Agenda - Health and Social Care Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee Room 5, Ty Hywel

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 17 September 2025

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Sarah Beasley

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddHealth@senedd.wales


Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting

(9.00-9.30)

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Public meeting

(9.30-11.00)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(9.30)                                                                                                               

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2       Inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales: evidence session

(9.30-11.00)                                                                               (Pages 1 - 53)

Dr Gareth Oelmann, Chair of General Practitioners Committee, British Medical Association Cymru (BMA)/ GP partner in Gwent.

Dr Ian Harris, Deputy Chair, General Practitioners Committee, Wales / GP partner in Bridgend

Dr Rowena Christmas, Chair of Royal College General Practitioners (RCGP) Cymru Wales / GP in Trellech, Monmouthshire

Dr Tom Kneale, Former Chair of RCGP’s North Wales faculty/ GP in Ruthin, Denbighshire

 

Research brief

Paper 1 – Royal College of General Practitioners Cymru Wales

Paper 2 – British Medical Association Cymru Wales

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3       Paper(s) to note

(11.00)                                                                                                             

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3.1   Additional information from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care re inquiry into Ophthalmology Services in Wales

                                                                                                 (Pages 54 - 57)

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3.2   Letter from Chair of Petitions Committee re petition: P-06-1512 - Call on the Welsh Government to recognise and address the dental crisis facing patients in Wales

                                                                                                           (Page 58)

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3.3   Letter from Chair of Petitions Committee re petition: P-06-1528 - Prevent Powys patients who are treated in English hospitals from facing increased waiting times

                                                                                                 (Pages 59 - 60)

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

                                                                                                           (Page 61)

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3.5   Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care from the Chair of Petitions Committee re Petition: P-06-1240 - Improve health services for people with epilepsy living in Wales

                                                                                                 (Pages 62 - 63)

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3.6   Letter from Chair of Petitions Committee re petition: P-06-1505 - Review the Carr Hill Formula in Wales - the funding system for primary care

                                                                                                 (Pages 64 - 65)

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3.7   Supplementary evidence from Marie Curie, re Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Terminally Ill Adults ( End of Life) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 66 - 69)

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3.8   Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to the Chair of Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee re visit to Parc Prison in June 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 70 - 71)

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

(11.00)                                                                                                             

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Private Meeting

(11.00-11:15)

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5       Inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales: consideration of evidence

(11.00-11.15)                                                                                                  

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