, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
Personally, I think it’s challenging, because there are so many different models out there. I met social prescribers a few weeks ago in north Wales who were providing, basically, mental health counselling, and then, at the other end of the scale, you’ve got…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
Well, as Ed has said, there is a mixed picture across Wales in terms of the use of digital technology and also different views on the appropriateness of a single resource. And you'll have heard, I'm sure, about national resources such as Dewis Cymru and…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
Thank you, Gareth, and, as you've highlighted, there is a lot of variation out there and I've seen that, going to see projects. Social prescribers are doing different things—they're called different things and they have different training and backgrounds. I…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
Thanks, Gareth. Obviously, the social prescribing framework is a key programme for government commitment. I've been chairing a task and finish group looking at social prescribing and, as a result of that, we have developed a national framework, which is…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
Thanks, Tracey.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
Okay, thank you. What you highlight is key, really. We want there to be no wrong door for people. That's a key part of our programme for government, at whatever interface people have with services. Obviously, there are challenges with joined-up working, but I…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
Thank you, Sarah. We recognise there is more work to do here, and I read the evidence that you took on this. Our mental health delivery plan includes an overarching theme of reducing inequalities and promoting access to mental health services, and within that…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
I have definitely come across those barriers and would agree with those barriers. As Welsh Government, we have set up a task and finish group jointly with the Wales Alliance for Mental Health to specifically look at the issues around mental health services…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
Thank you, Sarah. And yes, I—[Interruption.] Rhun's broken the desk.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
Yes, just to add to that that, obviously, our ability to provide long-term funding does depend on having three-year settlements from the UK Government. So, I think that's an important condition to set out, but we absolutely recognise the challenges facing the…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
I think—. Julie.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
I just wanted to add that although obviously neurodiversity services sit with Julie now, we continue to work very closely together. I am acutely aware, from the work that I did on the 'Mind over matter' inquiry, that lots of the kids that we described as…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
Thank you. Well, I'm hugely enthusiastic about our new trauma-informed framework for Wales. I was very pleased, with the Deputy Minister Julie Morgan, to speak at the launch of the strategy. It's a huge milestone in our journey to becoming a trauma-informed…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
Thank you, Ken. As you highlight, there are already well-developed processes to identify the impact of policy, such as child rights impact assessments, equality impact assessments, et cetera. There's not currently a formal mechanism in place for a sort of…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
Thank you very much, Ken. I think that you're right to point to the importance of the hierarchy of needs. Obviously, I'm not a clinician, but I'm very well aware of the importance of people having their basic needs met and feeling safe in order for their…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
I think it's always a challenge, isn't it, with finding the right balance, especially when we've been through a massive public health crisis, and we're now in a cost-of-living crisis where people are going to be struggling to survive, and we will have to…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
It is, as you say, a balance, and I'm very conscious of that. I've talked a lot since coming into post about the need for prevention and for early intervention, but I've also been very clear that we have to meet people's immediate needs as well. We can't just…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
I think there are a range of things needed to create good mental health. I know that the committee has taken lots of evidence around the importance of relationships and relational approaches to good mental health, and I personally think that that's very, very…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Mental health inequalities: Evidence session with the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Deputy Minister for Social Services
Thanks, Chair. Good morning, everyone. Lynne Neagle, Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Well-being.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much, Mike. You'll be pleased to know that we have a really comprehensive anti-obesity strategy in Wales called 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales'. It's a 10-year strategy that we are breaking up into two-year delivery plans so that we can really…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Individuals can take a range of steps to reduce their chances of developing heart disease, by not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight and exercising regularly, for example. Our 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' and tobacco control strategies are developing a…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much, John, and I know that you are an enthusiastic supporter of parkruns, and I think that they play an enormous role in making sure that we can get people more active and I'm very keen to support them. Pre pandemic, my officials were in…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
As part of our 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' and tobacco control strategies, we are co-investing, with local health boards, into a number of programmes and interventions that support population health outcomes.
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Llyr, and, yes, I was really pleased that the men's shed is open again, and I saw on Twitter that you had been able to visit them to celebrate that opening. Officials checked with the health board what the position was in relation to the abrupt…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
We continue to provide significant and sustained funding to support the provision of mental health services. In addition to its mental health ring-fenced allocation, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board will receive an additional £4.9 million of recurrent…
