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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Thanks, Mike. That was a good question to end on. If no Members have got any further questions—. No. Can I thank the witnesses very much for your evidence this morning? Thank you also for responding to the committee's evidence paper over the summer period…
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Who would like to address that? Dai.
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Mike Hedges.
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Thank you, Joyce. Gareth, if you want to come back on mental health support questions, we've got about four or five minutes, if that's all right, before I come to Mike.
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Who would like to address that? Dr Egeler.
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Dr Egeler wanted to come in.
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Who would like to address that?
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Joyce Watson and then I'll come back to Gareth. Joyce Watson.
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Who would like to address that? Dr Egeler.
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Gareth Davies.
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
No, Rhun's happy to ask the question again. Thank you.
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Yes, Dai Davies can, and, Dr Egeler, you could hear as well, yes? Yes, that's lovely. I don't know, Calum Higgins, did you—? You heard that question—do you want to address that?
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
So, do you want to say something else, translator, to make sure that we can hear? [TRANSLATION: 'Okay, testing. One, two. Can you hear me? Yes, okay. Thank you.']
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Oh, okay. I apologise. Can we just check on that then? If you go to the bottom of your screen, there's a globe at the bottom of your screen, and if you click on that globe and click on to English, then you should get the Welsh translation. If I could ask the…
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Thank you, Dr Egeler. I think, on some of what's been said, that Members will, I know, want to ask specific questions, so I won't pursue any more lines at the moment, because I'll be taking questions from other Members. Rhun ap Iorwerth.
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Okay, thank you. And Dr Egeler talked about variations across—I think he was referring to across Wales, as well. So, are there variations across the health boards across Wales? Would any of the panel like to comment in that regard?
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Can I just check on that? Because, presumably, those spaces are allocated for the right reasons, and there aren't any other spaces available. So, how do you square that, from your perspective, in terms of a solution?
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Okay. So, it's a space issue and a money issue, from your perspective. Calum Higgins, you wanted to come in.
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
And is there a solution in terms of what you've outlined? You've outlined the situation there, Dr Egeler, but is there—? What's the solution, in your view?
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
If I ask Dr Egeler to come in in terms of what are the consequences, I suppose, of what Calum and Dai Davies have outlined from your perspective. The mike should go off by itself, but I notice it's not at the moment. Sorry, I may not have heard. Christian…
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Thank you, Calum. Does Dai or Dr Egeler want to come in at all?
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Thank you, Calum. Calum Higgins.
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Lovely. Thanks, all, for being with us and for your papers that you submitted over the summer in terms of the wider consultation, which we've used to support this session as well today. Can I ask first of all where are the bottlenecks and pinch points in…
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
In that case, I move to item 2, and item 2 is in regards to our piece of work on the impact of the waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment. We have an evidence session this morning with various health professionals; we've…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Croeso, pawb. Welcome to the Health and Social Care Committee this morning. This is a hybrid session, so some Members are here in the Senedd estate and other Members are joining virtually this morning. All our witnesses today are joining us virtually also…
