, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
A former Senedd Member, Neil McEvoy, regularly accused the ombudsman's service of being biased against him, but you're saying now you never received a formal complaint from him.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 2)
You said the contract was with Velindre University NHS Trust, and I have no doubt about that. Is it underwritten by either the Welsh Government or the Welsh NHS? If I was the contractor, I would be very loath to contract with an organisation that could be…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
I'll ask you this, and the auditor general's staff may wish to come in: if the health boards overspend by £200 million, when we get the consolidated accounts that £200 million will show as overspend, but the money itself would have to come from the Welsh…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
I don't want to anticipate your answers, but on energy I suggest you visit some hospitals—the numbers that are so hot that they have to open the windows to get the heat out. That's hugely financially disadvantageous. Can I urge you to go and visit some of…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
Okay. I'll rephrase the question. If any health board this year breaks even and others don't, will they be financially punished for breaking even, i.e. the extra money will be given to those that didn't break even and the one that breaks even is told, 'You…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
One year, Aneurin Bevan broke even and they were punished for it. All the other health boards got additional money, but Aneurin Bevan, because they'd broken even, didn't need any additional money. What better incentive can you generate to make health boards…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
Thank you. That was a very nice 'no'. Are there any consequences for NHS bodies that have not met their year-end financial targets?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
In autumn 2020, the Welsh Government announced a financial assistance package for the health board of £297 million up to the end of March 2024. Has this money worked?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
For Betsi at the moment.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
When I was involved, many years ago, with Swansea, before they were created, local health boards, the two big problems in terms of costs were agency nurses and locum doctors. Is that still the problem?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
Obviously, if you're running an organisation well, you'll have monthly updates on finance, you'll run those against your plan and it's not necessarily one twelfth of the year's expenditure, it'll be a certain proportion of that. After three months, you'll…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
I don't expect you to be able to do it now, but could you give us in writing a breakdown of what is being spent on the special measures?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
How much is it costing to put them in special measures?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
We were previously told by a middle-ranking manager who'd been given their budget in Betsi Cadwaladr that they'd decided it wasn't enough, so they ignored it. Can you confirm that that is not allowed to happen at the moment? Because there's been a tremendous…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
Yes, only about Betsi at the moment.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
I take your point about it being a new organisation; I accepted that 15 years ago when it was just created. It's been there for 15 years now. I don't think, apart from you, many other people would describe a 15-year-old organisation as 'a new organisation'. I…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Well, I've been on the public accounts committee on and off for 13 years. During the whole of that time, we've discussed Betsi Cadwaladr. What is your assessment of the root cause of the health board’s troubled history? My assessment is…
, Plenary
Debate: Stage 4 of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
When historians look at this decision in the future, they'll have something to describe as the reverse of gerrymandering, where a political party goes from having a system in which they can win to one in which it's going to be very difficult if not impossible…
, Plenary
Debate: Stage 4 of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
I'm not sure how people in Wales would vote on something like this. I think if the argument was being made about the size of committees, the difficulty of keeping committees quorate, people in Wales may well have thought, 'Well, perhaps we do need some more…
, Plenary
Debate: Stage 4 of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
Please.
, Plenary
Debate: Stage 4 of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill
I support the increase in the size of the Senedd. In Scotland, the Scottish Parliament have 30,000 electors per Member. In Northern Ireland, for the Northern Ireland Assembly, they have 15,000 voters per Member. In Wales, we currently have 40,000 voters per…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning: Working with local government to deliver more affordable homes
I welcome the new portfolio of housing, local government and planning, which brings together the key elements required to deliver housing, including the commitment to deliver the 20,000 additional homes for rent in the social sector. I am pleased that, at…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Priorities for climate change and rural affairs
I welcome the understanding that managing our natural resources is the key to enhancing the resilience of our ecosystems. I'm also very encouraged that the national peatlands action programme has restored 3,000 hectares since 2020. Restoring these precious…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Diolch, Llywydd. I would like to ask for two statements. We've had a very wet winter, which everyone is aware of. There have been many football matches called off or abandoned due to the weather. Some teams in Swansea, between the beginning of November and…
