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Children and Young People Committee |
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Meeting Venue: |
Committee Room 1 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Thursday, 29 September 2011 |
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Meeting time: |
09:30 - 12:50 |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Christine Chapman (Chair) Angela Burns Jocelyn Davies Keith Davies Suzy Davies Julie Morgan Lynne Neagle Jenny Rathbone Aled Roberts Simon Thomas |
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Witnesses: |
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Huw Bennett, Public Health Wales Lesley Griffiths, Minister for Health and Social Services Tony Jewell, Chief Medical Officer Dr Heather Payne, Senior Medical Officer, Maternal & Child Health Mechelle Collard, British Society for Paediatric Dentistry Shannu Bhatia, British Society for Paediatric Dentistry Nigel Monaghan, British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry Maria Morgan, British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry |
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Committee Staff: |
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Claire Morris (Clerk) Meriel Singleton (Deputy Clerk) |
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1. Introductions; Apologies and Substitutions
1.1 The Chair welcomed everybody to the meeting. No apologies were received.
2. Inquiry into Children's Oral Health in Wales: Evidence Session
2.1 The Chair welcomed Hugh Bennett to the meeting. Members questioned the witness.
3. Ministerial Scrutiny Session: Lesley Griffiths, Minister for Health and Social Services
3.1 The Chair welcomed the Minister to the meeting. Members questioned the Minister.
3.2 The Minister agreed to provide further information on:
- Contradictory comments made by the Royal College of Midwives about midwife numbers in Wales;
- Where recruitment problems in neonatal services exist;
- The number of mother and baby beds available for women suffering with post-natal depression;
- Female genital mutilation;
- An evaluation of the effectiveness of the MEND programme in Wales.
3.3 The Chair agreed to write to the Minister with questions not reached at the meeting.
4. Inquiry into Children's Oral Health in Wales : Evidence Session
4.1 The Chair welcomed Mechelle Collard and Shannu Bhatia to the meeting. Members questioned the witnesses.
5. Inquiry into Children's Oral Health in Wales : Evidence Session
5.1 The Chair welcomed Nigel Monaghan and Maria Morgan to the meeting. Members questioned the witnesses.
6. Papers to Note
Transcript
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