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Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: The importance of the first 1,000 days of life—Conception to 2 years
For the preventative agenda to be truly effective, it must be responsive from the very start of life. Mental health services, in particular, have an important role in this context. A quarter of women experience a mental health problem during pregnancy or in…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness
I want to briefly refer to access to housing among unpaid carers. The Cabinet Secretary will of course be aware of the recent report by Carers Wales that highlighted the serious levels of poverty among unpaid carers and how high rent and a lack of affordable…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Of the many announcements and statements that we’ve had over the previous months on food production, funding agriculture and so on, the one that we haven’t had is anything on fisheries and aquaculture. I’ve raised many times the importance of these sectors…
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Questions to the First Minister
On the same lines, I've raised the issue many times here in terms of the safety of the A494 from Dolgellau to Corwen and the A470 in Llanelltyd too. We've had pledges a number of times previously that there would be an assessment of these roads to see what…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Welsh Government priorities
I have absolutely no doubt that the First Minister is sincere about her wish to see the NHS put back on its feet. It is something that every single one of us in this Chamber wants to see happen as soon as possible. But you can’t build effective governance on…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Welsh Government priorities
When it comes to health, the only consistency that we've seen from this Government is its utter failure to achieve any targets and to turn its back on its pledges. The Government has been great at generating headlines on eradicating two-year waiting lists and…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Welsh Government priorities
I agree with your final point about the importance of public transport. We've seen more bus routes cut in Wales than any other part of the UK, so do you think that is a record of success of this Government?
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
The problems in the health service have been known for years, of course, with warnings given of a shortage of GPs and a shortage of nurses and others in the workforce for a decade and more. The lack of action on these warnings has a direct impact, therefore…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Warm words, but the same outcome, I’m afraid, is what we’ll see. Now, the Darzi report states the failures in the English health system, a system that the Labour Minister Wes Streeting and his PM Keir Starmer say is broken and is the fault of the previous…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you very much, Llywydd. Well, I’d like to welcome the Cabinet Secretary to his new role once again, and we all wish him well as he seeks to tackle the huge challenges that exist within the health sector. Of course, Llywydd, the current Cabinet Secretary…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Winter preparedness in the NHS
Finally, if I can mention one thing that you referred to in your contribution—you mentioned that your intention was to try and get services closer to patients' homes, but this week we heard that Hywel Dda is considering the closure of the minor injuries unit…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Winter preparedness in the NHS
Last year's winter modelling references the cost-of-living crisis, and it states: 'In 2020-2021 figures for Excess Winter Deaths in England and Wales from the ONS report an estimated 13,400 more deaths occurred in the winter period (December 2021 to March…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Winter preparedness in the NHS
I thank the Cabinet Secretary for his statement this afternoon. You mentioned during your reply and during your opening remarks the numbers who are visiting surgeries, and you said that they are disproportionate—these millions of people who are going every…
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Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: The National Framework for the Commissioning of Care and Support in Wales
However, as the responses to the consultation clearly reflect, there remains widespread concern that the principles and standards outlined in this framework, as worthy as they are, will be unachievable in practical terms. And they're right to be concerned…
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Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: The National Framework for the Commissioning of Care and Support in Wales
Thank you to the Minister for the statement. The statement and the development of this framework is a great step towards creating a national care service, and it's therefore to be welcomed. It's work, of course, that commenced following action on Plaid Cymru…
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Business Statement and Announcement
May I ask for two statements, please? First, it's almost a year since we saw changes to bus timetables on the TrawsCymru routes, and this follows cuts implemented by your Government. If my inbox is anything to go by on this, then it's clear that the changes…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting lists
Yes, you're doing that. The result for that patient, my neighbour, was that he had to go privately to access a service for a knee replacement. And that's the legacy of 25 years of Labour Government, that we're seeing privatisation in our health service—a…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting lists
'we need to change the way we deliver services'.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting lists
If I refer to some of the comments that the Cabinet Secretary made before I continue, you started your contribution by saying that one of the good things that the NHS does is providing timely care, but that's the exact point: it isn't providing timely care to…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting lists
Well, thank you very much, Llywydd dros dro, and thank you to everyone who has responded in this debate. I want to begin my closing comments by welcoming the new Cabinet Secretary for health to his post, and wishing him the very best. I'm looking forward to…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting lists
For example, the First Minister's predecessor made the following announcement back in April: 'It's clear that the NHS, and reducing waiting times, is a top priority for the people of Wales, and the same is true for us as a Government.' Similarly, upon taking…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting lists
Thank you, Llywydd. It's interesting to note, isn't it, that there are six Members on the Labour benches who have held the health portfolio at some point over the past 25 years, including two former First Ministers and the current First Minister. It's one…
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90-second Statements
At the end of August, Wales lost one the most versatile talents of his generation: the funny, the witty, the peerless entertainer, Dewi Pws. Born in Treboeth near Swansea, he qualified as a teacher, but achieved national fame through his music with Tebot Piws…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
I thank the Cabinet Secretary for that response. I understand that this portfolio will be handed to someone else in future, but for today, the Welsh Government, through various documents such as 'Future Wales: the national plan 2040' and others has designated…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales
3. What guidance is the Cabinet Secretary providing to energy companies regarding community contribution as they develop projects in Wales? OQ61513
