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2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
There we are, thank you. And the final word of the day to Professor Dolwani.
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Thank you. A question to both professors, I suppose, as we draw the session to a close: are there any questions that you think we should have asked? What are your key messages to us? Is there anything that you would want to say that has not been drawn out in…
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Thank you, Jack. Joyce Watson.
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Thank you, Professor. Jack Sargeant.
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Does Professor Crosby want to come in on any of the points?
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Thank you. Gareth Davies.
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Jack, did you want to come in on that point?
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
I think Professor Crosby wanted to come in as well.
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Thank you. We've got about 22 minutes left and I've got questions from Joyce and then Gareth and then Jack. So, that's about seven minutes each. So, just to the witnesses, just to keep that in mind, if you can—I hate to ask this—and keep your answers brief so…
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Did you have any further questions?
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Thank you for that. Sorry, Sarah, to interrupt, I just wanted to get that clear before you moved on to your next question. Thank you.
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Do Welsh Government have that data collectively, I wonder?
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Do you mind if I ask a question on workforce, before you move on, Sarah? The data you referred to, on the workforce, is that publicly available somewhere? Because we've had difficulty trying to establish that information.
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Thank you, Rhun. Sarah Murphy.
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Professor Dolwani.
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
That's very helpful. Thank you, Professor Crosby. Rhun ap Iorwerth.
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
I absolutely agree.
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
That's helpful. Professor Crosby, you wanted to come in. Just briefly, because I just want to make sure that we get through all our questions. But, you wanted to come in on response to— [Inaudible.].
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Thank you. I can see that Jack wants to come in, and I can see Professor Crosby wanted to come in as well. Let me ask Jack to come in, and then I'll bring you in, Professor Crosby.
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Who's the executive?
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
And whose job is it to make sure that the health boards—?
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
And is the endoscopy action plan going to address some of the issues that you've just outlined? And I suppose, just quickly as well, the action plan—'the speed of diagnostic testing and reporting to eight weeks by spring 2024' is what I just read in my notes…
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
And, it might be an obvious question, but, in a sentence, what needs to happen?
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Why is that, do you think?
2 February 2023Health and Social Care Committee
Endoscopy services: evidence session with the National Endoscopy Programme and Wales Cancer Network
Yes. As you were speaking, I wrote down the points: infrastructure, workforce, culture, management—these are the differences in issues. Have I missed anything off my list there?