, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
Once we see the draft of the wording, then we'll be content as that moves forward.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
Again, we've received assurances from the UK Government that those amendments will be placed, so we have to wait and see that, but that gives us the security that they've listened to our concerns around it.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
We did have some serious reservations about the proposed changes with Schedule 7, as was promoted, which was going to amend the 2012 Act, but officials shared those concerns with the UK Gov officials, expressed those concerns, and as Mari has eloquently…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
I don't know what the protocol is around that. Certainly, we can share highlights of the letters so that you're aware of some of the promises made, but—
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
Okay, so when it comes to the single patient record, the main area of concern for us in Welsh Government has been on understanding the cross-border element of the information-sharing implications for Wales. So, we've had some assurances from the UK Government…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
Yes, so these are all considerations that will have to be kept in mind as the Bill progresses. As things stand, again, just to re-emphasise my understanding, we've got no real concerns about the agreements that we currently have between the JCC, as the…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
Yes, we'll have to wait to see how this Bill, as it moves through the system, develops and what the actual final outcome will be on how many bodies will be in place, and what that means materially for organisations in Wales. So, officials will keep assessing…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
Again, no. The Bill as it stands shouldn't be impacting on any commissioning services or the ability to commission from England. But I'll just confirm with legal and—.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
Yes, that's an interesting question and probably another line of inquiry for this committee at another time. This committee did touch on the mental health issue in the last term. So, we've got the Mental Health Act 2025 in force in the UK at the moment. It's…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
No, I can't say I've got any particular groups that I'm concerned about. Again, just to reiterate the point that if services can't be commissioned from Wales—. So, JCC, when they can, they'll commission services from Wales, but if they can't and those…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
We heard, or I read the transcript of the evidence from Powys and Betsi Cadwaladr about concerns on that element and the cross-border, and my understanding is that Welsh Ministers and local health boards here will continue to be able to secure those services…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
—that's a matter for the UK Government and how they commission their work. It doesn't impact on Welsh patients or our duties here.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
For the integrated care boards—
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
The new integrated care bodies in England will be a matter for the new body that replaces NHS England, so it won't impact on Wales is my understanding. It won't impact on patients from Wales, and when patients from Wales go for services in England because of…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
No. That's not our understanding.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
No change from current structures.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
No, they won't see any change at all. That's not our understanding of the Bill. Again, this is to do with establishing a new body in England to replace NHS England, rather than changing the working conditions.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
As I said earlier, this Bill isn't a vehicle for us to change policy in Wales; it's about changing the provision of services in England, so it won't change that cross-border element. We can be sure that the legal frameworks that we've got in place at the…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
Thanks, Nigel. As you know, there are currently established governance arrangements for commissioned services from England, and those are made through the JCC, the joint commissioning committee. The JCC has already got a duty of quality, and they have to…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
I am confident that the UK Government has given us a written commitment to introduce amendments. As this is a UK Government Bill, then it will pass according to their wishes.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
If we look specifically at the taxation issues, they've made it clear that the Bill looks at taxation issues that are reserved, not devolved, so it will not impact on the taxes that we can levy or adapt in Wales. So, it doesn't affect the devolved area there…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
Thank you. That's an important point, because there's sometimes a concern that a piece of legislation that affects Wales can have an adverse impact on people here and on patients and services. I'm glad to say that since the Government here became aware of…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 4
Thank you very much for that, Safa. Thank you for the invitation and welcome to come here to discuss this proposed LCM. I think it's important to begin by emphasising that this is a Bill that is being brought forward in Westminster for the needs of the health…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care
Dirprwy Lywydd—. Oh, Llywydd, sorry. I put my head down for two minutes and everything changes. Llywydd, the national data resource, managed by Digital Health and Care Wales, uses the Google Cloud platform to store data, following an open-market procurement…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care
The Welsh Government works with Digital Health and Care Wales and all NHS bodies to protect digital infrastructure and patient data. National monitoring, independent assurance, clear legal duties, incident response and improvement plans support a…
