, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
I think that's very relevant. Obviously, the point has been made that the world has moved on in terms of social media use compared to 10 to 15 years ago, when some staff's experience will have started. In regards to enforcement around some of the actions that…
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Yes—
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Because, obviously, and I accept fully what you've just said—obviously, if it were to be the latter, in that that was found to be the case, there is an issue in regard to those cases brought forward to your office that may or may not have been taken forward…
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Thank you very much, and thank you for the commentary so far. Obviously, in terms of walking into this issue, it must have been extremely difficult to manage. My question, really, is in terms of—. My first question is around how to mend the reputational…
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Yes. What is important is that this is the end of this process of iteration, isn't it? So, in regard to that, are we confident, then, or are you confident, that that has been looked into and there can't be further concern or complaint made?
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Yes. So, in regard to the issue, previously, in terms of the acceptance of the CV, I'm presuming that there has been due diligence in that regard as well, in terms of the current appointee.
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Thank you very much, Chair. If this is being picked up later in the agenda, I'm happy to leave it for that. I suppose there's a question here around reassurance and the acceptance at face value, it seems, of when an esteemed person comes with an application…
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Okay. That's not your intention. Okay, thank you.
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
On that particular point, obviously there is going to be a lot of concern from anybody who has been referred to the ombudsman and is captured within this particular category, bearing in mind the window of time that you referenced and the evidence that we’ve…
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you, Chair.
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Okay, right. So, there was nothing on the resume or curriculum vitae.
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
Because, obviously, in terms of—. You've mentioned the reputational issues; obviously, this is a further iteration around that, and I would have presumed that in terms of any resume, curriculum vitae, that is entered into anything of this nature, there would…
, Finance Committee
Review into the operations, processes and investigations carried out by the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Evidence session
That was a muddle of muting and unmuting. Thank you very much for your commentary so far. In regard to the due diligence that was undertaken in terms of the independent review lead initially, in the first place, could you shed some light as to what the…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
Thank you very much. Thank you very much, Chair.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
I don't have time to go into that further, but thanks for that. And finally, very briefly, in terms of the very large backlog of maintenance there is for the NHS, both estate and digitalisation, how are those issues being reconciled and balanced, as you put…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
And obviously, in that particular area, there is huge potential in terms of both improvement in patient service and delivery and the flow through, but equally in terms of being able to scale up that integrational progress. I suppose my question very briefly…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
So, to paraphrase what you're saying, because I realise that there's a limited time, we are talking in terms of the centralisation of excellence in a geographic cluster, and also you've mentioned less usage of agency and locums. I'm going to move on, if…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
So, if I can interrupt you—. Sorry to interrupt you, Judith, because I know you want to finish. But what I'm getting at is: when you say these changes, what are these changes? How would you encapsulate them? Because it's sometimes quite nebulous, isn't it…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
In regard, then, to those significant cost pressures, and the NHS facing difficult decisions, what does that terminology refer to? What sort of decisions might that entail? And are we now at a point where those difficult decisions have to be enacted? Could…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
Yes, in regard to—. To be honest, you've actually referenced that in an earlier point. You'll just have to bear with me a moment, because my questions have disappeared off the screen. Two minutes. In reference to the point that Mike Hedges brought up, in…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
Thank you. So, in terms of the Welsh Government, then, holding bodies to account for achieving the opportunities identified through the programming board, what is your brief take on that and how well embedded do you think the concept of value-based healthcare…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: NHS Finances and Governance (Part 1)
Thank you very much, Chair. I'm going to move to value and sustainability as a subject area. What tangible impact has the work of the national value and sustainability programme board had to date? I don't know who'd like to take that first.
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Coal tip and opencast mine remediation
The communities of Islwyn are truly stunning natural landscapes that bear the scars of Wales's industrial past. Residents in Cwmfelinfach and Ynysddu in the Sirhowy valley in my constituency have made it very clear to me, in large numbers, their great concern…
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, excellence is a key skills-based arts pursuit, whether dance, music or visual art. Will the Cabinet Secretary bring a statement to the Senedd on the roll-out of the Wales cultural strategy and the timescale for evaluation or review? And finally, I…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The Cass review
I speak to the amendment tabled in the name of Jane Hutt, which notes that 'NHS England has concluded there is not enough evidence to support the safety or clinical effectiveness of puberty suppressing hormones for the treatment of gender dysphoria in…
