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Topical Questions
It's the start of a new Senedd year, but I’m afraid it’s the same old story when it comes to the health service in Wales. The fact that this announcement was made late this morning without a pre-arranged oral statement in the Senedd suggests that the…
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Topical Questions
I thank the Minister for that response. It's interesting that everyone is now talking about RAAC and building safety following an announcement by Gillian Keegan about schools in England at the beginning of September, but nobody had thought twice about patient…
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Topical Questions
1. Will the Minister provide an update on the safety of the health estate following the news that a major incident was declared at Withybush Hospital in August? TQ832
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Finance Committee Debate—The Welsh Government’s spending priorities for the 2024-25 budget
I'm aware that time is tight, so I'll limit my contribution. Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to this discussion. In the little time available to me, I want to focus on three specific elements, namely community needs, housing and the health…
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NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
But do you get frustrated that targets are being set and that your voice, perhaps, isn't heard as clearly as that? Do you feel that you should have more of a role as health boards and health providers in terms of developing these targets?
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NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
Very briefly, following on from Jack's question—and maybe I should have asked this question earlier—could you explain to us—? There's a lot of talk about targets; who sets those targets? Is it a process of co-production, or co-design, between the Government…
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NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
Okay.
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NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
Thank you. In your evidence, Paul, you mentioned a few good things you're doing in your health board, and Matthew here has mentioned a few good things that are happening in your health boards. I'm certainly aware of good things that are going on in Betsi…
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NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
Thank you very much. And to follow on from that, what further action do you think is needed by health boards and the Welsh Government, or both together, to ensure that capital investment is being used to reshape the NHS estate and infrastructure, but also…
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NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
Thank you. Another thing that's been in the headlines in the past few months has been the condition of health service estates in Wales, and we have seen the building of new health centres over the years. So, what impact do the NHS estate and infrastructure…
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NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
Could I follow up on that? If the industrial action in Wales has had some kind of impact—we're not clear, it's not perfectly clear, you're not sure, obviously, about that, in terms of the numbers—. Is the industrial action we're about to see in England going…
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NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
Is that a consistent pattern? Sorry, Darren. We've had a small snapshot there from one health board. Is that a consistent pattern across Wales?
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NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
Thank you, Chair, and thank you for the evidence so far. You started your evidence by mentioning the impact of COVID on waiting lists. But, of course, since then, the Minister has said that industrial action has had an impact on waiting lists. So, how many…
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NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
Diolch.
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NHS waiting times: evidence session with health bodies
I'll ask my questions, if I may, through the medium of Welsh. There's an important point that's been brought up by Paul there. Some clinical experts have told me that these raw targets may be getting in the way of providing proper care, because, in truth…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: National Health Service
Temporarily, but nobody should be profiting from the ill health of others, and that's the whole point of the NHS, and that's why the NHS was set up, and that's why we have to defend it and make sure that the services are there, so that people don't turn to…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: National Health Service
Yes. Go for it, Russ.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: National Health Service
But while we rightly celebrate 75 years of the NHS, we mustn't forget what the NHS is. The NHS is nothing without the committed workforce. It's those skilled and dedicated individuals, from the consultants through to the porters, that make the NHS what it is…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: National Health Service
Thank you very much, Llywydd. I formally move amendment 1, and I thank the Conservatives for bringing this debate forward today. As I mentioned yesterday, it's important that we remember why the NHS was established initially and celebrate its existence and…
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Topical Questions
The evidence that we have heard over the last two days shows clearly that we were badly underprepared for a pandemic. We learned that documents had not been updated for a decade, and independent scientific advice was not always followed by Ministers in the…
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Topical Questions
I thank the Minister for that response.
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Topical Questions
2. Will the Minister make a statement following the evidence given by the First Minister and Minister for Economy relating to the lack of pandemic preparedness in Wales at the UK Covid-19 inquiry yesterday? TQ819
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Topical Questions
I thank the Llywydd for that guidance in posing this question.
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
So, the temporary accommodation crisis I just alluded to, and you've just responded to there, is just one part of the broader housing crisis that we’re facing. But the situation isn’t hopeless. There are solutions, we know, that can work in tandem with each…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I thank the Minister for that response.
