Agenda - Health and Social Care Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee Room 5, Ty Hywel

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 4 February 2026

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

(9.30-11.30)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(9.30)                                                                                                               

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2       General scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing.

(9.30-11.30)                                                                               (Pages 1 - 47)

Jeremy Miles MS, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

Dawn Bowden MS, Minister for Children and Social Care

Sarah Murphy MS, Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing

Jacqueline Totterdell - Director General, Health/ NHS Chief Executive

Nick Wood - Deputy Chief Executive NHS Wales

Isobel Oliver - Chief Medical Officer

Albert Heaney - Chief Social Care Officer for Wales

 

Research brief

Paper 1: Welsh Government briefing

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3       Papers to note

(11.30)                                                                                                             

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3.1   Welsh Government interim update on the work of the NHS Value and Sustainability Board

                                                                                                 (Pages 48 - 55)

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3.2   Letter from the Petitions Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care re Petition P-06-1562 Improve breast screening uptake for women in Wales

                                                                                                 (Pages 56 - 57)

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3.3   Welsh Government's response to the Committee's report on the 2026-27 Welsh Government draft budget

                                                                                                 (Pages 58 - 87)

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3.4   Letter from the Petitions Committee re Petition P-06-1456 I demand a full public enquiry into the closure of Welsh Air Ambulance bases in mid and North Wales

                                                                                                 (Pages 88 - 89)

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3.5   Letter from the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip, in relation to the Legislative Consent Motion Debate on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill

                                                                                                           (Page 90)

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

(11.30)                                                                                                             

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Private Meeting

(11:30-12:30)

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5       Legislative Consent: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No.3): consideration of draft report

(11.30-12.00)                                                                         (Pages 91 - 100)

Paper 2 - Legislative Consent: Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No.3): draft report

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6       Ophthalmology Services in Wales: Welsh Government response to the Committee's report

(12.00-12.20)                                                                       (Pages 101 - 123)

Paper 3 – Welsh Government response to report on Ophthalmology Services in Wales

Paper 4 - Ophthalmology Services in Wales - analysis of Welsh Government's response to report

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7       Legislative Consent: Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill: Oral briefing

(12.20-12.30)                                                                                                  

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