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Public Accounts Committee |
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Committee Room 3 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Tuesday, 8 July 2014 |
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Meeting time: |
09.00 - 11.03 |
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Assembly Members: |
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Darren Millar AM (Chair) William Graham AM Mike Hedges AM Alun Ffred Jones AM Julie Morgan AM Jenny Rathbone AM Aled Roberts AM Sandy Mewies AM |
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Witnesses: |
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Peter Higson, BCUHB Alun Jones, HIW Geoff Lang, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Grace Lewis-Parry, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Trevor Purt, BCUHB Dave Thomas, Wales Audit Office Mike Usher, Wales Audit Office |
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Committee Staff: |
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Meriel Singleton (Second Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Joanest Jackson (Legal Advisor) |
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Transcript
View the meeting transcript.
1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to Committee.
2 Papers to note
2.1 The papers were noted.
2.1 Meeting the Financial Challenges Facing Local Government in Wales: Letter from the Director General for Local Government and Communities (1 July 2014)
3 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:
3.1 The motion was agreed.
4 Governance Arrangements at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: Briefing from the Auditor General for Wales' Office
4.1 Officials from the Wales Audit Office and Health Inspectorate Wales briefed the Committee on the joint report published on 4 July 2014.
5 Governance Arrangements at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: Updates on reports
5.1 The Committee scrutinised Dr Peter Higson, Chair, Professor Trevor Purt, Chief Executive, Geoff Lang, Executive Director Primary, Community and Mental Health Services and Grace Lewis-Parry, Director of Governance & Communications from Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board on their governance arrangements.
5.2 Geoff Lang agreed to send further information on the following:
· The total number of patient safety incidents in 2012-13 and how this data compares to previous years;
· The clinical areas where the Welsh Government’s Delivery Unit is assessing performance.
6 Governance Arrangements at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: Consideration of evidence received
6.1 Due to time constraints, Members agreed to consider the evidence received in private at the start of the meeting on 15 July 2014.