, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Yes, an important one. The former Auditor General for Wales qualified his opinion for 2025-26 since the renumeration for two interim directors exceeded the relevant pay bands approved by Welsh Ministers. How did this happen and what are the measures that…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
And Paul, are you confident that we’re going to get to an endpoint now where we can resolve the situation in front of us and move forward?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
And I guess, more generally then, when you are redesigning services, how do you balance that use of external consultancy, because there are lots of different partners, for example, that you've mentioned, with the expertise of your own staff and trade union…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Obviously, without asking you to comment on the ongoing negotiations, because they are ongoing, what lessons do you feel that the health board could take from this dispute about effective social partnership working and engaging with staff very early on? And I…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
In terms of innovation and getting staff involved, social partnership plays a real key part in that, and, of course, trade unions are a big part of that jig-saw. My question is really for Paul, but other colleagues may want to also respond. The industrial…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Okay.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Yes.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Can I just ask, you’ve mentioned grip and control a few times, but, obviously, there might be constituents or others watching this wondering what grip and control even mean. What does that look like? What does that mean?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Well, if you’ve got one.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
What’s that golden nugget?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
And do you think that, in terms of the plan that you have in place to tackle the level that you’re at, the public can have confidence that you’ve got this now under control? Is there something that over the next 12 months we can definitely see will change…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Is it important that everyone has the same one?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
The AI, this new technology that you’re using—are all the health boards now using that same programme? What does that look like? Do you think that that’s going to be a bit of a game changer for how people see health, how people can actually view their own…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Okay, great. I've got one more, in relation to—. I’ve got one for Phil. Obviously, you’re at level 4 in terms of escalation and you’ve talked us through how that is working at the moment. You’ve referred to some—. Was that in relation to prescribing medicine?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
And what's the biggest risk?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
Do you think that's realistically achievable? Do you think you can do those things within the three years and get us to that sustainable model? Do you think you've got the right players around the table? Has everyone bought into that vision?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
NHS Finances: evidence session with NHS Wales health boards
I've got a question for you, Rob. My question is: you've mentioned the forecasting deficit of about £40 million this year—I guess what I want to understand is what confidence you can give us that you will become sustainable over the next three years and what…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Formerly, I was secretary of the Trades Union Congress.
, Plenary
Short Debate: The importance of port infrastructure and maritime traffic to the Welsh economy
Dirprwy Lywydd, we are a maritime nation. Our ports have always connected Wales to the wider world, and now they can be at the heart of a renewable energy future. We need that infrastructure, we need the investment and we need secure and affordable energy…
, Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Transport
And you think that—. You're confident that we're going to be able to get going and make it happen now?
, Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Transport
Okay. So, talking about rail, obviously, Cardiff parkway is within my constituency, but it's also really important in terms of business and job opportunities as well, and I know that—. So, if Cardiff parkway is going to end up being the first project for the…
, Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
General Ministerial Scrutiny: Transport
You can go. I'll—
