2 December 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Thank you very much, Chair, and good morning, everybody. I just want to focus on pain management support. Where in your view are the gaps in the provision of pain management support across Wales, including pain management support programmes and pain clinics?
30 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Age Friendly Wales: Our strategy for an Ageing Society
Thank you very much, Deputy Llywydd, and thank you very much for your statement this afternoon, Deputy Minister. I also welcome the age-friendly Wales strategy—I mean, what's not to like with it really—apart from the fact that we have yet another aspirational…
30 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Thank you very much, Deputy Llywydd, and thank you for your statement this afternoon, Minister. I just want to second Russell George's comments in that I do appreciate that you've got a lot on your plate and you're dealing with a very complex and…
24 November 2021 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Regulation of animal rescue and rehoming centres
It's a pleasure to take part in the debate this afternoon. As a nation of pet lovers, we should have the most stringent animal welfare standards in the world. Sadly, the reality is far from it. As with many things, the Welsh Government has good intentions…
24 November 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
Good afternoon, Counsel General. We all know that climate change is driving ever more frequent extreme weather events, extreme weather events that cause great damage and destruction—extreme weather events such as storm Christoph, which wrought devastation…
24 November 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Good afternoon, Minister. Minister, my constituents would like to see the Welsh Government focusing on boosting the Welsh economy and attracting businesses who will pay more than the bare minimum. Lidl will now pay shop floor workers £10.10p per hour—well…
23 November 2021 , Plenary
Debate: The Welsh Language Commissioner’s Annual Report 2020-21 and the Commissioner’s second 5-year report
I would like to thank the Welsh Language Commissioner and his staff for their ongoing work. For those dependent on the care sector, speaking Welsh is not a matter of choice, it's a necessity. I'm currently dealing with a constituent whose mother, suffering…
23 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Thank you for your statement, Minister, and for providing a briefing to Members of the health committee at lunchtime today. As in previous updates, I want to focus my questions on the care sector, as those living in care homes and their families have been…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with mental health and psychological support organisations
Staggering, really, yes.
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with mental health and psychological support organisations
Yes, I've just got one last one on time and real sense. You know, for a real-life example, if I become ill today, I present to a mental health service, what sort of pathway would I experience and what time would I get to see a psychiatrist, get a support…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with mental health and psychological support organisations
That's a really helpful answer, thanks for that. Just to move on from that, really, in terms of looking at psychological therapies, it's long been believed amongst patients and some wings of the mental health professions that, often, medication isn't seen as…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with mental health and psychological support organisations
Thank you very much, Chair, and thank you for the evidence that you've given so far. In terms of how mental health support is proactively given to patients, what's the content of that? Because I used to work in community mental health teams, and I had a very…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
Thank you very much, Chair. Just on that point, you were talking about different professions and things, in my experience of the NHS, there's a lot of cross-over work, you know, I worked in physiotherapy before being elected and what we tended to do, with…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
In that sense, with 'Agenda for Change', there's also a glass ceiling as well, so the disillusionment comes in—you know, how the top of band 5 would possibly get more money than the bottom of band 6. So, in terms of tackling that incentive and looking at ways…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
I completely agree with what you said then, Helen. I think about how we manage this workforce and get people—you know, nurses—being able to specialise in certain interests that they want to do. I think we've got to value nursing and all professions and award…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
No, absolutely.
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
It's mostly just a footnote to some of the questions and answers that we've had today. I think it's been quite a candid session. You spoke about a lot of the realities that happen in our health boards and across GP services. So, I’m just wondering whether we…
16 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution: Update on the Constitutional Commission
Thank you, Counsel General, for the statement that you've made this evening. But, with the greatest respect, was there any real point to this statement this afternoon? Do you truly believe that this commission is a good use of Welsh Government time and…
16 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Children’s Oracy and Reading
Thank you very much, Minister, for your statement this afternoon. Whilst I welcome actions taken to improve oracy rates across the board, I do have concerns about those in the care system as well as those providing care. Minister, we know that educational…
16 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: COP26
Don't be so negative. [Laughter.] While I don't share the opinion expressed by some that COP26 was a cop out, I do fear that the watering down of the pledges will see my constituents indeed facing a watery future. As some of the world's worst polluters…
16 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy Minister for Climate Change: COP26
Thank you very much for your statement, this afternoon, Deputy Minister. It was really good to see you up in Glasgow last week for COP26, and I believe you met my counterpart in Westminster, Dr James Davies, so that was really nice to see.
16 November 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd, and good afternoon, First Minister. First Minister, your Government says it aims to pay those working in social care the real living wage. While there is still no clarity as to when this will happen, there is no doubt that it's…
10 November 2021 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Spiking
It's an absolute pleasure to take part in this important and pertinent debate this afternoon. I'm pleased that the issue of spiking has finally gained mainstream media attention because the scourge has existed for many years, but thankfully there has been an…
10 November 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
I'm very grateful for that response, Minister. However, the benefit of the twenty-first century schools programme is very much dependent on where you live—a postcode lottery, essentially. Pupils in Rhyl have benefited from the building of two excellent…
10 November 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
3. How will the twenty-first century schools programme benefit pupils in the Vale of Clwyd? OQ57141
