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Debate on Petition P-06-1294, 'Don't leave metastatic breast cancer patients in Wales behind'
Thank you. Would you agree with me that actually the true heroes in our society don't wear capes, they are people like the petitioner, who put these petitions forward to really raise issues like this on a national stage? And do you agree with me there should…
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Debate on Petition P-06-1294, 'Don't leave metastatic breast cancer patients in Wales behind'
Will the Member give way?
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Minister. In our national parks, it is vital that local people feel that they are part of the decision-making process, and that the national parks actually stand up for them and that they have representation from that area. The Welsh Government…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
1. What plans does the Minister have to make national parks more accountable to local people? OQ58580
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 5
Diolch.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 5
Okay, thank you. I've got one more question—this will probably be quite succinct, really—for all of you. If you could ask one recommendation of the Government on how we could improve mental health support in the higher education setting, what would that…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 5
Diolch, thank you. Simon, have got anything to add, or not really?
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Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 5
This leads me on to my next question, really, and you've almost answered it, so you can give a bit more information, if you want, or just say, 'Refer to my previous answer.' The National Union of Students have said, with the Welsh Government's 'Together for…
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Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 5
Thank you. Dom, have you—?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 5
Thank you, Chair. I know we've got 10 minutes, so I'll try and be as short as I can. One thing I did want to talk about was the missing middle, as well, and actually accessing mental health support, because what we do see is people who are in that acute…
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Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 5
Okay. Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 5
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I think an important point that Dom made was around the third sector involvement and how they can support higher education institutions with actually delivering mental health support for students. We’ve seen that, if people go through the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
Do you think it should be something that's more embedded in GP training?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
On accessing GP appointments, do you think there should be more of an emphasis in GP training sometimes on mental health elements? I spoke to Dr Alex George, who was the previous Prime Minister's mental health ambassador, I know that he told me when he went…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
Because we tend to hear that sometimes the third sector feel a bit pushed out. But, they can actually deliver those initial conversations and initial assessments. Like you say, with mental health support for young people, people are waiting over four-plus…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
Yes, on that support element, on the third sector as well, do they think they can play a big part in actually supporting the healthcare profession as well?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
Lovely, thank you.
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Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
I apologise to colleagues if I jumped in on their questions, because I do feel like it was an appropriate time to raise it.
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Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
If you'll permit me, Gadeirydd, I have one more. I'm sorry if I'm going to jump on somebody else's question. So, do you think that there should be more of a standardised approach across universities in Wales as to how they share information and how they…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
—which does raise all these issues. I know that the National Union of Students have said that they want more of a focus in that plan on actually supporting young people in universities. How do you think we can get more emphasis in the 'Together for Mental…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
Obviously, the Welsh Government have got their 'Together for Mental Health' plan—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
It's people who are going from the specialist services—from CAMHS—and then they go into adult services. It tends to be that student age, doesn't it, where people are lost in the middle. You talked about Canopi, for example. What sort of services do you think…
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Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
That's very important, and it comes on to my second question. What we talk about in Wales and across the UK is the 'missing middle', isn't it?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
That's very important, and, I think, you said that continuity as well—.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
Great. Julie, do you concur with Liz's comments?
