, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with Allied Health Professionals
Thank you very much, Dai, for that. We have received evidence also on the effectiveness of schemes like social prescribing, or the NERS programme, the national exercise referral scheme. Do allied health professionals have a role to play in delivering schemes…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with Allied Health Professionals
Thank you, Chair, and thank you to Dai and Calum for the evidence. It is very interesting and an eye-opener, in fact. I want to touch on mental health, if I may, and I've a specific question for Dai first of all. The college's paper notes that access to…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with primary and secondary care representatives
I have one final question, if that's okay, Chair. We've received evidence about the effectiveness of both social prescribing and the national exercise referral scheme in promoting mental health and well-being for people living with chronic conditions. Do…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with primary and secondary care representatives
Thank you. That's very interesting. I'm thinking there about someone who has a chronic condition and how they can fall into mental health difficulties due to the waiting lists and not being able to access treatment et cetera, and at the same time we have…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with primary and secondary care representatives
Thank you very much, Chair. I wanted to ask a few questions on mental health in relation to chronic conditions. We've heard evidence that not enough mental health support is available for people living with chronic conditions, so what action do you think…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The health service
That's why we have brought forward this motion, and that's why we need that statement, a health emergency declaration, a clear statement, so that we can have that focus that we need in order to give the necessary attention, so that we can co-operate and find…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The health service
Okay, that's a significant number, but a lot of them are the same people. Because they're on a long waiting list, because they can't get that treatment, they're going back, returning to the GPs, because they have increased pain, because they have other…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The health service
The Minister tried to reel off some stats, and yes, we know that we've seen certain increases, but the fact remains that we still don't have enough nurses. We're 2,000 nurses short. The Minister says time and again that the one sure way to demoralise the…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The health service
Thank you very much, Llywydd, and thank you to everyone who's contributed in this debate this evening. It has, generally speaking, been a very constructive debate, and I appreciate every contribution made. If I could agree, first of all, with what Huw…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The health service
Since the priorities were first announced in February, waiting lists have hit record highs in July, August, September and October. And while the latest figures do show a slight drop-off, they are still higher than at any point before February. There are…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The health service
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I formally move. Dirprwy Lywydd, we have brought forward this debate today with one clear purpose: to try and convince the Government that we need to recognise the existential threat facing the NHS, which is so fragile and…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing supply
When you mention the numbers and the statistics around empty properties, I hope you realise that a large percentage of them are second homes, so I assume therefore that you agree with the actions that we've taken with the Welsh Government to bring those…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing supply
I'll conclude now. The current trajectory of rising house prices and rents is unsustainable and threatens to exacerbate social and economic inequalities. By bolstering the social housing sector, we introduce a stabilising force into the market, applying…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing supply
I think you're going against something that your colleague, Janet, said earlier, because the market has failed in that respect. We know that the market is failing to build one-bedroomed and two-bedroomed properties. The market is only interested in profit in…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing supply
I understand that, for various reasons, which I don't have time to discuss here today, social housing has a stigma attached to it. We need to change that. Municipal housing, social housing, council housing and co-operative housing should be something that…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing supply
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I move the amendment. We are living in the middle of not only a housing crisis but also the worst cost-of-living crisis in memory. Although two different crises on the face of it, they are also interrelated. Despite the…
, Plenary
Point of Order
I accept that.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
The very short question at the end, appreciating the patience shown, is: will the Minister commit to aligning with World Health Organization health guidelines by recommending universal FFP2 and FFP3 mask wearing for health and social care workers in Wales?
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
I appreciate—.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
It is disappointing to hear the Minister blame London for everything. While Boris Johnson and London were certainly to blame for a number of things, here in Wales the Government decided to introduce mask wearing at a later date than in England, for instance…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
At the end of this month, the UK COVID inquiry hearings for module 2B will be heard here in Cardiff. The Welsh Government has, of course, so far resisted establishing a full inquiry into its own handling of the pandemic, in stark contrast with the Scottish…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Llywydd. The Minister in her response to Russell George said that she wanted to know what the views of Members in this Chamber are on the air ambulance. So, I echo everything that Russell George said, and I hope that you will follow up on some of…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill: Evidence from the Minister for Finance and Local Government
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, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill: Evidence from the Minister for Finance and Local Government
A lot of local authorities are stopping producing those newsletters now, because of cuts.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill: Evidence from the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Isn't there a risk, however, that local authorities will see this as an opportunity to save on costs and only put a notice on their own website, and then everyone will be expected to go onto the county council website to find this information? Not everyone…
