, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais
I was just interested in the information about English patients being registered with primary care practices. Do we know what the cost of that is to the Welsh NHS and how many patients, in actual figures? You don't have to tell me now.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais
Can I just put on record as well that Llais do a really good job? Thank you very much.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais
And just one last question, if I could—you just mentioned it—in terms of visibility of Welsh patients. We don't want them to become invisible. Is there a risk that patients in Flint and Wrexham and cross-border areas might become not as visible as they were…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais
Going on from that, we're going to talk about the opportunities and risks that are arising from the abolition of NHS England and the wider reforms to the English NHS for people who rely on cross-border healthcare. You mentioned at some stage some of the…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais
Yes, absolutely. Do you want me to go straight on to NHS England now?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais
And how well are they actually resolved, those complaints? Because it's a real issue for people in my area. They talk to me every day about it.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais
What does that mean?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais
And how often do you meet with all the representatives of healthcare in north Wales to discuss these issues?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais
And are they listening to you? That's the question. Because patients out there think, 'Oh, my waiting time is so and so.' We've all got personal experience of waiting for 12 months and more and that sort of thing, and with the serious issues that people have…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais
You mentioned issues. What do you perceive as the issues right now?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais
Yes, they do.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais
Yes.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais
You'll have seen e-mails from me and various things at various times over that time. And I'm also in a constituency, Fflint Wrecsam, which is a border and a rural community as well. In fact, I live in a very small village, actually. So, in terms of that, what…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 2: Llais
I just want to declare some sort of interest, really. Geoff, we probably worked together a long time ago. I worked in performance management with Peter Higson.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 1: NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
Yes, I realise that, but in your head, I'm thinking now, to sort this out, what are you looking at? Because you must have had plans for this at some stage.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 1: NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
What's the time frame you're looking at for that?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 1: NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
Just to get it straight in my head—. I mean, I don't know any of this right now. In terms of NHS England, if you could say it as a succinct statement, what is replacing NHS England right now and who will you be talking to?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 1: NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
One question I want to ask is about the established relationships you have already and how will they be continued, maintained and ensured for the smooth operation of what goes on on the cross-border aspect.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 1: NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
Yes, and in terms of patient safety, because obviously that's a real concern, what are your concerns over patient safety with this reform going on right now? Will there be concerns? And if so, what are they?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 1: NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
The question I want to ask is about the impact of losing NHS England as a single co-ordinating body for cross-border healthcare and specialised commissioning. What will be the impact?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 1: NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
Okay. Thank you.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 1: NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
I don't think the word's 'probably'. [Laughter.]
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 1: NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
Yes, sure.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 1: NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
Yes, I can. So, I'm talking about, basically, the commissioning arrangements between England and Wales. Essentially, what are the challenges right now? If you could give a succinct answer to that, I'd appreciate that.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Legislative Consent: Health Bill - evidence session 1: NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
So, talking about the challenges, basically, faced between English and Welsh commissioning and funding arrangements for cross-border healthcare: what are the challenges you face?
