11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Thank you. Rhun ap Iorwerth.
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Thank you. Members will have different questions. I suppose they can direct them to you, Minister, and you can allocate them as you feel, unless they're obviously questions to other Ministers. If it's okay, because we've got a two-hour session but there are a…
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Sure. I suppose, from our perspective, in scrutinising the budget and scrutinising the health budget overall as we go out into next year as well, as a health committee, it does make it more difficult for us if so much emphasis is on the health boards…
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Is it fair to say that the deprioritisation of some areas is—? What you're saying to committee is that these are areas for the health boards to consider rather than yourself. Is that a true reflection?
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
No, that's fine. We'll pick those up later on. You've mentioned the need to deprioritise some areas; can you perhaps give us some examples of those areas?
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
You listed the increase in the living wage is one priority. You said, Minister, that you've deliberately limited priorities due to the reasons you've set out. Are there any other particular priorities that you would like to highlight as well that you're…
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
In that case, I move to item 2. This is in regard to the Welsh Government's draft budget for 2023-24, an evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, Eluned Morgan, the Deputy Minister for Social Services, Julie Morgan, and the Deputy…
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Croeso, bawb. Bore da. Welcome to the Health and Social Care Committee this morning. This is a bilingual meeting this morning, so questions and answers can be given and replied to either in Welsh or English. I move to item 1. We have apologies this morning…
11 January 2023 , Plenary
Short Debate: The current challenges facing the health and social care system in Wales, and opportunities for future service transformation
Can I thank Peter Fox for using his debate time on this really important issue today? The cross-party group on medical research is currently doing a piece of work, leading an inquiry into the benefits of medical research in Wales. And perhaps I should declare…
11 January 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Wales Air Ambulance bases reorganisation
Our motion today, jointly tabled with Plaid Cymru, sets out a number of factual points and then goes on to ask the Welsh Government to work with its NHS partners and the Welsh ambulance trust to ensure that air ambulance bases in Welshpool and Caernarfon…
11 January 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Wales Air Ambulance bases reorganisation
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer. I move the move motion in the name of my colleague, Darren Millar. The Wales Air Ambulance Charity is a fantastic service that provides vital support for the people of Wales. The charity was formed on St David's Day in…
11 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I thank the Minister for his answer. What I have noticed is an increase in concerns of poor service on the Cambrian line in particular, on the Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury line. Passengers are frequently asked to change unexpectedly at Shrewsbury due to the…
11 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
2. Will the Minister provide an update on improvements to the Cambrian railway line? OQ58902
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: NHS Winter Pressures
Happy new year, Minister, to you and thank you for your statement today, and I'd like to start by adding my own thanks and appreciation to our incredibly dedicated and hard-working Welsh NHS staff and professionals. Minister, over the last decade, your…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister, for your answer. You will know that I've regularly raised issues with you and other Ministers in regard to the flooding of land across mid Wales. You may recall the issue of flooding of homes in Llandinam I raised with you last…
10 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
3. What support is the Welsh Government providing to Natural Resources Wales to alleviate the flooding of land in mid Wales? OQ58916
14 December 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Well, Minister, you've just got to look at the stats—the stats speak for themselves: in Wales, we are waiting 10 weeks longer for treatment than patients have to in England. So the stats do speak for themselves, and you can't get away from that. But what my…
14 December 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Minister, for your answer. Of course, they're not effectively the same thing, because we're having a very different outcome in Wales. We've got 50,000 people, Minister, waiting over two years for treatment and the same figure in England and…
14 December 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Presiding Officer. Can I wish you and colleagues across the Chamber a happy Christmas, Minister? Not a single surgical hub exists in Wales. Surgical hubs have been identified by the Royal College of Surgeons as essential to tackling the record…
13 December 2022 , Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2023-24
The Welsh budget should, of course, be about how the Welsh Government cuts its cloth, about its spending priorities, but listening to the exchange between the First Minister and the leader of the opposition this morning, I have to wonder why we're having this…
7 December 2022 , Plenary
Topical Questions
Minister, the RCN informed me today that you have still not met with them specifically to discuss nurses' pay, and that you've not opened negotiations with them or through the Welsh NHS partnership forum, which I think is extremely disappointing…
6 December 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, what I've noted is that over the last 12 months in particular, more of my constituents are opting to go for private treatment because they have made that decision that they no longer want to wait on an NHS waiting list, often in pain. On one…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Wales COVID-19 inquiry special purpose committee
The Welsh Government has made its own decisions, and at times very different decisions, and it's entitled, of course, to do that, but I would hope the First Minister would accept there should be scrutiny and accountability for those decisions that were made…
30 November 2022 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Wales COVID-19 inquiry special purpose committee
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and I move the motion this afternoon, tabled in the name of my colleague, Darren Millar. Our motion today proposes that this Senedd establishes a Wales COVID-19 inquiry special purpose committee and agrees that the remit of the…
30 November 2022 , Health and Social Care Committee
Motion under Standing Orders 17.42(vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public for the remainder of the meeting
In that case, I move to item 4 and I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting, if we're all content. Thank you. In that case, we'll go into private session. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
