from Welsh Government? Is that the same across Wales or is that mixed again?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
It's mixed. Okay. Sorry, mixed.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Just before we bring Manolis in, given that you've only given us the example of your health board, of course, is that the same throughout Wales, would you say? Okay, it's worse.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Vicki, and then I know Manolis wants to come in.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Certainly, Chair. Diolch yn fawr. Can you first just outline the dental domiciliary care services that are available in Wales? And there are perhaps two follow-up questions to this: one, whether we are meeting the demands and patients' needs sufficiently—and…
, Plenary
Debate on Petition P-06-1294, 'Don't leave metastatic breast cancer patients in Wales behind'
Can I thank James Evans for that intervention? I fully agree with James, and the point that I will try to make now is that it's not the likes of us, James, in suits sitting in this Chamber who make real change, it's people like Tassia. Tassia was gracious…
, Plenary
Debate on Petition P-06-1294, 'Don't leave metastatic breast cancer patients in Wales behind'
Yes, of course.
, Plenary
Debate on Petition P-06-1294, 'Don't leave metastatic breast cancer patients in Wales behind'
Diolch, Deputy Presiding Officer, and can I extend my thanks to the Minister for responding, and, of course, to members of my committee, Rhun ap Iorwerth, and to Buffy for her contribution and tribute to her close friend as well—very powerful contributions? I…
, Plenary
Debate on Petition P-06-1294, 'Don't leave metastatic breast cancer patients in Wales behind'
P-06-1294, 'Don't leave metastatic breast cancer patients in Wales behind’ which received 14,106 signatures. Deputy Presiding Officer, Members will be aware that it was Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness Day last Thursday. The day highlights that the way we…
