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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with not-for-profit providers
Lovely. Thanks, Rhian. Gareth, can I bring you in, now, please?
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with not-for-profit providers
Thanks, Sarah. I'll bring Rhian in quickly. Just a couple of brief points, Rhian, and then, Gareth, I think your questions may link well to what Sarah has just pointed to. Rhian.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with not-for-profit providers
Okay. Thank you, Mike. Sarah Crawley, I didn't allow you in a moment ago, do you want to respond to this point and perhaps pick up the previous one, as well?
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with not-for-profit providers
Okay. Would anybody like to cover that point initially?
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with not-for-profit providers
Thank you, Mike. Sarah, can I bring you in after the next question? Is that okay, Sarah Crawley? I know John's got a further point as well. I'm just conscious of time. John.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with not-for-profit providers
Thanks, Sarah. Mike, do you want to come in?
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with not-for-profit providers
Sarah Thomas.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with not-for-profit providers
Rhian, do you want to come in? We'll bring Rhian in. Thanks.
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with not-for-profit providers
Thank you, Sarah. John, could I bring you in with some points now and some questions from your side?
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with not-for-profit providers
Okay. Thanks, Sarah. I'm grateful for that initial response. Rhian, I just want to welcome you. I appreciate that there were some technical issues getting you into this meeting straight away, so thank you for joining with us as well. I've introduced you as a…
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Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: provision of social care services to children - evidence session with not-for-profit providers
Item two on our agenda, then, is a reflection, or work, on the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill, and that's provision of social care services to children. We have an evidence session with not-for-profit providers. I'm grateful to those joining us here this…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
Thank you very much and good morning, everybody. Thank you for placing some confidence in me to chair this meeting today and up until the summer recess. A warm welcome to everybody to this Health and Social Care Committee. We are, as we can see, holding this…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Investment in the education and training of healthcare professionals 2024-25
Thank you for the statement, Cabinet Secretary, and also thank you for making it available ahead of time today. Of course, an effective healthcare training strategy is absolutely vital for the success of the health service and the well-being of people across…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd like to call for a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for health regarding continuing healthcare funding. I've had a significant number of e-mails from people who are seriously concerned about the changes in the level of continuing healthcare…
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Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for your response, First Minister. And, Llywydd, considering the challenges to general practice sustainability that we're seeing following surgery closures—18 per cent of GPs have closed in Wales in the past decade alone; we've had a significant…
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Questions to the First Minister
8. Will the First Minister provide an update on funding for GP services in Wales? OQ61352
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Nuclear
Diolch, Llywydd. We've had an excellent debate here this evening on nuclear. Janet Finch-Saunders opened up for us, outlining the benefits that nuclear has for us, particularly here in Wales, contributing around £700 million to the Welsh economy in 2021 alone…
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Motion under Standing Order 26.91 seeking the Senedd's agreement to introduce a Member Bill—British Sign Language (BSL) (Wales) Bill
I’m pleased today to support this British Sign Language (Wales) Bill, but also, in particular, I'm pleased to be able to support my colleague Mark Isherwood. I'd like to commend Mark for the work that he has done on deaf issues and disability rights over many…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Thank you for your response, Cabinet Secretary. Llywydd, of course, increasing the use of technology is absolutely essential to our farmers, to help them increase yields and keep doing the vital work in providing food for our nation. I'm pleased to hear of…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
2. What is the Welsh Government doing to encourage the use of technology in farming? OQ61277
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Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thanks. Thanks, Chair.
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Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you. Just briefly, Chair. You touched on preventative work previously as well, and you described it as a fence at the top the cliff as well as the ambulance at the bottom. I'm just wondering about the capacity within primary care for people to engage in…
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Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
All right. Thanks, Chair.
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Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you. That sounds pretty good, but the evidence we've received from people seems to be slightly different as to how that feels for them. So, I just wonder where that disconnect might be between what you're able to deliver as a healthcare professional…
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Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Thank you. And I'd agree the focus on digital is massively important for the generations coming through now and for creating the efficiencies within the service that are needed, because part of the evidence that the committee has received has been not just…