Concise Minutes - Health, Social Care and Sport Committee - Fifth Senedd

Meeting Venue:

Video Conference via Zoom

Meeting date: Thursday, 5 July 2018

Meeting time: 09. - 11.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4829

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Dai Lloyd AM (Chair) Dawn Bowden AM Jayne Bryant AM Angela Burns AM Rhun ap Iorwerth AM Caroline Jones AM Julie Morgan AM Lynne Neagle AM
Witnesses:	Dr Tracey Cooper, Public Health Wales NHS Trust Huw George, Public Health Wales Dr Quentin Sandifer, Public Health Wales
Committee Staff:	Claire Morris (Clerk) Catherine Hunt (Deputy Clerk) Stephen Boyce (Researcher) Sarah Hatherley (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2 There were no apologies.

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2 General scrutiny: Evidence session with Public Health Wales

2.1 The representatives from Public Health Wales responded to questions from Members of the Committee and agreed to provide the following additional information in writing:

• An infographic used by Public Health Wales in dealing with adverse childhood experiences;
• Details of resilience work being done in relation to child and adolescent mental health services;
• The report by Public Health Wales relating to neglect being an adverse childhood experience;
• Details of how funding is prioritised, including how Public Health Wales’ health improvement programme spend is broken down across the life course;
• A breakdown of how staff are allocated across Public Health Wales, including the balance between research and delivery roles;
• Whether details are available on the number of people who survive sepsis but experience a reduced quality of life as a consequence;
• A copy of Public Health Wales’ performance progress report;

Details of capacity to respond to the expected increase in screening for bowel cancer when the new Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) test is introduced.

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3 Paper(s) to note

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3.1 Letter from Chair of Children, Young People and Education Committee: Forward work programme: areas of shared interest - 26 June 2018

3.1a The Committee noted the letter.

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3.2 Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services: Out of Hours services in Wales - 26 June 2018

3.2a The Committee noted the letter.

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

4.1 The Committee agreed the Motion.

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5 General scrutiny: Evidence session with Public Health Wales: Consideration of evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had received from Public Health Wales.

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6 Forward work programme

6.1 The Committee discussed its forward work programme and agreed to undertake a one-day inquiry into dentistry in Wales and an inquiry into the Social Services and Well-being Act (Wales) 2014 in relation to carers.

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