Agenda and minutes

1.1 No apologies were received.

Imelda Richardson, Chief Executive, CSSIW

Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales

Dave Thomas, Director Health & Social Care, Wales Audit Office

2.1 Representatives of CSSIW and the Wales Audit Office responded to questions from committee members.

2.2 Due to a technical issue, the Committee adjourned from 9:17 - 9:23.

Andrew Goodall, Chief Executive of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Carol Shillabeer, Nurse Director of Powys Teaching Health Board

3.1 Representatives from the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and the Powys Teaching Health Board responded to questions from committee members.

Cathy O’Sullivan, Acting Director, Board of CHCs

Katherine Murphy, Patients Association

4.1 Representatives from the Board of Community Health Councils in Wales and the Patients Association responded to questions from committee members.

Nicola Amery, Chair of Welsh Independent Healthcare Association, Hospital Manager, Cardiff Spire Hospital

Steve Bartley, immediate past Deputy Chair of WIHA, Registered Manager, Ludlow Street

Karen Healey, Chair of the Senior Nurse Group, Director of Nursing Vale Healthcare

5.1 Representatives from the Welsh Independent Healthcare Association responded to questions from committee members.

5.2 Nicola Amery agreed to write to the Committee to clarify WIHA’s concerns on safeguarding arrangements (as raised in paragraph 7.1 of WIHA’s written evidence).

Items 7, 8 and 11.

6.1 The motion was agreed.

7.1 The Committee requested further information on:

-       The forward work programme of HIW

-       The full range of HIW’s work and responsibilities

-       Work undertaken by HIW over the last 5 years

-       Evidence follow up to inspection work

-       Case studies

8.1 The Committee discussed the revised and supplementary memoranda on the Care Bill and agreed to return to the matter after the half term recess.

Ministerial scrutiny session

Mark Drakeford AM, Minister for Health and Social Services

Gwenda Thomas AM, Deputy Minister for Social Services

David Sissling, Director General, Health and Social Services

Martin Solis, Director of Finance

9.1 The Committee scrutinised the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Social Services on the Welsh Government’s draft budget for 2014-15.

9.2 The Committee requested a note from the Deputy Minister for Social Services outlining how the intermediate care fund of £50 million will be allocated.

9.3 The Committee requested a note from the Minister for Health and Social Services clarifying which enhanced services will experience a disinvestment in order to support extended GP opening times.

10.1 The Committee noted the letter.

10.2 The Committee noted the toolkit.

11.1 The Committee considered the evidence received from the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Social Services and agreed to write to them seeking clarification on a number of issues raised during the session.

11.2 The Committee agreed that this letter would be shared with the Finance Committee to inform its scrutiny of the draft budget.