Meeting Venue:
Hybrid - Committee room 5 Ty Hywel and
video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: 23 September
2021
Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:
Helen Finlayson
Committee Clerk
0300 200 6565
SeneddHealth@senedd.wales
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In accordance with Standing Order 34.19, the Chair has determined that the public are excluded from the Committee's meeting in order to protect public health. This meeting will be broadcast live on www.senedd.tv
Private pre-meeting (09.00-09.30)
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
(09.30)
2 COVID-19: update on current situation from the Chief Medical Officer for Wales, Chief Scientific Adviser for Health and the Welsh Government's Technical Advisory Cell
(09.30-10.45) (Pages 1 - 24)
Dr Frank Atherton, Chief Medical Officer
Dr Rob Orford, Chief Scientific Adviser for Health
Fliss Bennée, Co-Chair of Technical Advisory Cell
Research Brief
Paper 1 – Welsh Government
Break (10.45-11.00)
3 General scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
(11.00-13.15) (Pages 25 - 70)
Eluned Morgan MS, Minister for Health and Social Services
Julie Morgan MS, Deputy Minister for Social Services
Lynne Neagle MS, Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Dr Andrew Goodall, Director General Health & Social Services
Albert Heaney, Chief Social Care Officer for
Wales
Tracey Breheny, Deputy Director of Mental Health, Substance Misuse
& Vulnerable Groups
Research brief
Paper 2 – Welsh Government
4 Paper(s) to note
(13.15)
4.1 Letter from Chair, Finance Committee to Senedd Committees regarding Financial Scrutiny for the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23
(Pages 71 - 74)
4.2 Letter from Chair, Children Young People and Education Committee to Committee Chairs regarding Children and young people's priorities for the Sixth Senedd
(Pages 75 - 76)
4.3 Letter from Healthcare Inspectorate Wales regarding its Service of Concern process for NHS Bodies in Wales
(Pages 77 - 88)
4.4 Response from the Welsh Government to the Fifth Senedd Health, Social Care and Sport Committee's Legacy Report
(Pages 89 - 90)
4.5 Letter to the then Minister for Health and Social Services regarding key themes which emerged from the final phase of the predecessor's Committee's inquiry into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the response to it, on health and social care in Wales
(Pages 91 - 102)
4.6 Response from the Minister for Health and Social Services and Deputy Minister for Social Services regarding the key themes which emerged from the final phase of the predecessor's Committee's inquiry into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the response to it, on health and social care in Wales
(Pages 103 - 122)
4.7 Letter from Chair, Equality and Social Justice Committee to Senedd Committees regarding joint working in the Sixth Senedd
(Page 123)
4.8 Letter from Altaf Hussain MS to Chair of the Equality and Social Justice Committee regarding Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Cymru
(Pages 124 - 125)
4.9 Response from Chair, Equality and Social Justice Committee to Altaf Hussain MS regarding Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) Cymru
(Page 126)
4.10Response from the Welsh Government to the Fifth Senedd Health, Social Care and Sport Committee's report on Health and social care in the adult prison estate in Wales
(Pages 127 - 142)
4.11Letter to Business Committee regarding the Sixth Senedd Committee timetable
(Pages 143 - 145)
5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and from the meeting on 7 October
6 COVID-19 and general scrutiny: Consideration of evidence
(13.15-13.25)
7 Forward work programme
(13.25-13.30) (Pages 146 - 149)
Paper 3 - Forward Work Programme
8 Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Health and Care Bill
(13.30-13.45) (Pages 150 - 173)
Paper 4: LCM on the Health and Care Bill
LCM on the Health and Care Bill: Annex A
LCM on the Health and Care Bill: Legal Advice Note: Annex B