, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform - Ministerial scrutiny session
Thank you very much. Very briefly, I'd just like to say how pleased I am to be here again today to have a further discussion with the committee. I'm also particularly pleased that the young people are here today, because the Government is very keen to work…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The public health approach to preventing gender-based violence: evidence session 8
Diolch.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The public health approach to preventing gender-based violence: evidence session 8
Yes, I have confidence in the systems, and I think we do our utmost to safeguard people and children, so I would certainly give my confidence towards that. But we are developing lots of ways of working, and if I can refer to the single unified safeguarding…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The public health approach to preventing gender-based violence: evidence session 8
Okay, fine. Thank you. Yes. Well, obviously collaboration and working together is the key issue in safeguarding, and it's absolutely critical that all agencies and employees, and everyone they care for, are able to respond to concern when somebody is at risk…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
The public health approach to preventing gender-based violence: evidence session 8
Thank you. I certainly agree with the Minister that we're on a journey, and I think things are improving, but we absolutely accept there's a long way to go. But there are lots of arrangements for collaborative working and for forums where the different…
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Petitions Committee and Children, Young People, and Education Committee Joint Debate—Services for care-experienced children and young people
Yes, I will get to that. But I think, Jane, what I’ve said is that I will come to the committee and go through these things in more detail, so I think that’s the most important thing to do. So, other work being taken forward includes the expansion of the…
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Petitions Committee and Children, Young People, and Education Committee Joint Debate—Services for care-experienced children and young people
Yes, very quickly, because I've got—
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Petitions Committee and Children, Young People, and Education Committee Joint Debate—Services for care-experienced children and young people
Diolch, Deputy Llywydd. I welcome the Plenary debate this afternoon and thank Members very much for their comments because I think, on the whole, it's shown their passion and concern for some of the most vulnerable young people that we have in Wales. And I…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: National measures to strengthen social care
Thank you very much, Jenny, for your contribution and very important points you made. We are totally committed to putting as many resources in the community as we possibly can, so that we can prevent people going into hospital, or delay them going into…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: National measures to strengthen social care
I thank Vikki Howells very much for those questions and for her welcome for this statement today, and for her enthusiasm for a national care service. Today, I haven't touched on how we pay for care at all, and that was actually something that the expert care…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: National measures to strengthen social care
Setting up the national office is focusing a national point where we can drive forward policies. So, I see the national office bringing in the national framework and having a structure from which we can develop the national care service. But, obviously, it's…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: National measures to strengthen social care
Thanks for the question, Jane.
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: National measures to strengthen social care
I thank Alun Davies very much for that contribution. What we are trying to do through the rebalancing White Paper and the rebalancing consultation is to shift the balance away from heavy dependence on the private sector to a more balanced provision. At the…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: National measures to strengthen social care
Diolch, and thank you very much for welcoming the statement today. I am very appreciative of the work that we've been able to do with Plaid Cymru to take this forward, because I think, as the Member said in his contribution, never is it more needed to have a…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: National measures to strengthen social care
Thank you very much, Gareth, for welcoming most of the statement and for your support in general. You say that this is a broad brush. I think that you will be aware that, in the Minister's statement fairly recently on 'Further Faster', we did go into a lot of…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: National measures to strengthen social care
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Today, I'm giving an update on measures that will strengthen the provision of social care services in Wales. These include both immediate actions and longer term strategic initiatives. Members will recall that, last month, I launched a…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Janet, very much for that question. Certainly, the health Minister and I are working tirelessly on this issue. I would challenge what you say about there not being any further integration, because certainly as a result of the issues that you’ve…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
The Welsh Government has taken significant steps towards the integration of health and social care, including enshrining the duty to co-operate in legislation, establishing seven regional partnership boards and investing both revenue and capital funds in the…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Update on the delivery plan for 'Age friendly Wales: our strategy for an ageing society'
Thank you very much, James Evans, for that important point. Yes, we are specifically thinking of the £9 million that we are putting in for the short breaks. We are talking about short breaks, but that can be to take part in a sport, or other people may want…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Update on the delivery plan for 'Age friendly Wales: our strategy for an ageing society'
I thank Mike Hedges for those very important points. I think it’s very interesting what he said at the beginning of his contribution about the huge difference in countries in terms of the ages—that there are some African countries in particular that are so…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Update on the delivery plan for 'Age friendly Wales: our strategy for an ageing society'
Diolch very much for that contribution and for your general support for the strategy. I'm very pleased that you have highlighted the role of unpaid carers and the fact that many unpaid carers are older themselves and are greatly in need of support. Of course…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Update on the delivery plan for 'Age friendly Wales: our strategy for an ageing society'
Thank you very much, Gareth Davies, for that contribution, and once again, thank you very much for your support. I'm very pleased that we can agree to work together on these policies. I absolutely agree with the points that you've made about older people not…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Update on the delivery plan for 'Age friendly Wales: our strategy for an ageing society'
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Today I am publishing the annual progress update and a statistical analysis detailing how we are achieving the ambition set out in the strategy for an ageing society. Our vision is to create an age-friendly Wales where everyone looks…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Neurodivergence Improvement Programme
Thank you very much, Mark, for that series of questions. Again, I know you have been a champion for autism in particular in this Chamber. As I have said throughout this statement, I am not in any way denying the difficult experiences that people are having…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Neurodivergence Improvement Programme
I'd like to thank Hefin very much for his contribution and for all the work he's done in this field, because I think he has been a champion here, speaking up. And I absolutely recognise the debate you made early on and some of the changes that have come about…
