, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. All I would add—. I agree with the comments of my colleague, Luke Fletcher, and the conclusions of my colleague, Joel James. All I would add is that several committees have discussed this already, and there will be a possibility, through the…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. I know from your appearance on Beti a'i Phobol that you are very musical yourself. I also know, having been in university with the leader of Cardiff Council, that he's a talented musician too. As you will know as a musician, musical…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
3. What discussions has the Welsh Government had with Cardiff Council regarding the future of St David's Hall? OQ58805
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Building Safety Act 2022
I'm pleased to speak in this debate that calls to strengthen residents' rights in Wales. I'm also pleased that the building safety is a key component of the co-operation agreement between the Government and Plaid Cymru. Following a recent meeting with…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs, North Wales and Trefnydd
Thank you, Minister. I saw recently an announcement in Madrid that they were going to have open, green spaces around that city, and a local campaigner, Steffan Webb, is trying to do something similar here. We have great parks in Cardiff, but the vast majority…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs, North Wales and Trefnydd
6. What discussions has the Minister had with the Minister for Climate Change to ensure that new housing developments have community green spaces? OQ58602
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Diolch yn fawr, Gweinidog. Our friends in Scotland have greater levers than us to use. They have a progressive income tax system, introduced by the SNP Scottish Government, which ensures that those on lower income pay less tax than elsewhere in the United…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
7. What consideration has the Minister given to revising tax policy due to the cost-of-living crisis? OQ58603
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
Okay. Thank you. I'll hand over to Rhun.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
Okay. Is that—
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
So, out of four of you today, three of you were in NWIS, were you?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
I don't want to single you out, Rhidian.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
I've got one final question and I'll pass it on to Rhun. Audit Wales has raised an issue that strong leadership is crucial for all of this to succeed, and you mentioned right at the beginning the new leadership team in place. How much of an overlap is there…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
With the Welsh Community Care Information System, and the reluctance with health boards and local authorities to sign up to it. That's a concern that the previous committee raised. Are you satisfied that that model is viable?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
Definitely. We've heard about the reluctance with regard to sign-up to the single-system solution. Is that still viable?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
I'm as guilty as any of us.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
Well, I did it yesterday, unfortunately, when I thought I was supporting the IT staff in some competition in Japan, but—
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
Because of how you dealt with issues back in August, you're satisfied that you have the resource and the capacity to deal with any future issues.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
Okay, great. Now, how confident are you that you have the capacity within the system to avoid a system outage across NHS in Wales?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
Are you struggling to appoint people with those skills and capacity?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
Okay. And are you concerned that that's too small compared to how large the organisation is?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
Yes. So, how does that compare with the cyber resilience unit for NHS in general?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
So, it's quite small compared to thousands of staff.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
Two years. Okay. Brilliant. What else have I got? Oh, yes—cyber security. Now, we hear about cyber security all the time and the threats posed by cyber security. How many people are employed specifically with regard to cyber security within your staff?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales: Evidence session with Digital Health and Care Wales
So, what is the—? Fine, there is difficulty, but what do you think the timeline will be? Are we talking years, months?
