Agenda - Health and Social Care Committee


Meeting Venue:

Hybrid – Committee Room 4, Ty Hywel

and video conference via Zoom

Meeting date: 4 March 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

(09.30-10.15)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

(09.30)                                                                                                             

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2       Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Social Care Wales: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate

(09.30-10.15)                                                                             (Pages 1 - 33)

Katija Dew, Welsh Government’s preferred candidate for the role of Chair of Social Care Wales.

 

Research brief

Paper 1 – Pre-appointment hearing questionnaire

Paper 2 – Welsh Government briefing

Paper 3 – Information for candidates

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3       Papers to note

(10.15)                                                                                                             

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3.1   Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care re Welsh Government 2026-27 draft budget

                                                                                                 (Pages 34 - 35)

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3.2   Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care re Welsh Government 2026-27 draft budget

                                                                                                 (Pages 36 - 47)

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3.3   Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Committee to the Petitions Committee re: P-06-1456 - Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer (EMRTS) services in North Wales

                                                                                                 (Pages 48 - 49)

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3.4   Letter from the Auditor General for Wales re Challenges and opportunities for Welsh public services

                                                                                                 (Pages 50 - 66)

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3.5   Letter to the Minister for Children & Social Care re the inquiry into improving access to support for unpaid carers

                                                                                                 (Pages 67 - 71)

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3.6   Response from the Minister for Children & Social Care re the inquiry into improving access to support for unpaid carers

                                                                                                 (Pages 72 - 76)

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4       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today’s meeting and for the meeting on 11 March 2026, for consideration of the draft report on improving access to support for unpaid carers and the draft report on the future of general practice in Wales

(10.15)                                                                                                             

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Private meeting

(10.15-11.30)

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5       Pre-appointment hearing: consideration of evidence and draft report

(10.15-10.30)                                                                           (Pages 77 - 81)

Paper 4 – Draft report

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6       Inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales: consideration of draft report

(10.30-11.30)                                                                         (Pages 82 - 172)

Paper 5 - Inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales: draft report

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