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Health and Social Care Committee |
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Committee Room 3 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Thursday, 24 November 2011 |
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Meeting time: |
09:30 - 11:15 |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Mark Drakeford (Chair) Mick Antoniw Rebecca Evans Vaughan Gething William Graham Elin Jones Lynne Neagle Lindsay Whittle Kirsty Williams |
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Witnesses: |
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Elspeth Weir, Community Pharmacy Scotland Malcolm Clubb, Community Pharmacy Scotland Alex MacKinnon, Royal Pharmaceutical Society |
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Committee Staff: |
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Llinos Dafydd (Clerk) Catherine Hunt (Deputy Clerk) Stephen Boyce (Researcher) |
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1. Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 Apologies were received from Darren Millar. There were no substitutions.
2. Inquiry into the contribution of community pharmacy to health services in Wales - Evidence from Community Pharmacy Scotland and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Scotland
2.1 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee on the contribution of community pharmacy to health services.
2.2 Witnesses from Community Pharmacy Scotland agreed to provide:
· a copy of a report by the Scottish Government on its Review of the Community Pharmacy Public Health Service for Smoking Cessation and Emergency Hormonal Contraception;
· a link to a report by the University of Manchester on the change in patient consultation patterns in primary care which investigated the uptake of the Minor Ailments Service in Scotland.
3. Petition on Public Toilet Provision in Wales - Consideration of the Health and Social Care Committee's approach
3.1 The Committee considered the paper on the approach to its work on public toilet provision in Wales. The Committee agreed that its work should focus on the public health implications of inadequate public toilet provision and that the public consultation should close on 23 December 2011.
3.2 The Committee agreed to add additional organisations to the proposed consultation list.
4. Papers to note
4.1 The Committee noted the minutes of the meeting held on 10 November.
4.1 Inquiry into the contribution of community pharmacy to health services in Wales - Additional evidence from Community Pharmacy Wales
4.2 The Committee noted the additional evidence from Community Pharmacy Wales.
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 6.
6. Inquiry into the contribution of community pharmacy to health services in Wales - Private discussion on emerging issues
6.1 The Committee considered the issues emerging from its inquiry into the contribution of community pharmacy to health services in Wales.
Transcript
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