Agenda - Health and Social Care Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee Room 5, Ty Hywel

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 20 March 2025

Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:

Sarah Beasley

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddHealth@senedd.wales


Hybrid

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At its meeting on 5 March, the Committee agreed a motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to exclude the public from item 1 of today's meeting

 

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Private pre-meeting

(09.00-09.30)

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1       NHS waiting times monitoring report

(9.00-9.30)                                                                                 (Pages 1 - 24)

Paper 1 – NHS waiting times monitoring report

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Public meeting

(9.30-14.40)

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2       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

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3       Ophthalmology Services in Wales: evidence sessions - Panel 1

(9.30-10.30)                                                                             (Pages 25 - 54)

Rhianon Reynolds, National Clinical Lead for Ophthalmology, Clinical Implementation Network - NHS Executive

Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Director, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Llywydd of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists in Wales

 

William Oliver, Ophthalmology Clinical Implementation Network for Planned Care – NHS Wales Executive

 

Research brief

The National Clinical Strategy for Ophthalmology

Paper 2 - The Royal College of Ophthalmologists – Consultation response

 

 

 

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Break

(10.30-10.45)

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4       Ophthalmology Services in Wales: evidence sessions - Panel 2

(10.45-11.45)                                                                           (Pages 55 - 57)

Dr Andrew Pyott – Consultant Ophthalmologist, Clinical Lead – Ophthalmology – NHS Highland

 

Paper 3 – Briefing paper: Dr Andrew Pyott, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Lead in Ophthalmology

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Lunch

(11.45-12.30)

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5       Ophthalmology Services in Wales: evidence sessions - Panel 3

(12.30-13.30)                                                                           (Pages 58 - 61)

Owain Mealing, Chair – Optometry Wales

Dan McGhee, Non-executive director – Federation of Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians

Dr Peter Hampson, Clinical and Policy Director – Association of Optometrists

 

Paper 4 – Optometry Wales: consultation response

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Break

(13.30-13.40)

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6       Ophthalmology Services on Wales: evidence sessions - Panel 4

(13.40-14.40)                                                                           (Pages 62 - 69)

Owen Williams, Director - Wales Council of the Blind

Ffion Haf Lewis, RNIB Cymru

Sara Crowley, RNIB Cymru

Marian Williams,  Macular Society

Lowri Bartrum, Vision Support

 

 

Paper 5 – RNIB Cymru: consultation response

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7       Paper(s) to note

(14.40)                                                                                                             

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7.1   Letter to the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing following the Committee's scrutiny session on the Welsh Government's draft budget

                                                                                                 (Pages 70 - 71)

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7.2   Letter from the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing in response to follow up questions from the Committee's scrutiny session on Welsh Government's draft budget

                                                                                                 (Pages 72 - 74)

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7.3   Letter from Chair of Petitions Committee re Petition P-06-1488: Establish a ‘Care Society’ to Tackle the Long COVID Crisis in Wales

                                                                                                 (Pages 75 - 76)

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8       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today's meeting

(14.40)                                                                                                             

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Private meeting

(14.40-15.00)

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9       Ophthalmology Services in Wales: consideration of evidence

(14.40-15.00)                                                                                                  

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