Agenda - Health and Social Care Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee Room 3, Senedd

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 14 May 2025

Meeting time: 09.00
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 - 11.45)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

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2       Ophthalmology Services in Wales - evidence session - panel 5

(9.30-10.30)                                                                               (Pages 1 - 73)

Sam Hall, Director of Primary, Community and Mental Health Digital Services, Digital Health and Care Wales

Helen Thomas, Chief Executive, Digital Health and Care Wales

 

Dr Emma Cooke, Executive Director of Allied Health Professionals, Health Scientists & Community Services Development, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

David Thomas, Director of Digital & Health Intelligence, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

 

Research brief

Paper 1 – Digital Health and Care Wales

Paper 2 – Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

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Break

(10.30 -10.45)

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3       Ophthalmology Services in Wales - evidence session - panel 6

(10.45-11.45)                                                                         (Pages 74 - 109)

Carol Shillabeer, Chief Executive Officer, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

Catherine Wood, Director of Operations for Planned Care, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

Michael Stechman, Clinical Director for Ophthalmology and Consultant General Surgeon, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

Andrew Carruthers, Chief Operating Officer, Hywel Dda University Health Board.

 

Paper 3 - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Paper 4 - Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Paper 5 - Hywel Dda University Health Board

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4       Papers to note

(11.45)                                                                                                             

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4.1   Letter to Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care requesting update on the actions being taken to improve complaints handling by NHS Wales

                                                                                                         (Page 110)

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4.2   Reply from Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care regarding actions to improve handling of complaints about NHS Wales

                                                                                             (Pages 111 - 112)

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4.3   Welsh Government's response to the Committee's report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Tobacco & Vapes Bill

                                                                                             (Pages 113 - 121)

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4.4   Letter from Tenovus Cancer Care regarding request to hold a short inquiry into the implementation of the Committee's report on gynaecological cancers

                                                                                             (Pages 122 - 123)

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4.5   Letter to Tenovus Cancer Care regarding request to hold a short inquiry into the implementation of the Committees' report on gynaecological cancers

                                                                                             (Pages 124 - 125)

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4.6   Letter from Tenovus Cancer care and Claire's Campaign, regarding request for short inquiry into the implementation oof the Committees' report on gynaecological cancers

                                                                                             (Pages 126 - 131)

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4.7   Letter from the Petitions Committee re petition: P-06-1435: We’re calling on the Welsh Government to commit to implementing targeted lung cancer screening

                                                                                             (Pages 132 - 133)

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4.8   Letter from the Minister for Children and Social Care in response to stage one scrutiny report on the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and recommendations associated with the eliminating profit provisions contained within the legislation

                                                                                             (Pages 134 - 137)

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4.9   Letter to Welsh Local Government Association requesting information to inform the inquiry into  prevention of ill health –obesity

                                                                                             (Pages 138 - 140)

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4.10 Reply from Welsh Local Government Association providing information to inform the inquiry into  prevention of ill health- obesity

                                                                                             (Pages 141 - 163)

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4.11 Letter from the Minister for Children and Social Care in response to Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill report, recommendation 9, on the progress being made with the transition to a not-for-profit model

                                                                                             (Pages 164 - 187)

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4.12 Letter to NHS Wales Chief Executive regarding the NHS Executive Strategic Clinical Network for Diabetes

                                                                                             (Pages 188 - 189)

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4.13 Reply from the NHS Wales Chief Executive regarding  the NHS Executive Strategic Clinical Network for Diabetes

                                                                                             (Pages 190 - 191)

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

(11.45)                                                                                                             

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Private meeting

(11.45-12.00)

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6       Ophthalmology Services in Wales: consideration of evidence

(11.45-12.00)                                                                                                  

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