Concise Minutes - Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Meeting date: Wednesday, 17 July 2019

Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.00
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/5495

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Dai Lloyd AM (Chair) Jayne Bryant AM Angela Burns AM Helen Mary Jones AM Lynne Neagle AM David Rees AM
Witnesses:	Cath Broderick, Independent Maternity Services Oversight Panel Mick Giannasi, Independent Maternity Services Oversight Panel
Committee Staff:	Sarah Beasley (Clerk) Claire Morris (Second Clerk) Tanwen Summers (Deputy Clerk) Stephen Boyce (Researcher) Sarah Hatherley (Researcher) Philippa Watkins (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

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2 Maternity services at the former Cwm Taf University Health Board follow up: Evidence session with the Independent Maternity Services Oversight Panel

2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Independent maternity services oversight panel.

2.2 The Chair of the Independent Maternity Services Oversight Panel agreed to provide details of the definition of “serious incidents” being used by the clinical team as part of its retrospective review.

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3 Paper(s) to note

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3.1 Letters from the Interim Chief Executive of Cwm Taf University Health Board

3.1 The Committee noted both letters.

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3.2 Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee regarding Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21

3.2 The Committee noted the letter.

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3.3 Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd

3.3 The Committee noted the letter.

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

4.1 The Committee agreed to the Motion to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting.

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5 Maternity services at the former Cwm Taf University Health Board follow up: Consideration of evidence

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received and discussed further scrutiny options. The Committee agreed to invite David Jenkins to discuss his work supporting the Chair of the Independent Maternity Services Oversight Panel and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board to deliver improvements in leadership and corporate governance to a future meeting.

5.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Health and Social Services to seek clarification on the different streams supporting the intervention process.

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6 Community and district nursing services: Consideration of draft report (2)

6.1 The Committee considered and agreed the draft report.

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7 Forward work programme

7.1 The Committee considered the forward work programme for the autumn term, and a number of proposals for possible future inquiries. The Committee asked the secretariat to do some further scoping work and agreed to return to the issue in the autumn term.

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8 Implications of Brexit: UK-wide common policy frameworks

8.1 The Committee discussed its approach to the consideration of UK-wide common policy frameworks and agreed to write to the Minister for Health and Social Services for further details on a number of issues to inform any future scrutiny the Committee may wish to undertake.

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