Concise Minutes - Public Accounts Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - Senedd

Meeting date: Tuesday, 10 November 2015

Meeting time: 09.01 - 11.05
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3283

Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Darren Millar AM (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Jocelyn Davies AM Mike Hedges AM Sandy Mewies AM Julie Morgan AM Jenny Rathbone AM Aled Roberts AM
Witnesses:	Kate Chamberlain, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales Alun Jones, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales
Committee Staff:	Bethan Davies (Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Joanest Varney-Jackson (Legal Adviser) Dr Paul Worthington (Researcher) Huw Vaughan Thomas (Wales Audit Office)

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Transcript

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1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting.

1.2 There were no apologies.

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2 Papers to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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2.1 Orthopaedic Services: Welsh Government Response to the Auditor General for Wales' Report

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2.2 Responding to Welfare Reform in Wales: Letter from the Minister for Communities & Tackling Poverty, Welsh Government (3 November 2015)

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3 NHS Wales Health Board’s Governance

3.1 The Committee scrutinised Dr Kate Chamberlain, Chief Executive, Healthcare Inspectorate Wales and Alun Jones, Director of Inspection, Regulation and Investigation, Healthcare Inspection Wales, as part of the inquiry into health board governance.

3.2 Dr Chamberlain agreed to send the following additional information/clarification on:

· The number of reports HIW received from Community Health Councils in the North Wales region regarding the 39 visits undertaken at BCUHB;

· Whether Ministerial correspondence in connection with the concerns raised over the Tawel Fan ward at Glan Clwyd Hospital was shared with HIW;

· The number of voluntary lay reviewers recently recruited by HIW;

· The expertise and skills of the members of the Advisory Board, and

· A breakdown, by months, of the number of reports that did not achieve the target publication date of three months maximum following inspection.

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5 NHS Wales Health Board’s Governance: Consideration of evidence received

5.1 Members discussed the evidence received.

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