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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Mind Cymru and Leonard Cheshire
Who has an example to provide us with? Ashra.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Mind Cymru and Leonard Cheshire
Joyce Watson.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Mind Cymru and Leonard Cheshire
Sue.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Mind Cymru and Leonard Cheshire
Okay, thank you, Nia. Okay. Thank you for those opening comments. Members will, perhaps, dive in to respond to some of those issues as well. Rhun ap Iorwerth.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Mind Cymru and Leonard Cheshire
Thank you, Rhian. Nia, did you want to come in at all?
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Mind Cymru and Leonard Cheshire
And again to Rhian and Nia, I suppose: again, learning from that experience of the pandemic, what is important for people to have good mental health?
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Mind Cymru and Leonard Cheshire
Right. Well, thank you all for being with us today. Can I ask: as a result of the pandemic, what's important, do you think, following the last two years that we've been through and on the issues around that in terms of isolation? What particularly do you…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Mind Cymru and Leonard Cheshire
Good afternoon, and welcome back to the Health and Social Care Committee. I move to item 6, with regard to our mental health inequalities evidence session, and today we've got witnesses from Mind Cymru and Leonard Cheshire, and I'd be very grateful if the…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 5, 9 and 10 of today's meeting
We move to item 4, and I propose in accordance with Standing Order 17.42 that the committee resolves to exclude the public from items 5, 9 and 10 of today's meeting. Are Members content with that? Thank you very much. In that case, we will be back in public…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
We're very grateful for that. Diolch yn fawr iawn, thank you very much. Thank you now, take care, have a good journey back home.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
It's not that we don't want to hear you, it's just having to get through all the questions. [Interruption.] No, not at all. It's so much data you've given us this morning in such a short amount of time, so we really, really appreciate your time with us this…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
'The rubber's got to hit the tarmac.' That might end up in our report; I can see that now. [Laughter.] Thank you ever so much for your time this morning, and I'm so sorry for having to ask you to curtail your responses—
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you, and as we come to conclude the session, you've given quite a few bullet points there in terms of what we need to do in terms of reducing mental health inequalities in Wales, but are there any other final points that you would like to make in…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
I suppose, just to add myself, if Julie or Jo want to come in on this, but, particularly, tell us what further areas the Welsh Government can do. Is there any further legislation that is required? Is there anything that the Welsh Government, where they have…
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Can I just—? We're pushing it for time, so, Gareth, do you have any final questions?
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you for that, Joyce. And thank you, all. Gareth Davies.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Joyce.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
I think Joyce was asking how do you measure success. Was that your question, Joyce? Yes. Great. Who would like to take that one?
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Okay. Thank you. I might have to ask you to be a little more succinct on the remaining replies, just so that we can get through all our questions. Joyce Watson.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thanks, Jo. Ken Skates.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you, Tracey. Joyce, you wanted to come in as well—. Sorry, Ken, did you want to come back?
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you. Ken Skates, you wanted to come in on this.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you. Gareth, do you have any further questions?
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you, Rhun. Gareth Davies.
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Mental health inequalities: evidence session with Public Health Wales
Thank you, that's helpful to set the scene as well. Members will want to dive into some of that a bit later on, I expect, as well. Rhun ap Iorwerth.
