18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
No, we've been really clear from the start: this is men and women—absolutely.
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Thank you, Joyce, and yes, we are joining up the initiatives with physical activity and indeed, we're working across Government with all Ministers focused on what they can do in this space. And there's a lot of work to join up with physical activity…
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Thank you, James. I know that you've got a long-standing interest in this area, and you're absolutely right to highlight the very significant challenges that we face, which have been, unfortunately, made worse by the pandemic, as we know. You've highlighted…
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Well, I think it's important to recognise that the vast majority of families who access perinatal mental health services won't need a mother and baby unit. It's the women who are most ill, often with postpartum psychosis, who are going to need to access that…
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Well, thank you for the recognition that the waiting times have improved. As you know, we've taken a very rigorous approach to driving improvements in the area of CAMHS, with the meetings that we have every month with health boards and the direction that…
18 January 2023 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 2
Thank you, James. As Eluned has said, we have secured a very significant additional allocation for mental health. You'll be aware that Welsh Government committed to provide £50 million extra in this financial year, rising to £75 million and then to £90…
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Thank you, Sarah. You'll be aware that the mental health money that goes to the NHS to health boards is ring fenced, and that is continuing. So, there's an allocation of £773.639 million gone out to health boards for mental health services as part of the…
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
I think prevention is very much at the core of what we're doing, Rhun. Most of the money that we're talking about today goes out to health boards, and they have got a legal duty to consider prevention in the way that they spend their resources, just as we…
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Well, Jenny, as you know, the health budget is £10 billion. The committee put questions in and we try to answer those questions in evidence, and we weren't asked about breastfeeding. But just to assure you that breastfeeding is a priority within the work that…
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Yes, I just wanted to add to what Eluned said about prevention, really, and recognising the challenges that we face with the budget, but there is a very strong focus on prevention in things like the work that we're doing around 'Healthy Weight: Healthy…
11 January 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Liver disease
Alcohol misuse is also a major health issue affecting individuals, families and communities, and preventing the harm caused by alcohol continues to be a priority for the Government. We are committed to ensuring that our services provide early intervention and…
11 January 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Liver disease
Thank you, Deputy Llywydd. Firstly, I'd like to thank the Conservatives for bringing this important issue to the Chamber, and to all Members who've contributed to today's debate. I've listened carefully to all speakers, and there have been many important…
11 January 2023 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Liver disease
Formally.
13 December 2022 , Plenary
The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022
Diolch, Llywydd, and can I thank Huw Irranca-Davies for his contribution and also Jenny Rathbone for her contribution to the debate today? I'm also very happy to give the assurance that I will take what you've said away and do whatever I can to make sure that…
13 December 2022 , Plenary
The Food and Feed (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2022
Diolch, Llywydd. I move the motion. The regulations that we are debating today make amendments to domestic legislation applying in relation to Wales on food and feed safety and hygiene. These amendments are required to improve the clarity and accessibility of…
23 November 2022 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Mental health and community resilience
Thank you, Mark. Clearly, empowering communities is a key part of what we're doing and I very much support us taking a strength-based approach to that work. As I said, we also launched the real-time suicide surveillance system, which will provide earlier…
23 November 2022 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Mental health and community resilience
Well, it's funny you should say that, because I was just coming on to community assets. I also recognise the importance of community assets. Our long-running communities facilities programme and our new and innovative community assets loan fund are just some…
23 November 2022 , Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Mental health and community resilience
Thank you, Deputy Presiding Officer, and can I thank Jenny Rathbone for tabling this debate today? We know that our health and well-being are not determined by access to healthcare services alone, but by a whole host of social, economic and environmental…
23 November 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
Just thank you for the opportunity to come, and I'm looking forward to receiving your recommendations in due course.
23 November 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
—to discuss it, which I'm also happy to do.
23 November 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
I'm very happy to make that commitment, and I think I've been invited to come in to the committee—
23 November 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
Okay. Thank you, James, and it sounds like it was a very tough session for the committee, but I'm glad that the committee did the session, and it's just so important to put young people's voices at the centre of what we're all doing. From my point of view, I…
23 November 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
I’m sure Jeremy will want to come in on this as well, but if I can just say that, obviously, there’s new guidance now that’s been issued by Universities UK on information sharing, which is an attempt to respond to the tragic situations we’ve seen where young…
23 November 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
Well, I think that it’s very important that young people register with a GP. I’m not sure how it would work with students, because there’d be all sorts of issues around confidentiality and GDPR. I mean, this is where there are lessons that can be learned from…
23 November 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
Do you mean to refer to a GP?
