Meeting Venue:
Hybrid –
Committee Room 5, Ty Hywel
and video
conference via Zoom
Meeting date: 6 November 2025
Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:
Sarah Beasley
Committee Clerk
0300 200
6565
SeneddHealth@senedd.wales
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pre-meeting
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(9.30-12.25)
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions,
and declarations of interest
(9.30)
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Inquiry into the future of general
practice: evidence session 5
(9.30-11.00)
(Pages 1 - 26)
Professor Adrian Edwards, Professor of General
Practice, Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University
Dr Neil James, Deep End Cymru Chair and GP
Partner in the Gwent Valleys
Joanna Watts-Jane, Deep End Cymru Deputy Chair
and Business Manager at Hirwaun Surgery
Dr Jonny Currie, Deep End Cymru Policy Lead
and GP Partner at Ringland Surgery in Newport, and Consultant in
Public Health with Cardiff and Vale Health Board
Research brief
Paper 1 –
Professor Adrian Edwards; consultation response.
Paper 2 – Deep End Cymru; consultation
response
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Break
(11.00-11.10)
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3
Inquiry into the future of general
practice in Wales: evidence session 6
(11.10-12.25)
Sam Hall, Director of Primary, Community and
Mental Health Digital Services – Digital Health and Care
Wales (DHCW)
Mr Rhidian Hurle, Executive Medical Director
(DHCW)
Dr Sayma Ahmed, Associate Medical Director for
Primary Care (DHCW)
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4
Papers to note
(12.25)
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4.1 Letter from the Minister for Children and Social Care
re revised publication schedule of the second six-monthly report on
progress toward the transition of a not-for -profit model of care
for children looked-after
(Pages 27 - 28)
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4.2 Letter to Chief Executives of Swansea Bay University
Health Board (UHB) and Health Education and Improvement Wales
(HEIW) regarding the lack of Band 5 adult nursing positions within
Swansea Bay UHB.
(Pages 29 - 30)
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5
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi)
and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the
meeting
(12.25)
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Private
Meeting
(12:25 -
13:25)
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6
Inquiry into the future of general
practice in Wales: Consideration of evidence
(12.25-12.40)
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7
Ophthalmology Services in Wales:
consideration of draft report
(12.40-13.15)
(Pages 31 - 112)
Paper 3 - Ophthalmology Services in Wales:
draft report
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Correspondence from the Petitions
Committee
(13.15-13.25)
(Pages 113 - 116)
Paper 4 - Letter from Chair of Petitions
Committee re Petition P-06-1544: Take urgent action to improve the
NHS in West Wales, and address the crisis at Glangwili
hospital.
Paper 5 -Letter from Chair of Petitions
Committee re Petition P-06-1518 Provide more timely and accessible
Mental Health support for children under 10, including by referral
to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
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