DRAFT MINUTES

 

DRAFT MINUTES

 

 

Meeting ID

14792

Committee

Health and Social Care Committee

Date

16/01/2025

Attendees

Russell George MS (Chair)

Mabon ap Gwynfor MS (Member)

James Evans MS (Member)

John Griffiths MS (Member)

Lesley Griffiths MS (Member)

Joyce Watson MS (Member)

Sarah Beasley (Clerk)

Claire Morris (Clerk)

Lisa Hatcher (Deputy Clerk)

Karen Williams (Deputy Clerk)

Lily Glover-Wright (Monitor)

Rhayna Mann (Monitor)

Delyth Wiliams (Monitor)

Amy Clifton (Monitor)

Sarah Hatherley (Monitor)

Rebekah James (Monitor)

Kathryn Potter (Monitor)

Philippa Watkins (Monitor)

Angharad Lewis (Monitor)

Mischa Emery (Monitor)

Masudah Ali (Legal Adviser)

Jennifer Cottle (Legal Adviser)

Joanne McCarthy (Researcher)

Sian Thomas (Researcher)

MSS Russell George (Monitor)

MSS Mabon ap Gwynfor (Monitor)

MSS James Evans (Monitor)

MSS John Griffiths (Monitor)

MSS Lesley Griffiths (Monitor)

MSS Joyce Watson (Monitor)

Central Admin (Monitor)

Access All Committees (Monitor)

TRS Admin group (Monitor)

TRS - Users (Monitor)

Access to Health and Social Care Committee (Monitor)

Publishers for Health and Social Care Committee (Sixth Senedd) (Monitor)

Health and Social Care Committee (Monitor)

Dawn Bowden MS (Minister)

Albert Heaney (Official)

Hywel Jones (Official)

Jeremy Miles MS (Cabinet Secretary)

Sioned Rees (Official)

Alex Slade (Official)

Nick Wood (Official)

Sarah Murphy MS (Minister)

 

Item ID

90562

Item Title

Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest.

Summary

1.1        The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2        Apologies were received from Lesley Griffiths MS.

1.3        The Chair thanked Sam Rowlands MS for his contribution to the Committee’s work and welcomed James Evans MS who joined the Committee today.

 

 

Item ID

93124

Item Title

Welsh Government draft budget 2025-26: evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care; the Minister for Children and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.

Summary

2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care; the Minister for Children and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.

 

2.2 The Minister and her Deputies agreed to write to the Committee with the following;

 

-       data on vacancy numbers in the social care sector across Wales.

 

 

Item ID

90563

Item Title

Paper(s) to note

Summary

 

 

Item ID

93343

Item Title

Letter from Chair to Welsh Government to inform scrutiny of the Draft Budget 2025-26.

Summary

3.1.1 The Committee noted the letter.

 

 

Item ID

93346

Item Title

Letter from Chair of Petitions Committee to Cabinet Secretary for Finance re. Petition P-06-1400 on fair and adequate resourcing of General Practice in Wales.

Summary

3.2.1 The Committee noted the letter.

 

 

Item ID

93347

Item Title

Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care re the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust (WASUT).

Summary

3.3.1 The Committee noted the letter.

 

 

Item ID

93348

Item Title

Letter from Andrew RT Davies MS re surgical mesh.

Summary

3.4.1 The Committee noted the letter.

 

 

Item ID

93350

Item Title

Letter from the Minister for Children and Social Care re. amendments tabled during Stage 2 scrutiny of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill.

Summary

3.5.1 The Committee noted the letter.

 

 

Item ID

93351

Item Title

Letter from Chief Executive of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to the Petitions Committee re. Petition P-06-1350: Re-open Dyfi Ward at Tywyn Hospital.

Summary

3.6.1 The Committee noted the letter.

 

 

Item ID

93352

Item Title

Letter from the Chief Executive of Tenovus Cancer Care re the proposed increase in employer National Insurance Contributions (NIC).

Summary

3.7.1 The Committee noted the letter.

 

 

Item ID

93353

Item Title

Letter from Jane Dodds MS re proposal for an inquiry into gambling- related harm in Wales.

Summary

3.8.1 The Committee noted the letter.

 

 

Item ID

93357

Item Title

Letter from the Chair of Petitions Committee re. Petition P-06-1480: Make menopause a mandatory part of the curriculum for all healthcare sciences and medical students.

Summary

3.9.1 The Committee noted the letter.

 

 

Item ID

90564

Item Title

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting.

Summary

4.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

 

 

Item ID

93126

Item Title

Welsh Government draft budget 2025-26: consideration of evidence

Summary

5.1 The Committee  considered the evidence received and agreed areas for inclusion in the report.