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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The transport network
Just to correct the record here, because I think what's important to say is that the Welsh Government were responsible for transport before Transport for Wales in terms of the infrastructure.
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Minister, this is an issue I know I've raised with you previously as well, in terms of the extra support that students need to be supported due to missing education over the course of the pandemic. But I would ask you to what extent the mechanisms that you've…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you for your answer, Minister. I've been raising in this Chamber for years and years and years the issue of my constituents not being able to access a local NHS dentist. Now, this was well before the pandemic started, okay—well before the pandemic…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
4. What assessment has the Minister made of the provision of dentists in mid Wales? OQ58168
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Draft HIV Action Plan
Can I thank you, Minister, for your statement today? Of course, it was very interesting to read the plan when it dropped into my inbox this morning. I very much welcome the plan today, and, of course, as a nation, we've made huge strides, haven't we, since…
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Short Debate: Hidden issues affecting deaf people and those suffering hearing loss
Can I thank my colleague Joel James for his contribution and for giving me a moment of his time as well? In Wales, hearing loss services are exclusively provided by NHS hospital-based services. We also know that there is a huge unacceptable level of waiting…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Thank you, Presiding Officer. I wasn't expecting to be called just at that moment. Thank you, Darren Millar, for tabling this debate today. Since Betsi was suddenly taken out of special measures in 2020—and it was suddenly, as Rhun ap Iorwerth pointed out—by…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
In regard to the next item, item 4, I propose in accordance with Standing Order 17.42 that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting. Are Members content? Diolch yn fawr iawn. In that case, our next public meeting is…
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Paper(s) to note
We move to item 3, and we have a number of papers to note. We have correspondence from the Chair of the Petitions Committee regarding unpaid carers. We have additional information from Professor Rob Poole from the Centre for Mental Health and Society at…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
There we are. Those two suggestions there chime with some of the evidence that we had this morning in our informal stakeholder session as well, so that's extremely helpful. Thank you both for being with us. We've just got a small bit of other business to see…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
Thank you. Thanks, all. Does anybody else—? Do any other Members have any final pressing questions at all? No. In that case, perhaps if I could ask the final question to you both. Just to sum up the session this morning, as a committee, of course, we'll be…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
Thank you, Gareth. Mike Hedges.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
Thanks, Rhun. We're a little bit short of time. We've got 10 minutes left, so just keep that in mind in terms of asking questions and trying to keep the answers as succinct as possible, if that's okay. Gareth Davies.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
No, not at all. And for the record there, Professor Thapar was nodding in agreement with your question, so the answer was 'yes'. So, Rhun ap Iorwerth.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
Oh, sorry, Jack, did you want to come back?
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
Thank you. Rhun ap Iorwerth.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
We're a little bit squeezed for time, but did you want to come in at all, Professor Kirby, just briefly?
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
Thank you. That's interesting and helpful. Jack Sargeant.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
No, thank you. And Professor Kirby, I suppose my opening question, but also to add to that, what we have heard in evidence so far is that we've heard that girls and women are far more likely to be undiagnosed than—. I'm just trying to understand the reasons…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
You've got data now, haven't you, in terms of, 'Oh, my father was like that', but, at the time, that wouldn't have been recorded as any kind of condition.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
Yes, no problem at all—[Interruption.] I'm just in my office and the phone is going. My member of staff will talk quietly. Can I just ask in terms of what you said there in terms of an increase in some conditions, such as autism—? Instinctively, I think to…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
Thank you as well for your introduction. If I can ask first of all about how widespread neurodivergence is in the population. I'm particularly just asking for your views on whether there is a greater number of people with this condition who perhaps are…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
Thank you for being with us this morning, and thank you for your introduction. Professor Amanda Kirby.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics
And with that, I'd like to welcome our witnesses this morning, as I move to item 2. This is our fourth meeting that has been dedicated to taking oral evidence from stakeholders to inform our inquiry on mental health inequalities. I would ask the witnesses if…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Croeso, bawb. Bore da. Good morning. Welcome to the Health and Social Care Committee this morning. If I move to item 1, we do have apologies from Joyce Watson this morning, who is unable to be with us. We don't have any substitutes this morning. If there are…
