Meeting Venue:
Committee Room 2 - Senedd
Meeting date: Thursday, 29 September 2016
Meeting
time: 09.31 -
14.22
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3732
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Names |
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Assembly Members: |
Dai Lloyd AM (Chair) Jayne Bryant AM Angela Burns AM Rhun ap Iorwerth AM Caroline Jones AM Julie Morgan AM Lynne Neagle AM |
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Witnesses: |
Tracy Myhill, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust Richard Lee, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust Dr Isolde Shore-Nye, Royal College of General Practitioners Dr Jane Fenton-May, Royal College of General Practitioners Wales Suzanne Scott-Thomas, Royal Pharmaceutical Society Mair Davies, Royal Pharmaceutical Society Professor Tayyeb Tahir, Royal College of Psychiatrists Dr Mair Parry, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Neil Ayling, ADSS Cymru Claire Marchant, ADSS Cymru |
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Committee Staff: |
Sarah Beasley (Clerk) Claire Morris (Second Clerk) Sarah Sargent (Deputy Clerk) Gareth Howells (Legal Adviser) Philippa Watkins (Researcher) Dr Paul Worthington (Researcher) |
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1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.
1.2 Apologies were received from Dawn Bowden AM.
2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST).
2.2 Tracy Myhill agreed to provide the Committee with data relating to the WAST’s plan regarding the handling of frequent callers.
3.1 The Committee received evidence from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS).
4.1 The Committee received evidence from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).
4.2 Professor Tahir agreed to provide the Committee with data relating to the effect of hospital admission on patients suffering with dementia; and data outlining how particular mental health illnesses are exacerbated during the winter period.
5.1 The Committee received evidence from the Association of Directors of Social Services (ADSS).
5.2 Mr Ayling agreed to provide the Committee with:
· data regarding the take-up of the flu vaccination amongst in-house local authority staff and staff employed from independent organisations working in the domiciliary care sector;
· evidence showing where the Intermediate Care Fund (ICF) has been effective in helping to manage demand and other pressures across social care services;
· data relating to the number of workers employed in the social care sector who are from EU and non-EU countries.
6.1 The Committee agreed the motion.
7.1 The Committee considered the evidence given during the day’s sessions on the inquiry into winter preparedness 2016/17.
8.1 The Committee had a further discussion about the forward work programme for the autumn term.
8.2 The Committee discussed and agreed the terms of reference for a short inquiry into medical recruitment. Further details and information about a public consultation will be published on the Committee’s webpage shortly.
9.1 The Committee considered and agreed its response to the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee on the UK Government’s Wales Bill. The response will be published on the Committee’s webpage shortly.
10.1 The Committee discussed the correspondence from the Chair of the Petitions Committee and asked for some additional background information from the Research Service before considering the matter further at a later meeting.
11.1 The Committee discussed the correspondence from the Chair of the Petitions Committee and asked for some additional background information from the Research Service before considering the matter further at a later meeting.