Written question WQ100202
- Asked by
- Sarah EdwardsReform
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Minister for Health and Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
Will the Cabinet Minister ensure that Hywel Dda University Health Board will allow a private provider or charity to deliver the service where that organisation is willing to fund the machine upgrade and provide appropriately qualified staff?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Minister for Health and Care (Mabon ap Gwynfor)
Decisions about the operational and strategic delivery of radiology services are matters for Hywel Dda University Health Board. Any external organisation wishing to contribute funding, equipment or appropriately qualified staff should discuss its proposal with the Health Board in the first instance.
Offers to support NHS services are welcomed and appreciated, but any proposal must be developed in cooperation with the Health Board and considered against clinical safety, quality, workforce, governance, sustainability and the Health Board’s agreed service model. Where the Health Board considers that Welsh Government involvement is required, I would expect it to bring forward the proposal through the appropriate established process, explaining how the proposed partnership supports its delivery plans and what intervention is sought.