Children and Young People Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Thursday, 9 February 2012

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09:15 - 11:11

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:


 http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_200000_09_02_2012&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Christine Chapman (Chair)

Jocelyn Davies

Keith Davies

Suzy Davies

Julie Morgan

Lynne Neagle

Mark Drakeford (In place of Jenny Rathbone)

Eluned Parrott (In place of Aled Roberts)

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Helen Kirrane, Campaigns and Policy Manager, Bliss

Lisa Turnbull, Royal College of Nursing

Dr Jim Richardson, RCN Welsh Board Member for Children and Young People

Pamela Boyd, Neonatal Nurses Association

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Claire Morris (Clerk)

Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk)

Sarah Hatherley (Researcher)

 

 

 

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1.  Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 The Chair welcomed everybody to the meeting. Apologies were received from Angela Burns, Jenny Rathbone and Aled Roberts. Mark Drakeford and Eluned Parrott substituted.

 

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2.  Inquiry into Neonatal Care - Evidence from the Minister for Health and Social Services

2.1 The paper from the Minister for Health and Social Services was noted.

 

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3.  Inquiry into Neonatal Care - Evidence session 1

3.1 The Chair welcomed the witness. Members questioned the witness on neonatal services.

 

Action Point

 

Helen Kirrane agreed to forward references supporting the statement in her paper ‘babies being put at risk’ where they did not have a nurse caring for them at all times.

 

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4.  Inquiry into Neonatal Care - Evidence session 2

2.1 The Chair welcomed the witnesses. Members questioned the witnesses on neonatal services.

 

Action points

 

Lisa Turnbull agreed to write to the Chair with details of under capacity in level 1cots and also to provide an explanation of the different qualifications neonatal nurses can undertake together with the costs and time taken to train.

 

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5.  Papers to note

 

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5.1  Correspondence from the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding free sunscreen for under 11's

 

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5.2  Correspondence from the Minister for Education and Skills regarding free sunscreen for under 11's

 

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5.3  The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy Review into Neonatal Services

 

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Transcript

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