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Health and Social Care Committee |
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Committee Room 1 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Wednesday, 19 February 2014 |
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Meeting time: |
09:22 - 11:58 |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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David Rees (Chair) Leighton Andrews Rebecca Evans Janet Finch-Saunders Elin Jones Darren Millar Lynne Neagle Gwyn R Price Lindsay Whittle Kirsty Williams |
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Witnesses: |
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Fiona Jenkins, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Pushpinder Mangat, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board Dr Geoffrey Carroll, Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee Dr Philip Webb, Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee Pete Phillips, Surgical Material Testing Laboratory Mark Roscrow, NHS Shared Services Partnership Alun Tomkinson, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board |
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Committee Staff: |
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Llinos Madeley (Clerk) Sarah Sargent (Deputy Clerk) Philippa Watkins (Researcher) Stephen Boyce (Researcher) |
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Transcript
View the meeting transcript.
1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 No apologies were received.
1.2 The Chair welcomed Janet Finch-Saunders to the Committee and thanked William Graham for his contribution to the Committee’s work.
2 Inquiry into access to medical technologies in Wales: Evidence session 6
2.1 Fiona Jenkins from the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Pushpinder Mangat from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, and Dr Geoffrey Carroll and Dr Philip Webb from the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee (WHSSC) responded to questions from committee members.
2.2 At the end of the session, Dr Webb agreed to provide a note to the Committee outlining one key recommendation that WHSSC would make to the Committee in relation to improving access to medical technologies in Wales and how this could be achieved.
3 Inquiry into access to medical technologies in Wales: Evidence session 7
3.1 Mark Roscrow from the NHS Shared Services Partnership, Pete Phillips from the Surgical Testing Laboratory, and Alun Tomkinson from the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board responded to questions from committee members.
4 Papers to note
4.1 The Committee noted the minutes of the 5 February 2014 meeting.
4.2 The Committee noted the letter from the Business Committee regarding effective scrutiny of the Budget by Committees and agreed that the Chair should write back to the Business Committee confirming that the Committee supports a review of the budget process.
5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business: Items 6 and 7
5.1 The motion was agreed.
6 Private consideration of the Committee's draft report on the work of the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales
6.1 The Committee considered its draft report on the work of Healthcare Inspectorate Wales.
7 Consideration of the Committee's approach to its follow-up work on the contribution of community pharmacy to health services in Wales
7.1 The Committee considered and agreed its approach to its follow-up work on the contribution of community pharmacy to health services in Wales.