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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
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Statement by the First Minister: Government priorities
When the First Minister was appointed as the health Minister three and a half years ago, she effectively blamed her predecessor, saying that she didn’t realise that things were so bad. Well, things are now even worse. Waiting times have hit record highs for…
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Statement by the First Minister: Government priorities
Despite all the talk about a reset and re-enlivening this Government, having spent nine months putting the Labour Party's priorities before governing Wales, there was a very familiar tone to hear in the priorities on health and care, because what we’ve heard…
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Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Rhun ap Iorwerth.
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Short Debate: Confronting the crisis: Tackling youth homelessness in Wales
Thank you, Luke, for bringing forward this debate this evening. I'm very pleased to hear Luke referring to Upstream Cymru, and I hope that the Cabinet Secretary will take notice of that, because when I was in discussions with people in the Finnish Government…
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Topical Questions
Thank you for the response, Cabinet Secretary, but you'll recall when the overhaul of the Wales-wide special measures framework was announced earlier in the year, I expressed my concerns that it had grown in complexity without providing much clarity as to…
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Topical Questions
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the new special measures framework at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board? TQ1157
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales
Just one additional point, if I may. The Minister has told us that she anticipates that the vast majority of PAs used for continuing healthcare, the current PAs, will be transferred into this role in the social care sector. Do you think this assumption is a…
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales
Just very quickly on that point—I was going to ask that question, so I'm thankful that you made that point—do you think that we need to do that piece of work in terms of the understanding of carers or personal assistants, and that it needs to be done now…
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales
Thank you, Chair. According to what I understand, anyway, at the moment personal assistants don't have to be answerable to the same registration and regulatory requirements as other staff in the social care workforce or even in the NHS. So, considering this…
