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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Supporting pharmacists
I would certainly agree with that as a suggestion. I would like to think of all our health and care workers as paid apprentices in some way, learning a trade that they will be able to use, whether that is as a doctor or a care worker or pharmacist within our…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Supporting pharmacists
Of course.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Supporting pharmacists
Thank you for the opportunity to make a few comments in this debate, and no, we haven't put forward any amendments, because there is a set of principles here that I'm sure that we could all support. Pharmacy is at the heart of our health services. It has to…
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Topical Questions
This has come as a terrible blow to the island's economy, and I'll say more about that in a moment, but more immediately, of course, to the workforce, and my thoughts are with them today. One told me they'd been informed through a WhatsApp message group. A…
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Topical Questions
It's okay.
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Topical Questions
2. Will the Minister make a statement on the announcement that Orthios has been placed in administration and the impact of that on the 120 local jobs? TQ616
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, 11. & 12. The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Alteration of Expiry Date) (Wales) Regulations 2022, The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2022 and The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2022
If I could. In general terms, do you think moving mask wearing from mandation to guidance will make more or fewer people wear a mask?
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, 11. & 12. The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Alteration of Expiry Date) (Wales) Regulations 2022, The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2022 and The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2022
To conclude, Llywydd, I understand that Welsh Government has had to make all sorts of political judgments after looking at evidence. In this case, I just think Welsh Government has got its judgment wrong, and that's why we'll be opposing this amended…
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, 11. & 12. The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Alteration of Expiry Date) (Wales) Regulations 2022, The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2022 and The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2022
The Minister said this afternoon that we can't keep these regulations in place forever. I agree entirely, and if we were to have this vote in three weeks' time, I'm sure that we would support it. But with people still feeling vulnerable and nervous having to…
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, 11. & 12. The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Alteration of Expiry Date) (Wales) Regulations 2022, The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2022 and The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2022
Let me quote the First Minister's words from earlier this afternoon, answering a question, actually, about the ambulance service. He said, 'we have some of the highest numbers of people falling ill with the virus of any time in the whole of the pandemic. Only…
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, 11. & 12. The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Alteration of Expiry Date) (Wales) Regulations 2022, The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2022 and The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 8) Regulations 2022
There are three sets of regulations in front of us today. The first two extend the current situation, and as we are in a challenging situation at the moment, with very high numbers of cases of COVID, we think that that is a sensible thing to do. We will be…
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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Homes for Ukraine scheme update
Another appeal to speed up the visa process. There is a community on Anglesey that is ready to welcome a mother and daughter; the school uniform is ready to go. It is now nine days since the family on Anglesey began going through the visa application…
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Pre-appointment hearing with the Chair of the Citizen Voice Body: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.
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Pre-appointment hearing with the Chair of the Citizen Voice Body: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
Just one final question from me, and a very general question. You are a very busy man. You've been involved, and you are still involved, in many different things. So, why decide to take this major challenge on, and how will you fit this into all of the other…
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Pre-appointment hearing with the Chair of the Citizen Voice Body: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.
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Pre-appointment hearing with the Chair of the Citizen Voice Body: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
The army that you talked about creating, which is going to be doing this work across Wales, is going to bring experience mainly from the health field, in terms of drawing in staff from the community health councils. So, how much of a challenge do you think it…
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Pre-appointment hearing with the Chair of the Citizen Voice Body: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
I have a couple of questions with regard to the fact that this is a health and social care body and that health bodies are those that are being replaced. How are you going to ensure that that balance is struck in terms of the priority given to social care…
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Pre-appointment hearing with the Chair of the Citizen Voice Body: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
I think that you make a very good point there—that we need that national consistency. And I think it would be fair to say that some bodies have been stronger than others. What you don't want to do, of course, is bring about a situation where those who were…
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Pre-appointment hearing with the Chair of the Citizen Voice Body: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
Positive dialogue is important, of course, and I am sure that you will want to have a good relationship with the health boards, but sometimes you do need to show those teeth in relation to a particular health board. Are you confident that a national body will…
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Pre-appointment hearing with the Chair of the Citizen Voice Body: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
Listening to citizens and giving people an opportunity to have their say, and to be open to people is, of course, vital, and I'm sure that you're determined to be open in that way. As a body, you will be less able than the community health councils to act on…
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Pre-appointment hearing with the Chair of the Citizen Voice Body: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate
Thank you very much, Chair, and good morning to you; it's wonderful to have you here with us this morning. The community health councils are rooted in their communities. And what we're having in their place is a national body that is going to be far further…
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Business Statement and Announcement
I'd like a written statement by the Minister for health in response to concerns that I have in terms of the pace at which the Betsi Cadwaladr health board has responded to enquiries and complaints. There's one case that stands out specifically, relating to an…
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Questions to the First Minister
Nearly three years have passed since Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board had to take direct control of the Longford Road and Cambria surgeries in Holyhead, and, yes, it's been a period of unprecedented challenge for primary care everywhere. But, for…
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Questions to the First Minister
4. Will the First Minister make a statement on the development of a new health centre in Holyhead? OQ57829
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Questions to the First Minister
Thanks to the success of the vaccination programme, the proportion of people who catch the virus and who become severely ill is relatively lower than it should be, but there is a significant increase, as the First Minister said, in the number of those who are…
