Agenda - Health and Social Care Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee room 3 Senedd and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 21 September 2022

Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:

Helen Finlayson

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddHealth@senedd.wales


Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting (09.00 - 09.30)

 

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

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2       Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Powys Teaching Health Board: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate

(09.30-10.15)                                                                             (Pages 1 - 40)

Carl Cooper, Welsh Government’s preferred candidate for the role of Chair of Powys Teaching Health Board

 

Research brief

Paper 1 – Pre-appointment hearing questionnaire

Paper 2 – Application form, CV and personal statement

Paper 3 – Welsh Government briefing

Paper 4 – Information for Candidates

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3       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 4,7,8, 9 and 10

(10.15)                                                                                                             

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4       Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Powys Teaching Health Board: consideration of evidence

(10.15-10.30)                                                                           (Pages 41 - 46)

 

Paper 5 – Draft report

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5       COVID-19: Evidence session with Welsh Government

(10.30-11.45)                                                                           (Pages 47 - 62)

 

Sir Frank Atherton, Chief Medical Officer, Welsh Government

Dr Rob Orford, Chief Scientific Adviser for Health, Welsh Government

Brendan Collins, Head of Health Economics, Welsh Government

Chris Roberts, Joint Social Research Lead - Health, Welsh Government

 

Research brief

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6       Papers to note

(11.45)                                                                                                             

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6.1   Letter from the Petitions Committee to the Deputy Minister for Social Services regarding P-06-1161

                                                                                                 (Pages 63 - 64)

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6.2   Letter from the Finance Committee to Committee Chairs regarding the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24

                                                                                                 (Pages 65 - 67)

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6.3   Letter from the Finance Committee regarding scrutiny of the Welsh Government's First Supplementary Budget 2022-23 - Pressures in the NHS

                                                                                                 (Pages 68 - 69)

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6.4   Letter to the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding provisional common frameworks

                                                                                                 (Pages 70 - 76)

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6.5   Response from the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding provisional common frameworks

                                                                                                 (Pages 77 - 78)

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6.6   Letter to the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing regarding the Food Compositional Standards and Labelling provisional common framework

                                                                                                 (Pages 79 - 96)

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6.7   Response from the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing regarding the Food Compositional Standards and Labelling provisional common framework

                                                                                                           (Page 97)

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6.8   Letter to the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding the Optometry Bill

                                                                                                           (Page 98)

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6.9   Response from the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding the Optometry Bill

                                                                                                           (Page 99)

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6.10Letter from Chair to Stakeholders regarding the NHS Executive for Wales

                                                                                                         (Page 100)

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6.11Response to Chair from stakeholders regarding the NHS Executive for Wales

                                                                                             (Pages 101 - 111)

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6.12Letter from the Professional Standards authority

                                                                                                         (Page 112)

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6.13Letter from the General Medical Council regarding its annual report

                                                                                                         (Page 113)

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6.14Letter to Baroness Hallett regarding the UK COVID-19 Inquiry

                                                                                             (Pages 114 - 115)

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6.15Letter to the First Minister regarding the UK COVID-19 Inquiry

                                                                                             (Pages 116 - 117)

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6.16Letter from the First Minister regarding the UK COVID-19 Inquiry

                                                                                                         (Page 118)

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6.17Letter to the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding Fifth Senedd Committee recommendations relating to endoscopy services

                                                                                             (Pages 119 - 121)

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6.18Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding Fifth Senedd Committee recommendations relating to endoscopy services

                                                                                             (Pages 122 - 127)

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6.19Letter to the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing regarding Fifth Senedd Committee recommendations relating to mental health and wellbeing

                                                                                             (Pages 128 - 131)

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6.20Letter from the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing regarding Fifth Senedd Committee recommendations relating to suicide prevention

                                                                                             (Pages 132 - 161)

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6.21Letter to the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding Fifth Senedd Committee recommendations relating to Hepatitis C

                                                                                             (Pages 162 - 164)

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6.22Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding Fifth Senedd Committee recommendations relating to Hepatitis C

                                                                                             (Pages 165 - 169)

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6.23Letter to the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding Fifth Senedd Committee recommendations relating to the provision of health and social care in the adult prison estate

                                                                                             (Pages 170 - 175)

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6.24Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding Fifth Senedd Committee recommendations relating to the provision of health and social care in the adult prison estate

                                                                                             (Pages 176 - 186)

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6.25Letter to Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales regarding their joint mental health workforce plan

                                                                                             (Pages 187 - 188)

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6.26Letter from Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales regarding their joint mental health workforce plan

                                                                                             (Pages 189 - 194)

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7       COVID-19: Consideration of evidence

(11.45-11.50)                                                                                                  

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8       Forward work programme

(11.50-12.00)                                                                       (Pages 195 - 211)

 

Paper 6 – Forward work programme

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9       Impact of the waiting times backlog on people in Wales who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: consideration of draft note of stakeholder discussion on 29 June 2022

(12.00-12.05)                                                                       (Pages 212 - 221)

 

Paper 7 – Waiting times backlog: stakeholder discussion draft note

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10    Hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow through hospitals: Consideration of Welsh Government response

(12.05-12.15)                                                                       (Pages 222 - 253)

 

Paper 8 – Welsh Government’s response to the Committee’s report on hospital discharge and its impact on patient flow

Paper 9 – Research brief

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