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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you for that response, and I understand that you are restricted with what you can say in this regard. However, when you say that the council has rejected its own plans, it is a democratic body and the democratically elected members have refused the…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Llywydd. The Minister will be aware that Wrexham County Council has voted twice against their draft local development plan, which was intended to chart the course of development in the region, including the allocation of space for thousands of new…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Welsh Housing Quality Standard 2023
I maintain that the Welsh Government should embed the right to adequate housing in Welsh law, as it would drive the change we need to see in Wales. I’d encourage the Minister to support this aim, which would then set the tone for all future housing policy…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Welsh Housing Quality Standard 2023
I welcome the ambition of ensuring that every tenant has a quality home that enables them to live with dignity and safety, but, despite the vision, we are a long way from reaching that aim.
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Business Statement and Announcement
Everyone will have been horrified by the evil actions of Hamas on 7 October, with some 1,400 people killed in Israel. There is no justification for these horrific acts. There is no justification either for denying water, electricity, fuel, medicine and other…
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Papers to note
Absolutely.
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Papers to note
Yes, very quickly. On agenda items 8.1 and 8.8, in terms of the budget, since we've had some change in the budget recently, should we follow those letters up and write to the Minister, asking for the impact of the change in the budget on health provision in…
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales
No, that's fine, Chair, thank you.
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales
Thank you. On the back of that, nurses have been telling me that the work contracts that they have are ones that, really, would be similar to 1970s ones, and that those work contracts don't really reflect the needs of life in the twenty-first century and the…
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales
Okay. Thank you. When the chief nursing officer appeared in front of the committee, she referred to work carried out by Health Education and Improvement Wales to understand why nurses are leaving the profession. So, what did you think were the key findings of…
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales
Not on this subject, but I can go on to the next section, unless anybody else wants to come in on that.
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales
Thank you. And there is another role, namely the assistant practitioner's role at band 4. How does that role contribute to delivering the requirements of the nurse staffing levels Act?
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales
Julie might want to come in on that as well; she might have a view on it.
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales
Thank you, Chair. In response to our consultation, stakeholders called for a range of approaches to improving nurse recruitment and retention, including developing support workers through 'grow your own' programmes and apprenticeships. And we see a 'grow your…
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales
That is. Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you.
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales
Sorry to interrupt. I just want to take you up, Lisa, on those stats. While it sounds good, as it happens I sent a written question to the Minister in late September on student nurses, and you said that the numbers currently sit at sixteen hundred and…
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales
Can I come in there, please?
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the All Wales Nurse Staffing Programme
Thank you very much, Chair. I have one question. The evidence that we've received this morning suggests that there's a concern that the multiprofessional models of care, the team around the patient, are not developed to the extent that we would wish for them…
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the All Wales Nurse Staffing Programme
Thank you, Chair. Very briefly, you touched there on section 25B reports with regard to paediatric wards, but what about those settings that don't currently come under section 25B, or the programme's work streams? What work is being carried out to understand…
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with nursing directors
Very quickly. You've touched on this already, but one of the first things that Gareth said was that we're at a crossroads at present, and 'Where do we go next?' is the question that Gareth asked at the start of his contribution. And that's the question I…
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with nursing directors
Well, there are two matters that arise. What Jennifer said there in terms of developing the team around the patient, how do you do that, therefore? Do we need to strengthen the Act, or is it something outwith the Act that's relevant to that?
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with nursing directors
Thank you, Chair. The evidence that you've given in written form and also orally this morning shows clear support for the Act. You think it's made a positive difference, according to the tone and content of what you say. As a starting point, could I ask, do…
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with nursing directors
Thank you, Chair. I'll be speaking Welsh, quickly. Just on the point, following up on what you were saying, Sarah—you were saying that one of the biggest challenges is recruitment and retention of staff. So, do you think there's a point to this Act if we…
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the Royal College of Nursing Wales
Thank you, Chair. Very quickly, Lisa and Helen have touched on this previously, but I wanted to see whether we can have more information. You've both mentioned that it would be possible to evolve the Act over time, and I want to see how you think this Act…
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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the Royal College of Nursing Wales
Can I ask one final question in this section, then, please? Thank you very much for that response. One key theme that's come through in consultation responses is that the uniprofessional nature of the Act limits its ability to support new or evolving ways of…
