To examine legislation and hold the Welsh Government to account by scrutinising expenditure, administration and policy matters encompassing (but not restricted to): the physical, mental and public health and well-being of the people of Wales, including the social care system.
Responsibility |
Cabinet Secretary or Minister responsible |
|
Day to day oversight of all aspects of NHS delivery and performance in Wales, including: performance against targets set out in the NHS Outcomes and Delivery Framework, which include measures of quality, referral to treatment times, cancer, cardiac, delayed transfers of care, accident and emergency, ambulance response times, public health and mental health indicators |
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport |
|
All aspects of the National Health Service (NHS) in Wales, including contracts with the primary care contractor professionals, other than (i) oversight of the medical professions; (ii) policy on surrogacy, xenotransplantation, embryology and human genetics; and (iii) licensing of medicines (these matters are not devolved) |
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport |
|
Delivery of the new outcome measures |
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport |
|
Delivery plans |
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport |
|
Scrutiny of NHS organisations’ performance against their three-year plans (Integrated Medium-Term Plans) |
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport |
|
Oversight of the escalation procedures in the NHS; |
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport |
|
Charges for NHS services, including prescription, dental and ophthalmic and optical charges |
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport |
|
The provision of services in Wales to the mentally ill |
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport |
|
Receipt of, response to and direction of reports from, the Health Care Inspectorate for Wales; |
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport |
|
Oversight of the Wales Audit Office’s activities so far as relating to the National Health Service in Wales |
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport |
|
Research and Development in health and social care |
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport |
|
Post-graduate medical education |
Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport |
|
Policy and oversight of the provision of all social services activities of Local Authorities in Wales, including the issue of statutory guidance |
Minister for Social Services and Public Health |
|
Policy on care in the community |
Minister for Social Services and Public Health |
|
Oversight of the Care Council for Wales |
Minister for Social Services and Public Health |
|
Regulation of residential, domiciliary, adult placements, foster care, under 8`s care provision and private healthcare in Wales |
Minister for Social Services and Public Health |
|
Inspection of, and reporting on, the provision of social services by Local Authorities in Wales (via the Care and Social Services Inspectorate for Wales), including joint reviews of social services and responding to reports |
Minister for Social Services and Public Health |
|
The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales |
Minister for Social Services and Public Health |
|
Public Health Wales Bill |
Minister for Social Services and Public Health |
|
All aspects of public health and health protection in Wales, including food safety and the fluoridation of drinking water |
Minister for Social Services and Public Health |
|
National strategy and policy for community sport, physical activity and active recreation in Wales, including sponsorship of the Sports Council for Wales |
Minister for Social Services and Public Health |
|
Promotion of walking and cycling, including the Active Travel (Wales) Act |
Minister for Social Services and Public Health |
|
The activities of the Food Standards Agency in Wales; |
Minister for Social Services and Public Health |
|
Genetically-modified food (but not the cultivation of genetically-modified crops) |
Minister for Social Services and Public Health |
|
Responsibility for the Prison Service health service, other than private contracts |
Minister for Social Services and Public Health |
|
Substance misuse |
Minister for Social Services and Public Health |
|
Armed Forces and Veterans’ Health |
Minister for Social Services and Public Health |