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Speeches and questions

Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

2,366 speeches and questions

8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
I can see Hywel Dda have said that achieving the target to reduce two-year waits by March 2024 will require additional resources beyond the currently available levels. So, what would be your response to that?
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
I'm trying to understand, then—. Because, when you're setting targets, you would have no doubt envisaged that more people would be coming onto the list.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Yes.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Well, I'll just come back with a final question and we'll bring in Jeremy then, if that's all right. There were over 760,000 patient pathways waiting to start treatment in August this year. That's the highest level on record. So, I suppose I'm just trying to…
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you, Minister. There is also a recovery target to eliminate the number of people waiting longer than one year to start treatment in most specialities by the spring of 2025. So, are health boards on course to achieve this target, do you believe?
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Yes, okay, thank you. We've got half an hour left of committee. There are a couple of general questions at the end, but there's a significant number of questions now around NHS waiting times, and, of course, the context of these questions is the first two…
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
So, you're confident that that £70 million is reaching social care workers in their pay packets.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you, and also in your response as well, Deputy Minister, you talked about improving pay by investing a further £70 million this financial year to ensure that all social care workers continue to get paid the real living wage, but, I suppose, it's about…
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
I suppose the question is in the context of not the numbers increasing now, but your response now to increased numbers in the future. But your answer is that you're on the right trajectory, so you're confident that those numbers will increase further.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you. If I could just ask the Deputy Minister, in the Government's written response, you talk about £10 million over the next three years invested in the social worker bursary. In your response, Deputy Minister, you talk about being confident that the…
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Joyce Watson.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Any other further questions, Gareth?
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
If it's possible to have a brief answer on that.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
They have now joined the table as well. Gareth Davies.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Welcome back. Just to say that Jeremy Griffith, director of operations, and Albert Heaney, chief social care officer—sorry; I got that right, did I, Albert?
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Okay. I want to take a break, but we haven't got a lot of time, unless somebody's really pressing for a break, so we'll take a two-minute pause, if that's all right. I appreciate some Ministers have got to—. Did you want a quick break? Do Members want a very…
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
So, when do you envisage that Wales will have a women's health plan?
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
I appreciate you said you're disappointed with the slowness of the plan coming forward, but in a nutshell, why has there been a delay?
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Okay. Have you asked them about when they expect their plan to be available?
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
So, sorry, when is the plan going to be published?
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you. And England and Scotland have published their women's health plans. When can we expect a women's health plan to be published in Wales?
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Calendar year—by the end of next month. There we are. Thank you. Jack Sargeant.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Thank you, Joyce. Sorry—thank you, Lynne. We've got two sections left that I want try and cover before 10:30, so it leaves about two and a half minutes for each; it's a bit of a struggle. So, I've got Joyce on a section, then Jack. We've got to try and finish…
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Go on, then.
8 November 2023Health and Social Care Committee
General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being
Can we have a brief answer on this? Thank you.