Meeting Venue:
Hybrid –
Committee Room 5, Ty Hywel
and video
conference via Zoom
Meeting date: 17 September 2025
Meeting time: 09.30 - 11.22
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15355
Attendance
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Category
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Names
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Members of the Senedd:
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Peter Fox MS (Chair)
Lesley Griffiths MS
Joyce Watson MS
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Witnesses:
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Dr Rowena Christmas, Royal College of General
Practitioners
Dr Tom Kneale, Royal College of General
Practitioners Wales
Dr Ian Harris, BMA Cymru Wales
Dr Gareth Oelmann, BMA Cymru Wales
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Committee Staff:
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Sarah Beasley (Clerk)
Claire Morris (Second Clerk)
Karen Williams (Deputy Clerk)
Philippa Watkins (Researcher)
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<AI1>
1
Introductions, apologies, substitutions,
and declarations of interest
1.1
The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.
1.2
Apologies were received from John Griffiths MS and James Evans
MS.
</AI1>
<AI2>
2
Inquiry into the future of general
practice in Wales: evidence session
2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the
Royal College of General Practitioners Cymru Wales and the British
Medical Association Cymru Wales.
</AI2>
<AI3>
3
Paper(s) to note
</AI3>
<AI4>
3.1
Additional information from the Cabinet
Secretary for Health and Social Care re inquiry into Ophthalmology
Services in Wales
3.1.1 The Committee noted the response.
</AI4>
<AI5>
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
3.2.1 The Committee noted the letter.
</AI5>
<AI6>
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
3.3.1 The Committee noted the letter.
</AI6>
<AI7>
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
3.4.1 The Committee noted the letter.
</AI7>
<AI8>
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
3.5.1 The Committee noted the letter.
</AI8>
<AI9>
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
3.6.1 The Committee noted the letter.
</AI9>
<AI10>
3.7
Supplementary evidence from Marie Curie,
re Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Terminally Ill Adults (
End of Life) Bill
3.7.1 The Committee noted the response.
</AI10>
<AI11>
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
3.8.1 The Committee noted the response.
</AI11>
<AI12>
4
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to
resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the
meeting
4.1 The Committee agreed the motion.
</AI12>
<AI13>
5
Inquiry into the future of general
practice in Wales: consideration of evidence
5.1 The Committee discussed the evidence
received.
</AI13>
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