Agenda - Health and Social Care Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee Room 3, Senedd

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 12 November 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 with Welsh Government

(9.30-11.00)                                                                               (Pages 1 - 61)

Jeremy Miles – Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

Alex Slade - Director of Primary Care, Mental Health and Early Years

Paul Casey - Deputy Director for Primary and Community Care

 

 

Research brief

Paper 1 – Welsh Government brief: inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales

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3       Papers to note

(11.00)                                                                                                             

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3.1   Additional information from BMA Cymru  following evidence session on 17 September 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 62 - 65)

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3.2   Additional information from Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) following evidence session on 17 September 2025

                                                                                                 (Pages 66 - 70)

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3.3   Submission from Dispensing Doctor’s Association (DDA) Ltd to inform the inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales

                                                                                                 (Pages 71 - 87)

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3.4   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 88 - 89)

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3.5   Response from 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 90 - 92)

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3.6   Letter from Minister for Children and Social Care - update on progress made to prepare Local Health Boards (LHBs) for new Continuing Healthcare (CHC) direct payment responsibilities

                                                                                                 (Pages 93 - 94)

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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 -12.30)

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

(11.00-11.10)                                                                                                  

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Break

(11.10-11.20)

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6       Briefing from Public Health Wales on primary care and general practice

(11.20 - 12.30)                                                                       (Pages 95 - 105)

Professor Jim McManus – National Director of Health and Wellbeing,

Public Health Wales

Jim McManus, National Director of Health and wellbeing, Public Health Wales

Zoe Wallace, Director of Primary Care, Public Health Wales 

Kerry Bailey, Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Wales 

Rachel Andrew, Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Wales

 

Paper 2 – Public Health Wales brief: inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales

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