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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Neurodivergence Improvement Programme
I thank Rhun ap Iorwerth for his contribution and for his welcome for some of the elements in my statement. The call roll-out is very early; it only started at the beginning of April, so it will be evaluated, so I hope we'll have a lot more information that…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Neurodivergence Improvement Programme
Thank you very much for that contribution, and thank you very much for your general support for the proposals I've put forward today. I think it is a complex situation and we are starting off on this improvement programme, which I believe will deliver…
, Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Neurodivergence Improvement Programme
Diolch, Llywydd, and thank you very much for the opportunity to update Members on the progress we're making on delivering on our programme for government commitment to improve services and support for neurodivergent people. We delivered the statutory code of…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Yes, certainly. The last winter was difficult, but we worked together very closely with the care action committee, which was a committee made up of people from local authorities and from the health boards—key people working together. What we did was create…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
I thank Peredur very much for that question. The expert group, as you will know, has now reported, and I'm very pleased to be working with Plaid Cymru, as part of the co-operation agreement, on what we're going to do as a result of the expert group. We're…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much for that question. Yes, we have had discussions with local authorities. One of the distressing results of the pandemic was that many local activities, for example, where you do have face-to-face contact, did cease temporarily, and some of…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Hefin, for that supplementary question. I will certainly follow it up, as you suggest. I'm very pleased that the centre has received money from the loneliness and isolation fund. And, in fact, I believe it's had help for a Ukrainian children's…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch, Hefin. Publication of our strategy was an important step in building stronger social connections in Wales. We continue to make good progress with implementing the strategy and have worked with members of our loneliness and isolation advisory group to…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Historical Adoption Practices
Thank you, Joyce, for those words. I think Joyce does remind us that this was not long ago, really, when this happened. You were talking about the 1980s, so it's not very long ago at all. And also to remind us that there are grandchildren, so there's a whole…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Historical Adoption Practices
Thank you very much, Jane, for associating the Liberal Democrats with this apology. So, that means that all the parties in the Chamber are thoroughly behind this apology. So, I think that this is just obviously the beginning of the work that we're going to do…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Historical Adoption Practices
I thank Jenny Rathbone for those contributions. The Joint Committee on Human Rights—if you read their report, it does give some of the history of what has happened, and how it happened, so that is very worth reading. We are starting to look at whether we…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Historical Adoption Practices
Thank you very much for that contribution and for the association of Plaid Cymru with the apology. I'm very grateful for that, and I think it's really important that we are united across the whole of the Senedd in supporting this apology, and we do hope that…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Historical Adoption Practices
I thank the Member very much for his contribution. Thank you for associating yourself with the apology that I've given on behalf of the Welsh Government today. That is very much appreciated. Obviously, you raised some very important points. We are working to…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Historical Adoption Practices
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I am pleased to be able to make a statement to Members today about historical adoption practices in Wales. This follows the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into the experiences of unmarried women and their children who were…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Update on the Health and Social Services Regional Integration Fund
I thank Russell George very much for those questions. We've got good examples all over Wales, so I'm not going to say one health board is outstanding and another one isn't, because I've got a list of project examples here from, as I say, right across Wales…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Update on the Health and Social Services Regional Integration Fund
Thank you very much, Rhun, for those questions and comments. This certainly does replace the ICF and the transformation fund. It is a consolidation and is making sure that some of these ideas and projects that have been so successful are moving towards…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Update on the Health and Social Services Regional Integration Fund
I thank Gareth for those questions. Certainly, I said in the speech I made that we had established six national models of integrated care, and those are the models that the regional integration fund are working to. Those are: preventative community…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Update on the Health and Social Services Regional Integration Fund
The design of the regional integrational fund builds on the progress made under the previous integrated care fund and transformation fund, whilst also responding to the recommendations from the respective independent evaluations and Audit Wales reports. This…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Update on the Health and Social Services Regional Integration Fund
The pressures on our health and care system continue to challenge us, and I remain hugely grateful for the tireless work and dedication of our health and social care delivery partners and, of course, their incredible workforce. The Welsh Government wants…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Update on the Health and Social Services Regional Integration Fund
Good afternoon. I'm delighted to be here to give you an update on our regional integration fund.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 14
Diolch.
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Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 14
—to say that, probably, the majority of young people in care gain from the experience, and I wouldn't want them to feel that it was all doom and gloom. I think we do undertake a range of data collection regarding children's social care. We have three annual…
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Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 14
I do want to say that I do think many young people are having very good experiences in care, so I know that the slightly negative tone about what your—. I think it's important in this last question—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 14
I think I'd be interested in seeing what the recommendation of the committee is. As I say, we are aware of this call, and I'd like to look at it further, really.
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Services for care experienced children: exploring radical reform—evidence session 14
Pardon?
