15 February 2023 , Plenary
Short Debate: Perinatal mental health services in the north of Wales: Presenting the case for improving perinatal health services and provision, including for Welsh-speaking families
We are making significant progress, but we also recognise there is more to do, and we remain committed to improving perinatal mental health services, and this has been a priority area for action within our 'Together for Mental Health' delivery plan 2019-2022…
15 February 2023 , Plenary
Short Debate: Perinatal mental health services in the north of Wales: Presenting the case for improving perinatal health services and provision, including for Welsh-speaking families
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Can I thank Siân Gwenllian for bringing forward this debate today? I know that Siân has a long-standing interest in and commitment to perinatal mental health. I’d also like to thank Jane and Rhun, who’ve contributed to the debate…
31 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Peredur. I think you saw the Minister give a positive signal there that things are going well in terms of the workforce plan that she's taking forward. We also have a separate workforce plan for mental health, which is being developed by Health…
31 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much, Peredur. And can I take this opportunity to place on record my gratitude to the people who work as peer supporters in Wales? They do a phenomenal job. I certainly don't think we could be accused of running drug and alcohol services on the…
31 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you. You're probably aware, James, that there is a duty to review the mental health Measure. We weren't able to progress that because of the pressures during the pandemic, and the delay in reviewing the mental health Measure was something that was…
31 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you for that question, James, and it's probably helpful if I clarify that neurodevelopmental services sit with my colleague Julie Morgan, although we do work very closely together as there are, clearly, strong links with mental health services…
31 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Yes, I agree with you that having access to data is vitally important. That's why a key priority for us is to make sure that we can progress our core mental health data set, which will supplement the information that we already routinely publish on mental…
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
I think the position—Tracey will correct me if I'm wrong—is that, obviously, if they need a mother and baby unit then they would still be offered the opportunity to have a mother and baby unit either over the border or, if they wanted, to come to south Wales…
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Thank you, Sioned, and I think it's important to be clear that, when we say that the money goes out to the service—. And obviously, health boards have to try and meet the needs of their population, but they also have to deliver the priorities that we set for…
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
There's some sort of—
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
I can now, but I only caught the first sentence of that.
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Really? Okay. [Laughter.] So, all the health boards have plans. So, for example, in Betsi, some of the money is being used to expand the support offered to pregnant women to initiate and continue to breastfeed. Powys Teaching Health Board are introducing…
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Thank you, yes. So, from April 2022, we directed local health boards and Public Health Wales to prioritise this funding towards programmes that support reductions in obesity and tobacco. So, that’s things like rolling out our in-patient smoking cessation…
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Yes.
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
It would be an adult unit, mind, but, obviously—
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Thank you, James. And as you've highlighted, we are putting recurrent extra money into eating disorder services, because we do want to consolidate the improvements that we've seen. That additional funding is going to be targeted at continuing to meet the…
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Well, the £6.63 million is only part of the money that health boards are deploying in this area. We're also expecting them to use their core resources as part of this work. You'll be aware that they've got duties under the Well-being of Future Generations…
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
No, we've been really clear from the start: this is men and women—absolutely.
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Thank you, Joyce, and yes, we are joining up the initiatives with physical activity and indeed, we're working across Government with all Ministers focused on what they can do in this space. And there's a lot of work to join up with physical activity…
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Thank you, James. I know that you've got a long-standing interest in this area, and you're absolutely right to highlight the very significant challenges that we face, which have been, unfortunately, made worse by the pandemic, as we know. You've highlighted…
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Well, I think it's important to recognise that the vast majority of families who access perinatal mental health services won't need a mother and baby unit. It's the women who are most ill, often with postpartum psychosis, who are going to need to access that…
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Well, thank you for the recognition that the waiting times have improved. As you know, we've taken a very rigorous approach to driving improvements in the area of CAMHS, with the meetings that we have every month with health boards and the direction that…
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Thank you, James. As Eluned has said, we have secured a very significant additional allocation for mental health. You'll be aware that Welsh Government committed to provide £50 million extra in this financial year, rising to £75 million and then to £90…
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Thank you, Sarah. You'll be aware that the mental health money that goes to the NHS to health boards is ring fenced, and that is continuing. So, there's an allocation of £773.639 million gone out to health boards for mental health services as part of the…
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
I think prevention is very much at the core of what we're doing, Rhun. Most of the money that we're talking about today goes out to health boards, and they have got a legal duty to consider prevention in the way that they spend their resources, just as we…
