, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with disabled people on proposals to introduce direct payments for Continuing NHS Healthcare
Yes. I'm aware that you did mention earlier that you've only probably scanned or read parts of the proposals in front of us. From what you've read, do you have any thoughts on whether the proposals might have any unintended consequences, either negative or…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with disabled people on proposals to introduce direct payments for Continuing NHS Healthcare
Diolch. Thank you. I'm just wondering—. It's interesting, Chris, you mentioning that you're a volunteer yourself. For all three of you, are you aware of people having difficulties in finding and recruiting personal assistants?
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Mental health and learning disability services at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Thanks. You say that the vice-chair is taking responsibility, but in the last board meeting the vice-chair admitted that they didn't have the speciality and the skills required in order to understand fully the problems. So, do you not agree with part of, at…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Mental health and learning disability services at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
The Royal College of Psychiatrists invited review service report has therefore reviewed progress on implementing the series of recommendations made in four separate reports into mental health services at Betsi. Of course, we welcome the commissioning of this…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Mental health and learning disability services at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Thank you very much, Llywydd. If we've learnt one lesson from the story of the Betsi Cadwaladr health board, then that story is that lessons aren't learnt. This unfortunate practice is highlighted in the Royal College of Psychiatrists report into mental…
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Topical Questions
I thank the Cabinet Secretary for that answer. I welcome the fact that the Government has reached an agreement with the BMA over pay for junior doctors, consultants and SAS doctors. It's been a long battle for the doctors here, and it's regrettable that…
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Topical Questions
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the Welsh Government's revised pay offer to BMA Cymru? TQ1107
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
I thank the Cabinet Secretary for that response. You and everyone here this afternoon has recognised and accepted that we have a housing crisis and, of course, the solution, possibly, to that is to build more homes under public ownership. 'Social housing' is…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning
3. Will the Cabinet Secretary provide an update on the number of houses in public and co-operative ownership being built in Wales? OQ61235
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Six Goals for Urgent and Emergency Care Two Years On
For example, improving ambulance patient handover is at the heart of the goal for rapid response in a physical or mental health crisis, but the latest available statistics show that ambulance handover lost hours were 24.8 per cent higher compared to the…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Six Goals for Urgent and Emergency Care Two Years On
Well, it appears that 'plan' is the word of this general election. There is a plan for everything. Sunak has a plan. Starmer has a plan. The world and his dog has a plan, apparently. Nobody has more experience of preparing plans than the Welsh Government…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
I thank the Cabinet Secretary for that response. As she has explained, this drug tariff is an England-and-Wales tariff, but, from my understanding, it is set according to the average sales from pharmaceutical companies representing the sector. But, none of…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
9. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the drug tariff in Wales? OQ61212
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
I and others on these benches have been contacted by a number of families whose lives have been impacted by the critical failures to provide safe maternity care in Swansea Bay. These families have made it painfully clear that they have been let down…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you for that response. Over recent months, the consequences of the lack of willingness of successive health Ministers to take responsibility for the systemic issues in our health service, as we've seen already today, have been all too clear to see. Last…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you. Llywydd, I was pleased to see the Twitter messages of the Cabinet Secretary recently showing that she had visited the historic town of Harlech. That’s no surprise, because Harlech is a glorious town that has a great deal to offer visitors. But what…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Care: Transforming Children's Services
Under Labour?
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Statement by the Minister for Social Care: Transforming Children's Services
Reform in this area was long overdue, and we therefore welcome the Government's commitment to take forward the Plaid Cymru policy through the health and social care Bill. But much like the Cabinet Secretary for health's attempt to persuade voters that her…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Care: Transforming Children's Services
May I start by declaring an interest, as my wonderful wife works for a charity in this sector? Building a nation that enables future generations to prosper, where no child is left behind because of personal circumstances that are beyond their control, is a…
, Plenary
Debate: The Infected Blood Inquiry Report
So, for this reason, our final amendment calls on the Welsh Government to implement the recommendations of the report that relate to devolved areas of competence fully and without delay. These darkest chapters in the history of our health service, and the…
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Debate: The Infected Blood Inquiry Report
The findings of the Langstaff report on the infected blood scandal are an utterly damning indictment of an entrenched culture of institutional abuse, governmental neglect and political obfuscation that was allowed to fester in our body politic for decades and…
, Plenary
Debate: The Infected Blood Inquiry Report
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you to the Government for agreeing to bring forward this debate this afternoon. Although it is a debate that clearly deserves urgent attention, the truth is that we shouldn't be in this situation of having to…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 2
For my final question, further to something that James mentioned, there's a tendency in the UK and Mediterranean countries to give social housing as housing for the poorest in our community, which in turn leads to the stigma that James referred to. If you go…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 2
So, what—? Sorry, Darren wants to—.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session 2
Okay. Well, if I can go on to the next element, we know that the Welsh Government have announced that they will be consulting on the new compulsory purchase requirements that will be a part of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act. Do you think this is a good…
