Concise Minutes - Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Thursday, 13 October 2016

Meeting time: 09.00 - 09.29
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/3754

Private

Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Dai Lloyd AM (Chair) Dawn Bowden AM Jayne Bryant AM Angela Burns AM Rhun ap Iorwerth AM Julie Morgan AM Lynne Neagle AM
Witnesses:
Committee Staff:	Sarah Beasley (Clerk) Claire Morris (Second Clerk) Stephen Boyce (Researcher) Philippa Watkins (Researcher)

1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Caroline Jones AM.

2 Strategic planning and inquiry scoping

2.1 The Committee discussed and agreed its high level strategic objectives for the coming five years.

2.2 The Committee agreed to publish a summary of the responses to the consultation on its priorities undertaken over the summer.

2.3 The Committee agreed to prioritise the following inquiries over the next 12-18 months:

· Dementia;

· Primary care;

· Loneliness and isolation;

· Use of anti-psychotic medication;

· Public health and sport.

2.4 The Committee would also contact everyone who had responded to the consultation on its priorities, advising them of its agreed programme of work.

2.5 The Committee agreed to invite experts in the field of workforce planning to assist with their inquiry into the sustainability of the health and social care workforce.

3 Inquiry into medical recruitment - Preparation for visit to the School of Medicine at Cardiff University

3.1 The Committee visited the School of Medicine at Cardiff University as part of its inquiry into medical recruitment.