Concise Minutes

Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Dai Lloyd AM (Chair) Dawn Bowden AM Jayne Bryant AM Angela Burns AM Caroline Jones AM Julie Morgan AM Lynne Neagle AM Bethan Jenkins AM
Witnesses:	Vaughan Gething AM, Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport Dr Frank Atherton, Chief Medical Officer, Welsh Government Julie Rogers, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Sian Thomas (Clerk) Claire Morris (Second Clerk) Zoe Kelland (Deputy Clerk) Stephen Boyce (Researcher) Dr Paul Worthington (Researcher)

Transcript

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Rhun Ap Iorwerth AM. Bethan Jenkins AM substituted for Rhun.

2 Inquiry into medical recruitment - evidence session 10 - Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport

2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport, the Chief Medical Officer and the Director of Workforce & Organisation Development.

2.2 The Cabinet Secretary for Health, Wellbeing and Sport agreed to provide the Committee with numbers from the first round of GP training places.

3 Paper(s) to note

3.1 Letter from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health - Public Health (Wales) Bill - stage 2 amendments

3.1a The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health.

3.2 Letter from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health - Public Health (Wales) Bill - response to the Committee's stage 1 report on the Bill

3.2a The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Social Services and Public Health.

4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting and for item 1 on the meeting on 23 March 2017

4.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

5 Inquiry into medical recruitment - consideration of evidence and discussion of the key issues arising from scrutiny

5.1 The Committee discussed the key issues that have arisen during scrutiny of its Inquiry into medical recruitment ahead of the preparation of its draft report.

6 Inquiry into the Welsh Government’s draft national dementia strategy - consideration of the draft output

6.1 The Committee discussed the key issues that have arisen during scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s draft national dementia strategy ahead of the preparation of its draft letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport.

Concise Minutes - Health, Social Care and Sport Committee