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Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with local health board representatives
Thank you, Chair. In our previous evidence sessions we've heard from unpaid carers that they struggle to prioritise their own health and well-being, and often miss appointments to see GPs or get care themselves. What changes do you think are needed within…
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Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with local health board representatives
May I come in on that last point in the discussion very quickly? What has struck me during the discussion is that we hear that health boards are expected to do things to identify, or the health service is expected to do things to identify those unpaid carers…
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Improving access to support for unpaid carers: evidence session with local health board representatives
Thank you. I'm going to speak through the medium of Welsh. I'm pleased that you referred to the RPBs and that you have experience of that. I'm looking here at notes from a previous evidence session, and the evidence that we've received says that these…
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The general principles of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales (Membership) Bill
I want to start by confirming my support to the general principles of this emergency Bill. It’s clear that we need to close that legal gap in order to ensure the continuation of the work of the tribunal and the safety of patients. But let us be clear that…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Winter Pressures
Sadly, the workforce's dedication is frequently undermined by a system whose elements simply don't function together as effectively as they should. This is typified by the persistent issue of delayed hospital discharges, itself a reflection of Labour's…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Winter Pressures
We are, of course, all aware of the specific and significant challenges facing the NHS during the winter months. I, like the Cabinet Secretary, want to start by paying tribute to those committed staff within our NHS across the country, who have been working…
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Short Debate: Violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—The scourge of Wales today
The pledge that this Government has made many times, to build a safe country, sounds very empty when one hears evidence like this. The latest figures are terrifying, and, as the brave girl whom I quoted said, these figures are not numbers, but people. The…
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Short Debate: Violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—The scourge of Wales today
'I was seven years old when a man entered my life, a man who would become my stepfather. It had only been a year until I began to notice the punch marks on the doors. By the age of nine, I witnessed the first act of violence, a scene that would become all too…
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Short Debate: Violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—The scourge of Wales today
Thank you very much, Llywydd. I have given, or have offered, at least, a minute of my time to Joyce Watson and Sioned Williams, and I thank them for taking an interest in this debate today. A home is supposed to be a happy place—a household full of the sound…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days
I'm chuffed for the people that you represent that you've got new trains, but, in my area, we've seen trains being cut, and we've seen bus journeys cut. That's the record of the first 100 days; that's the record of this Labour Government. Is that something…
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Topical Questions
I welcome the fact that the Government has belatedly recognised the need for a fresh approach to the long-standing problem of delayed hospital discharges, but I do worry that the substance of the plan leaves a lot to be desired. Firstly, it’s clear that it…
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Topical Questions
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement regarding the new 50 day challenge to health boards to address delays in hospital discharges? TQ1244
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Business Statement and Announcement
May I ask for two statements, please, with the first from the Deputy First Minister on the findings of the publication by NRW, 'Case for Change'? You will be aware that NRW, last week, announced that they will close visitor centre operations at Coed y Brenin…
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Topical Questions
I'd like to thank Sioned for asking this important question, because this evidence highlights two of the most fundamental problems that we have within the health service. And it's no surprise to many of those working in health and care sectors in hearing this…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Wales organisations—Escalation update
We last had an update from the Welsh Government on escalation arrangements back in January, and though we've witnessed substantial churn across the Labour benches in the intervening months, including three different Cabinet Secretaries holding the health and…
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Business Statement and Announcement
So, I'd like a statement, please, from the Deputy First Minister on the long-term prospects of Fairbourne, if possible. You will be aware that Fairbourne had a report published many years ago from the shoreline management plan, in 2009 I think, which said…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Gaf i jest ofyn un cwestiwn arall? Dwi'n mynd off ar tangent sydd o ddiddordeb personol i fi. Roeddech chi, Lisa, yn sôn yn gynharach yn eich ateb blaenorol am bysgod, a'r diffyg pysgod yn ein deiet. Mae hwnna fy mhoeni i, achos roedd Cymru a'r Deyrnas…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
So, that information about children being smaller is from England.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
And is that Welsh data or British data?
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Thank you very much. I'll be asking in Welsh. Just very briefly, I'm interested in the data we have surrounding this in terms of dietary health. What data do we have? Is it sufficient? Do we collect the right kind of data, and what else could we do in order…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
So, when it comes to thinking about where the Government or the health service should put these scarce resources, or where we should target programmes to tackle obesity, would you say then that we need to focus on those areas that are at present…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
If I can just build on a question that John Griffiths raised earlier with regard to provision and where that provision is, would you—? You're aware of the inverse care law. Would you say that that same rule would be relevant in terms of provision for needs…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you.
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Could I ask one further question on news that has emerged during this week about Wes Streeting, who made an announcement in England that he wants to give jabs to people in order to get them to lose weight. Do you think that that's the kind of plan that would…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales
So, is that a policy question for us—that we have to look at ensuring that health boards, in terms of primary care onwards, have a single system of gathering data and make it a policy point to gather that data, and that, every time a patient goes in, they…
