, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
It sounds really positive that staff are seen as a major resource, rather than seen as a cost, sometimes, to be cut. I don't know if Phil wanted to come in.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Thank you. I want to touch on productivity. The former Auditor General for Wales has said that productivity is key and if that doesn't improve, then we're on an unsustainable trajectory. And I understand that Welsh Government has introduced new systems to…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Thank you. I was going to look at Hywel Dda, unsurprisingly, particularly and, actually, part of my question was going to be about what might be unique there and so I'm really interested in what you've just said. I think the case for—. Actually, there are…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care
Thank you. Cabinet Minister. I have already raised how important integrated care centres are in providing care closer to home, but an integrated system cannot succeed without a sustainable primary care infrastructure. Too often, surgeries operate from old…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care
1. What action is the Government taking to support integrated care in rural areas? OQ64669
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Senedd Commission 2025-26: evidence session
That’s good to hear. Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Senedd Commission 2025-26: evidence session
Thank you, and my question is around governance. So, you’ve got independent advisers as part of your governance that play an important role, and you’ve got some big projects coming up, probably as always, but not least Cardiff Bay 32. I noted that you’d been…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Senedd Commission 2025-26: evidence session
Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Senedd Commission 2025-26: evidence session
Thank you for picking up on this, and the security of Members and staff is something I'm really concerned about, and it feels like this is a fast-moving territory, really, and with links to social media, and you've mentioned—. I understand that there's a…
, Plenary
Short Debate: The importance of local services—Protecting the future of Withybush hospital
Thanks to Claire Archibald for tabling this important debate, and I agree with a great deal that's been said. Since being elected, I have heard again and again constituents' concerns about services being downgraded in Withybush and ever greater…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
Diolch, Cabinet Minister. A 2023 report by the Bevan Foundation found that Ceredigion ranks second in child poverty levels across Wales, with Pembrokeshire not far behind. Crisis has also highlighted that many families in my constituency face significant gaps…
, Plenary
Questions to the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice
5. What is the Cabinet Minister doing to tackle the unique rural challenges associated with child poverty in Ceredigion Penfro? OQ64603
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Ofwat’s role in the Welsh context - scene setting session
Thank you. That was just making me think that, I suppose, this Government puts a lot of emphasis on prevention, and I suppose there's something there, with the way you're monitoring, to be able to see not just at the end of stages, but see over time where…
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Ofwat’s role in the Welsh context - scene setting session
Thank you.
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Ofwat’s role in the Welsh context - scene setting session
Thank you. And if I can ask another one. The reform now is really welcome. I guess we've got a role in this committee now in scrutinising that, so I look forward to that. I represent Ceredigion Penfro. I know the committee is for the whole of Wales, but, as…
, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee
Ofwat’s role in the Welsh context - scene setting session
Thank you. I've got some questions that are more forward looking, but I'm just struck by—. It's really concerning to hear the situation with Dŵr Cymru, with the bills being some of the highest for consumers, but also the fine on the basis of not just…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care: Review of the Escalation and Intervention Framework
Thank you, Cabinet Minister. I welcome this new national accountability and support framework. In the past, we've seen organisations remain in escalation for years without it being clear that the intervention itself was delivering improvement. I'm…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales brief: Welsh Government arrangements for funding local government
Okay, yes.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales brief: Welsh Government arrangements for funding local government
Thanks for all of this. I know time is tight. So, there's something there about how we're having to do this fitting into UK systems that, perhaps, aren't ideal for Wales. That's something we might want to look at there. I think Welsh Government is doing a…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
Yes. That's great. And I'm probably not allowed to have more questions, but something about the escalation to level 4, I suppose, would be interesting to know more about.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
Yes.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
That's great. You've answered my question. I suppose, Chair, as we go forward, I think that's something for us to be thinking about, the wider—as it starts off in your report, I think, saying it's about ways of working, what do we mean by that, and what do we…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Audit Wales brief: NHS digital transformation
I suppose, with that workforce development, does it include the different type of leadership that we need in the NHS if we're going to be able to enable this sort of thing, or different types of empowering teams, or anything like that in the workforce…
