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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
So, what's the answer?
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
And what's the obstacle in making it live?
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
So, what I'm interested in is—Rob wants to come in, and then I'll come to you, Manolis—what needs to change, in your view. Rob.
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
So, the question is—. My first question was about data, and I'm really interested in the point that we take all this data, but we don't process it. So, I'm trying to understand—put it this way: what do you think should happen to make this better?
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Are you saying, though, that this information that you're asked to put in is irrelevant? Should you not—?
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
So, answering both questions, then.
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Before you answer, did you want to jump in on the back of that as well?
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Manolis, did you want to come in?
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
You're fine. Thank you, Jack. Gareth Davies.
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Absolutely.
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
I'll come to perhaps Jack first and then Gareth, because I think there are some questions that you wanted to ask about some of the topics that have been mentioned, Jack. Jack Sargeant.
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Do you have any further questions, Sarah?
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Manolis.
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
That's fine. Thank you, Vicki. Hold back on Gwên am Byth and Designed to Smile because I think there are some specific questions on that later. I can see, Ruwa, you wanted to come in, and then Manolis afterwards.
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Thank you, Rhun. Sarah Murphy.
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
And Manolis, I think you were indicating.
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Thank you for being with us this morning. Can I just ask you to check your headset as well? We'll just do a quick translation check. Can you hear that? Lovely. Thank you. Rhun ap Iorwerth.
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Thank you. In terms of that last point on needing more support, I think Members will perhaps dig into that in some of their later questions. Just before I come on to Rhun ap Iorwerth, I'd like to welcome Ruwa this morning. Would you like to introduce yourself…
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Thank you. Perhaps I'll address this question to Manolis. Any comments on the first set of questions, of course, as well, are welcome. But particularly, evidence that we've received makes us aware that there are certain sections of the population that are…
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Okay, thank you. And really, just to get, perhaps, a view on the length of time it would take to address the backlog in community dental services, and I appreciate it's your own health board you can talk to, but perhaps more broadly, if you have any other…
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Okay. Rob Davies.
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
Lovely, thank you all for being with us this morning—much appreciated. Perhaps if I can ask the first question to Vicki Jones and Rob Davies. Is there a clear understanding, do you think, of the number of people waiting to access community dental services?…
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Dentistry - evidence session with Community Dental Services and Welsh Committee of Community Dentists
In that case, I move to item 2, which is our third oral evidence session to inform our inquiry into dentistry, and I'd like to welcome our panel with us this morning, and perhaps you could introduce yourselves for the public record.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Croeso, pawb. Prynhawn da. Welcome to the Health and Social Care Committee this morning. This meeting is bilingual, so witnesses and Members are able to speak in Welsh or English. I don't know if we have done checks with headsets. We might just want to do…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting
We move to item 5, and I propose under Standing Order 17.42 that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting. Are we content with that? Thank you. In that case, we go into private session.
