17 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-2025: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Yes.
17 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-2025: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
I think that would be more under the other measures that Eluned has described, really. This is about well-being support, mental health support.
17 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-2025: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Sorry?
17 January 2024 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-2025: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Just to add, as well, that we've continued to fund Canopi, which used to be Health for Health Professionals, but now provides support to anyone working in the health and social care workforce. That's a significant investment that we've continued to make to…
11 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thanks, James. The Government has worked really hard to maintain the cross-Government working on mental health, and that's why we've seen the kind of additional investment that we've seen over the last few years, and also why we're continuing to protect…
11 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thank you very much, Rhun. I entirely share your concerns about the numbers of young people vaping. Of course, we did try and take action on vaping early on in devolution, in 2016, with the public health Bill that we tried to take through the Senedd, which…
11 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
I'll bring Irfon in on this in a second, but just to assure you that that funding change doesn't impact on the work that's being taken forward through 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales'. That work was funding that was set aside for some prehabilitation work for…
11 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
As I say, we're working with Public Health Wales on evaluating the three pilots. Those pilots are still ongoing. I visited the Anglesey pilot myself. They're all slightly different in the way that they're operating. It did take a little time to get them up…
11 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thank you very much, Rhun. I know that this is an area that you've got a long-standing interest in. You'll be aware that we've got our 10-year 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' strategy, and that's underpinned by two-year delivery plans, which are all…
11 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thank you, James. We are providing additional funding for the NHS executive to take forward our suicide prevention agenda. That includes the infrastructure in Wales to prevent suicide and self-harm with our national suicide prevention lead and our regional…
11 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thank you, James. We've done similar modelling work, obviously, to inform the funding that we've placed into eating disorders over the last few years. We're also investing £2.2 million annually in the NHS Wales Executive to develop a strategic programme for…
11 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thank you very much, James. Obviously, projecting demand is a complex area, but just to assure the committee that we have done lots of work around trying to project demand for mental health services. For example, we had a significant piece of work through the…
11 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Yes. Well, can I remind the committee that we did invite the committee to send the Chair to the delivery board, but the committee wasn't minded to do that? That offer is still there from the education Minister and I. I understand why the committee might have…
11 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thanks very much, James. Just to assure him and the committee that I regard the whole-school approach as absolutely critical to everything that we are trying to do to support children and young people's mental health. It is absolutely the baseline of…
11 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Just to add to that, as I said, most of our funding—although there are some programmes that we fund nationally—most of the funding does go out via health boards or regional partnership boards, and we have protected that funding, but there are very large…
11 January 2024 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2024-25 - evidence session 1
Thanks very much, Chair. Just to add to what Julie said, obviously recognising this is a really worrying time for everyone, isn't it, when budgets are so stretched. But, in terms of mental health, we have taken the decision to protect the amount of money…
10 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much, Jane. You highlight a very important issue about co-occurring mental health and substance misuse issues. You'll be aware that we've protected funding for substance misuse issues in Wales. We're increasing funding again in the budget that…
10 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Can I thank James Evans for that question? It is important to acknowledge the important role of pharmacists, some of whom will be the first port of call for people who are feeling distressed. I do think that there's more that we can do to make sure that…
10 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Can I thank Cefin Campbell for that supplementary question and recognise the importance of what he said about the need for mental health support for farming communities? I do recognise that people who are involved in farming do have specific mental health…
10 January 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Llywydd. In addition to sustained funding for mental health services, we're providing dedicated resource for mental health in the NHS executive. This includes the development of a strategic mental health programme to drive improvements and more…
13 December 2023 , Plenary
Motion under Standing Order 26.91 seeking the Senedd's agreement to introduce a Member Bill: Mental Health Standards of Care (Wales) Bill
Thank you, Deputy Llywydd. I'd like to start by thanking James Evans for bringing forward this proposal today. I particularly thank James for his very collaborative approach in developing this legislation and for his constructive and helpful engagement. I've…
29 November 2023 , Plenary
Voting Time
I think it might be okay. I'll try it now.
15 November 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: International Men's Day
As well as mental health, there are a range of other risk factors, including unemployment, financial strain or insecurity, substance misuse and gambling. As part of our continued efforts to improve our approach, we have commissioned a range of work to support…
15 November 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: International Men's Day
Diolch, Llywydd. I’d like to start by welcoming the debate here today focusing on men’s health. As Members have said, the global theme for this year’s International Men’s Day is zero male suicide. Preventing and reducing suicide is a top priority for me, and…
8 November 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you, Jack. Well, we refreshed the substance misuse plan as well during the pandemic, and that is still a live plan that we're currently working on. You'll be aware that the focus within the plan is very much on a harm reduction, public health approach…
