Concise Minutes - Health and Social Care Committee


Meeting Venue:

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Meeting date: Wednesday, 17 July 2024

Meeting time: 09.00 - 12.36
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/13974


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Attendance

Category

Names

Members of the Senedd:

Altaf Hussain MS

Mabon ap Gwynfor MS

Mark Drakeford MS

Sam Rowlands MS (Temporary Chair)

Joyce Watson MS

Witnesses:

Dawn Bowden MS, Minister for Social Care

Anthony Jordan, Welsh Government

Chloe Marong, Welsh Government

Gillian Baranski, Care Inspectorate Wales

Margaret Rooney, Care Inspectorate Wales

Committee Staff:

Sarah Beasley (Clerk)

Claire Morris (Second Clerk)

Lowri Jones (Deputy Clerk)

Sian Thomas (Researcher)

Amy Clifton (Researcher)

Masudah Ali (Legal Adviser)

Jennifer Cottle (Legal Adviser)

 

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1       Forward work programme

1.1 The Committee agreed its forward work programme for the autumn term.

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2       NHS waiting times monitoring report

2.1 The Committee agreed the action points noted in the report.

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3       Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust - General Scrutiny: consideration of draft report

3.1 The Committee agreed the report subject to minor changes.

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4       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

4.1 The temporary Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

4.2 Apologies were received from Russell George MS, Altaf Hussain MS attended as a substitute.

4.3 Mabon ap Gwynfor declared that his wife works for one of the charities in this sector.

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5       Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care

5.1 The Committee received evidence from the Minister for Social Care.

5.2 The Minister for Social Care agreed to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to write to the Committee to provide an update on the review of the current CHC framework.[LJ1] 

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6       Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales

6.1 The Committee received evidence from Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales.

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7       Paper(s) to note

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7.1   Follow-up response from Digital Health and Care Wales to the Chairs of the Health and Social Care Committee and the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee regarding the Committees' joint report, Scrutiny of Digital Health and Care Wales, 2023

7.1 The Committee noted the follow up response.

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7.2   Response from the Minister for Social Care to the Chair, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee regarding the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill

7.2 The Committee noted the response.

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7.3   Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office to Chair, Finance Committee regarding the Welsh Government Budget Timetable 2025-26

7.3 The Committee noted the letter.

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7.4   Response from Chair, Finance Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office regarding the Welsh Government Budget Timetable 2025-26

7.4 The Committee noted the response.

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8       Motion to appoint a temporary Chair until the first meeting in the autumn term in accordance with Standing Order 17.22

8.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

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9       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and for the meeting on 26 September 2024, for a stakeholder event as part of the Committee's inquiry into general practice, and the meeting on 9 October, for a stakeholder event as part of the Committee's Area of Research Interest on innovation for improvement in healthcare

9.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

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10    Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: consideration of evidence and emerging themes

10.1 The Committee considered the evidence received and emerging themes for inclusion in the Committee’s report.

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 [LJ1]Health and Social Care Committee 17/07/2024 - Welsh Parliament (senedd.wales)

 

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