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Health and Social Care Committee |
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Committee Room 1 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Wednesday, 16 November 2011 |
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Meeting time: |
09:30 - 11:45 |
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Assembly Members: |
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Mark Drakeford (Chair) Mick Antoniw Rebecca Evans Vaughan Gething William Graham Elin Jones Lindsay Whittle Kirsty Williams |
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Witnesses: |
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Lisa Turnbull, Policy and Public Affairs Adviser, Royal College of Nursing Melanie Gadd, Family Planning Association Jason Harding, Diabetes UK Sue Thomas, Royal College of Nursing |
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Committee Staff: |
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Llinos Dafydd (Clerk) Naomi Stocks (Clerk) Mike Lewis (Deputy Clerk) Stephen Boyce (Researcher) Victoria Paris (Researcher) |
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1. Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 Apologies were received from Darren Millar and Lynne Neagle. There were no substitutions.
2. Inquiry into the contribution of community pharmacy to health services in Wales - Evidence from the Royal College of Nursing Wales
2.1 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee on the contribution of community pharmacy to health services in Wales.
2.2 The witnesses agreed to provide additional information on models used in England to provide primary health care.
3. Inquiry into the contribution of community pharmacy to health services in Wales - Evidence from Diabetes UK Cymru and the Family Planning Association
3.1 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee on the contribution of community pharmacy to health services in Wales.
3.2 The Family Planning Association (FPA) agreed to provide:
· figures on the number of pharmacies across Wales that are participating in the Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) scheme; and
· further detail on whether there is variability across Wales in the capability of the community pharmacy network to deliver EHC services.
3.3 The Committee requested a note from its secretariat exploring the extent to which arrangements are in place for pharmacists to port their training and qualifications across local health board boundaries and across the Welsh-English border.
4. Papers to note
4.1 The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Children and Social Service on the additional information on the draft budget 2012-13. The Committee agreed to write to the Minister to seek further clarification of the precise figure used by the Government, when calculating its budget, to reflect health inflation.
5. Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for item 6
5.1 The Committee agreed the motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for item 5.
6. Inquiry into Stroke Risk Reduction - Private discussion on key issues
6.1 The Committee discussed the key messages and recommendations on the inquiry into stroke risk reduction.
Transcript
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