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General scrutiny session with the Minister for Mental Health and Early Years
Welcome back to the Health and Social Care Committee. I move to item 6, and this is an opportunity for the committee to scrutinise the new Minister for Mental Health and Early Years on her priorities in Government. So, I'd like to welcome the Minister, Jayne…
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Motion under Standing Orders 17.42(vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 5 and 8 of today's meeting
I move to item 4 and I propose, under Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to exclude the public for items 5 and 8, if Members are content. Yes, Members are content, therefore we'll move into private session.
, Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Care
It's very much appreciated, so diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you, Minister, and your officials.
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General scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Care
With that, Minister, can I thank you for your willingness to stay on this morning, and your offer and willingness to come back for further general scrutiny?
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General scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Care
Joyce, if it's a very quick question.
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General scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Care
Okay, thank you. I've got Heledd waiting, nobody else after that, so if any other Members—. We've got time for one more person after Heledd, so, please, just indicate if you want to come in after Heledd. Heledd Fychan.
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General scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Care
Just briefly, in bullet points, if you can.
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General scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Care
No, that's why I said leave pay out, because I appreciate that.
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General scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Care
What's the bullet point to stop staff leaving, do you think?
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General scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Care
Because this is the real challenge—to resolve the retention of staff. You've got to recruit staff but the staff are leaving.
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General scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Care
But are they working?
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General scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Care
Lovely, thank you. I've got Heledd waiting. I've got a question, then I'll go to Heledd. If there are other Members after that, please indicate. So, my question is around the social care workforce. The real big issue here is about the retention of staff. So…
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General scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Care
Okay, are there any other questions on transfer of care? I've got a question on the social care workforce, but if other Members want to come in on anything, could they indicate? Sam, yes.
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General scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Care
I'm just going to ask Members, for the general scrutiny session, to focus on any areas that they particularly want to raise, rather than going through the layout suggested earlier in our meeting today—so, any particular questions that Members want to raise…
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
There we are. Thank you.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
Thank you, Heledd, I appreciate that. We'll come on now to our general—[Interruption.] Sorry, yes, Sam, absolutely.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
Thank you. Our last section is from Heledd Fychan. Heledd, you've got up to 10 minutes; if it's shorter, great, but if not, 10 minutes is fine.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
Okay, I part-understand that. I think Albert wanted to come in.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
That's fine, yes. It appears that all of John Griffiths's questions today are in writing, I think. [Laughter.]
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
We'd be grateful for that, thank you.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
Thank you, Joyce. John Griffiths.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
—because this scrutiny is taking up our time, but that’s very much appreciated. Thank you. Joyce Watson.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
That’s very generous of you. Thank you, Minister. Our issue is time ourselves—
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
So, we’ll continue with this and then we’ll reduce our general scrutiny session from 30 minutes to 15 minutes, and if I can just ask Members to think of anything very pressing that they want to raise in that general scrutiny session.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
I appreciate that and what I’m going to suggest to Members is that we curtail our general scrutiny session, because I think this session is particularly important.
