, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
If you'd like to put your headset on, we can maybe try again.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
Yes, I'll ask the question again, no problem at all.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with cancer organisations
Thank you very much, and good morning to you both. Now, we know it's quite inevitable that we'll be repeating some things as we go forward, but I wanted to look at capacity, including the physical capacity on the estate, for example, and also the types of…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Cancer Services Improvement Plan
I suppose the first thing I should say is that I'm pleased that we do have a cancer plan, and I look forward to seeing it hopefully make a difference. We know that our survival rates aren't good enough. We know that there are people—I was speaking to one…
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Questions to the First Minister
It's crucial for food security that we promote and protect production of food, but also the processing of food. And I'm very grateful to the Minister, in her role as Minister for rural affairs and food, along with the Minister for Economy, for agreeing to…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
I'd very much like a personal view.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
One final question from me, if I may. You may answer this as director of nursing, but I would prefer to hear the answer from you personally, if it is possible to distinguish the two. As someone who is committed to being a public servant, as a nurse providing…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
Your assessment is a very detailed and correct one, of course—that there is a huge variety in people's reasons for wanting to work through agencies. But it's clear to me, I think, that a number of nurses who have chosen to work as agency nurses would be…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
I'm sorry to cut across, but the sum that's being spent on agency nurses has gone up significantly, not come down.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
And that's a piece of work that we should do more broadly as a committee. The Government are telling us that there are more nurses than ever, more doctors than ever, but that doesn't mean that there are more full-time workers within the health service. Some…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
You're completely right that we have to be careful in how we read statistics. I'm going to refer back to a statistic we heard from you previously—a 1 point something per cent increase in registered nurses in Wales. That doesn't mean, of course, that that's…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
Do you believe that that figure from the RCN of 2,900 vacancies is close to the mark?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
So, why not therefore go to our neighbours and ask for their model to implement this in Wales?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
I was asking for confirmation from you that Wales is the only place in the UK that doesn't hold this data.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
Can you confirm that Wales is the only part of the UK where this data isn't available?
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Well, it is. The First Minister refused to engage on agency workers in any negative way in the Senedd last week. But let's continue with the serious debate. We'll keep on pushing, as will our partners, this five-point plan, because we need to bring all our…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Yes, yes. I take some positives in an acceptance from Government that we are making the right calls, that she thinks she is moving in the direction on agency staffing; you're saying things now that you weren't a week ago on agency staffing.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
In the opening remarks of that conference, the word 'crisis' was indeed used, and I'm sure your Labour colleagues in Scotland and England will note that you disagree with their assessment of the state of the NHS. But you did say that we need a serious debate…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Of course.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
You have ensured having that on the record today. Margaret Thatcher's legacy will be on the record forever in her damage that was caused to Welsh communities. Back to Rhianon Passmore's contribution, we do share a shared ideal about the principles of the NHS…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Gladly.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Dirprwy Lywydd. Just to give us all a breather, I'll start with giving some attention to Gareth Davies's contribution, speaking as he did of Margaret Thatcher's devotion to Wales. It's only a few letters, but I'd rather remember her…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
I'll again emphasise that we have mapped out exactly how much and from where the money would come—the £175 million that we would bring in from unallocated funds and reprioritisation. We've made it very, very clear.
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Will you take another intervention?
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
I'm sorry if it wasn't made clear that this is a plan that has been co-produced with those professional health bodies who say that Welsh Government is not taking action on these.
