, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
We've discussed ‘Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales’, and I note your views that there are good ideas in there, but in terms of implementation and practical impact, it's not really as significant and effective as it should be. You pointed to some ways in which it…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
Yes, I'm sure it would take some time to get the various professionals aware and thinking and acting in the right way.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
You've got health centres starting to develop a little bit in Wales now, haven't you, bringing a lot of services into the community. There's one just opened in Newport East, which I represent, which has physical and mental health services there—a range of…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence sessions - Panel 5
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I think we’ve already covered an awful lot of ground that very much addresses issues around complexity of obesity, but perhaps there may be a few things that you might want to add. When we look at the complexity of the condition, as you’ve…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 8
Sticking with health, back in December the Cabinet Secretary told the committee there's adequate funding in the draft budget to allow the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to make inroads into hospital waiting lists and waiting times, and for him…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 8
Yes, if I could, Chair.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 8
I just wonder, before I go on, if we just look at the issue—I know we haven't got much time, Chair—of digital infrastructure in the NHS, because we heard from the Welsh NHS Confederation that that digital infrastructure, if it was improved, if it was put in…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 8
Diolch, Cadeirydd. The Institute for Fiscal Studies, Cabinet Secretary, told the committee, in its view, it didn’t detect from the draft budget documentation the necessary sense of urgency to tackle issues around performance and productivity in Welsh public…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 8
Diolch yn fawr, Cabinet Secretary. If we move on, we've already touched on preventative spending and we've heard from organisations responding to this committee's consultation what they think might be beneficial in terms of preventative spending and, indeed…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 8
Diolch, Cadeirydd. There's plenty of food for thought, isn't there, for all of us, I think, as committee Chairs. If we get back to forecasts, the committee has heard that funding for the next financial year may be relatively generous compared to the years…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 8
Thanks for that, Cabinet Secretary. I do think it's important to make that positive case for the tax levers that Welsh Government has and their use and their benefit, so that will certainly be welcomed. Moving on to some comments to the committee from the…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session 8
Diolch yn fawr, Cadeirydd, and bore da, Cabinet Secretary, and bore da to your officials as well. Yes, some issues around tax and economic forecasts and, firstly, we now have analyses from the OBR showing outcomes against previous forecasts and digging a…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for your statement today. And thank you to other Members, from across the Chamber, for their contributions as well. The scale of suffering in Gaza is unimaginable, isn't it? Tens of thousands of people…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you for that, Cabinet Secretary. Monmouthshire County Council report attendance at primary schools in the Severnside area of Newport East almost back to pre-pandemic levels. This includes Castle Park, Durand, Y Ffin, Rogerstone, Magor and Undy schools…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
5. What progress is the Welsh Government making in improving school attendance? OQ62177
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Access to Primary and Community Care Services
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Cabinet Secretary, the newly opened 19 Hills health centre in Ringland in Newport East will provide a range of primary and community services delivered by general practitioners and a range of healthcare professionals, physical and…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Restoring nature in Wales
Cabinet Secretary, it was good to accompany you on your recent visit to the Gwent levels, which I'm sure you will agree is a very good example of how land has been developed for nature and people. We have the shrill carder bee, the water vole, hopefully the…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government draft budget 2025-26
Okay. Diolch yn fawr.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government draft budget 2025-26
Okay. Diolch yn fawr. Finally from me, then, Cadeirydd, in terms of COVID-19—again, I'm sure this will be a matter of the way you work with health boards in terms of the funding that they generally receive. Are you confident that the health boards will meet…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government draft budget 2025-26
Okay. Diolch yn fawr. Planning and preparedness, Cabinet Secretary. We know that winter pressures have been very considerable and are very considerable again this year, in terms of flu, COVID and indeed other viruses and similar problems. To what extent does…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government draft budget 2025-26
Sorry, I thought you were going to come on, Cabinet Secretary, or your official, to that relationship between the degree of escalation and the funding implications.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government draft budget 2025-26
—on that front, which is good to see. On managing risks and challenges, finally from me, we heard a little bit earlier about your intervention powers, Cabinet Secretary. Could you tell committee what is the current escalation status of health boards, and how…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government draft budget 2025-26
I certainly know from a visit to one of my local hospitals to meet the health board the other week that they've made quite a lot of progress—
, Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government draft budget 2025-26
Yes, I see. Okay, if we move on to agency staff, this is something that's been an issue in the NHS for ever and a day, I guess, and getting those rates of use of agency staff down is a big help to the health board's budgets, isn't it? So, in terms of how you…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government draft budget 2025-26
Yes, okay. Thanks for that. Workforce training: could you clarify for the committee, Cabinet Secretary, whether the increase in funding for workforce training will both address the shortfall from the current financial year, but also lead to a genuine…
