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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
Elen Jones.
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
Who would like to come in on that?
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
That's significant, isn't it? Okay. We'll go into some more specific questions now. Jack Sargeant.
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
So, almost, rather than asking medical questions, to an extent, you're asking financial questions or trying to draw that out in your discussion.
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
Really?
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
As I think this through as well, do GPs, do you think, perhaps take more time—? They've got a patient presenting themselves; whereas, perhaps in more normal times, pre-pandemic times, you would've referred them for treatment, now, as GPs, do you think GPs are…
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
It does. It probably gives me another 10 questions, actually, based on what you've said, but I'm not going to ask those, because I'm probably going to be pinching questions that others want to ask. But you've set the scene, I think, quite well in terms of…
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
You don't mind, you don't care. There we are. So, when a patient is placed on a hospital waiting list, either for their assessment or for their operation, they remain under the care, of course, of a GP, as I understand it. So, what are the consequences of…
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
Thank you all for introducing yourselves and for being with us as well, and thank you for your responses to our consultation over the summer period, which helped to facilitate some of the questions that we've got with you today. But thank you for your time…
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Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
Now we move to item 2, and this is in regard to our piece of work on the impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment. We have our first panel, this morning, of witnesses that are with us in regard to our evidence…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Lovely. Thank you, Joyce, for that.
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Croeso, bawb. Morning, all. I'd like to welcome all to the Health and Social Care Committee this morning. This meeting is being held in a hybrid model, so we've got some witnesses and Members here on the Senedd estate and others joining us virtually, but all…
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
Right, and in that case, now we move to item 5 and under Standing Order 17.42, I propose that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. Are Members content? Diolch yn fawr. That brings our public session to an end today.
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Papers to note
I've jumped ahead and we've got a number of papers to note today. I won't go through each one, but I will just highlight that we did have correspondence from Pancreatic Cancer UK, and Members will have received an invitation to a virtual session this morning…
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
Thank you, take care. And so, our next public meeting is on 18 November. That's our next meeting for committee. But as I move to item 5, I propose that in accordance with Standing Order—. Sorry, the clerk is whispering in my ear, quite rightly, that I have…
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
Okay, thank you, Mike. So, no further questions from you, Mike. Great, thank you. Okay, that's kept us on schedule then. Thank you for that. There might have been some areas that we would have liked to have covered, but we'll take that up via written…
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
I can see Alex wants to come in as well.
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
Julie.
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
I'm looking for who could answer that. Sarah. Thank you.
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
Yes. Thank you, Jack; that would be helpful. Because we're pushed for time, we'll perhaps take up some other areas that we were going to raise today via written correspondence. Mike Hedges.
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
Julie. Thank you.
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
I think Alex wants to come in.
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
Julie wants to come in there.
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
Thank you, Sue. Jack Sargeant.
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Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales
I'll have to ask Sue to be ever so brief on that, I'm afraid.
