4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Diolch yn fawr.
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
That is absolutely right, and one of the things that I said when I saw this report and I read what had happened was that, but for the grace of God, this could have been anywhere, because these people—. The point I made right at the outset—Neil Foden was…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Thank you for that very important question. I'll place on record again that my thoughts always remain with Neil Foden's victims in all of this and with the bravery of those children that came forward to expose what was happening in plain sight for a number of…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Sure.
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Okay. Thank you for that question. Well, the number of children that are reached by the end of this financial year depends on take-up. So, we can put the offer out there; what we can't determine is how many people actually decide to take it up. We expected to…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
To be clear, my statement was not focused on adult social care; it was about the whole of the social care workforce. I don't know why the committee or you have the impression that I was only focusing on adult social care. If I gave that impression, I…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
We certainly wouldn't rule it out, but I think we need to get a robust, evidence-based framework in place first.
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Okay, diolch. Can I start by saying that we absolutely recognise the importance of parental advocacy, helping families to navigate the child protection system? It's absolutely vitally important. Parental advocacy is available nationally across Wales. We've…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Diolch for that question, Cefin. I think it's important to say at the outset that the Act is being implemented in a phased way. That was always the intention. It was never the intention that we would start from April 2026 with an immediate move to…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Well, I think that's a matter of opinion. I don't think that is substantiated by the facts. I think the facts are that over 40,000 Flying Start children and families can access an enhanced level of visiting support from the dedicated Flying Start health…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Yes, absolutely. And as I said, I think in my initial answer to you, there is a wider skill‑mix team around Flying Start; it’s not just health visitors. The Cabinet Secretary referred earlier on to the Healthy Child Wales programme, and there’s a minimum set…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
No, no.
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Yes.
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
What I was trying to probe with the Cabinet Secretary was: how many other people are in the team around the health visitor?
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
I mean, no system is perfect; we absolutely accept that. We are very clear about what the expectation is. When there are staff shortages, that obviously creates difficulties, it creates challenges, and we have sought to address that through the recruitment of…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
It's fairly straightforward. As part of previous expansions of Flying Start, that was something that was brought to our attention—and I think it wasn’t news to any of us, because we all have casework around this—that there were families that were in need of…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Potentially—and we don't know for a fact—but only because the recording of outreach is quite inconsistent by local authorities. It's relatively small in number, shouldn't be difficult to record, and it is one of those areas that I think we probably do need to…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Absolutely. You will know from your constituency work, as I do, I'm sure, that there are a number of families that sit outside of those postcode areas that also have those needs. So, the outreach facility is for the local authority to be able to identify…
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Yes, so it was initially set up—. It's important to say this so that you understand what the outreach does. It was targeted in particular postcode areas, those areas with the greatest need. You will know, I'm sure, from your constituency work—
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
So, outreach, with Flying Start—. So, Flying Start was initially set up—
4 Mawrth 2026 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Gwaith craffu cyffredinol Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
I'll deal with this, Chair, if that's okay. So, you're right, Jenny, in 2024-25, we did see the contact rate be lower than in previous years and that was due to a general shortage of health visitors. We did have a shortage during that period, the immediate…
3 Mawrth 2026 , Cyfarfod Llawn
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3 Mawrth 2026 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Rheoliadau Datganiadau Blynyddol (Diwygiadau Amrywiol) (Cymru) 2026
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Dwi'n cynnig y cynnig.
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