Meeting Venue:
Video Conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Meeting time: 09.00 - 11.52
This meeting can
be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/6440
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Category |
Names |
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Assembly Members: |
Dai Lloyd MS (Chair) Rhun ap Iorwerth MS Jayne Bryant MS Andrew RT Davies MS Lynne Neagle MS David Rees MS |
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Witnesses: |
Dr Rob Orford, Welsh Government Fliss Bennée, Welsh Government Dr Heather Payne, Welsh Government Dr Marion Lyons, Welsh Government |
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Committee Staff: |
Sarah Beasley (Clerk) Claire Morris (Second Clerk) Lowri Jones (Deputy Clerk) Dr Paul Worthington (Researcher) Lucy Morgan (Researcher) |
1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.
1.2. The Chair thanked Angela Burns MS for her contribution to the Committee’s work and welcomed Andrew RT Davies MS to the Committee.
2 COVID-19: Evidence session with the Welsh Government's Technical Advisory Cell
2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Welsh Government’s Technical Advisory Cell.
2.2. Dr Rob Orford, Co-Chair of Technical Advisory Cell and Chief Scientific Adviser (Health) made an opening statement.
3 Paper(s) to note
3.1 Letter from the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services providing an update to Members relating to the actions being taken forward by Welsh Government, following publication of the Committee's inquiry report on Carers last November
3.1 The Committee noted the letter.
3.2 Letter from Chair, Finance Committee regarding the Welsh Government's Draft Budget 2021-22
3.2 The Committee noted the letter.
3.3 Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Health and Social Services following the evidence session on 16 July 2020
3.3 The Committee noted the letter.
3.4 Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services following the evidence session on 16 July 2020
3.4 The Committee noted the letter.
3.5 Letter from Chair, Petitions Committee regarding Petition P-05-966 Reverse Minimum price Alcohol
3.5 The Committee noted the letter.
3.6 Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding the Advanced Care Planning (ACP)
3.6 The Committee noted the letter.
3.7 Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding the Advanced Care Planning (ACP)
3.7 The Committee noted the letter.
3.8 Additional information from the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists to inform the Committee's inquiry into the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak, and its management, on health and social care in Wales
3.8 The Committee noted the additional information.
3.9 Letter from the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services regarding childcare provision for school-age children of critical workers over the summer period
3.9 The Committee noted the letter.
3.10 Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding testing turnaround times
3.10 The Committee noted the letter.
3.11 Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding testing turnaround times
3.11 The Committee noted the letter.
3.12 Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding the shielding announcement
3.12 The Committee noted the letter.
3.13 Letter from the Royal College of General Practitioners Wales following the Committee's evidence session with the Minister and Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services and the Director General for Health and Social Services and the NHS Wales Chief Executive
3.13 The Committee noted the letter.
3.14 Letter from Dr Goodall, Director General for Health and Social Services and the NHS Wales Chief Executive in response to the letter from the Royal College of General Practitioners Wales
3.14 The Committee noted the letter.
3.15 Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding the Holden Report
3.15 The Committee noted the letter.
4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
4.1 The Committee agreed the Motion to exclude the public from the remainder of today’s meeting.
5 COVID-19: Consideration of evidence
5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.
6 Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Medicines and Medical Devices Bill: consideration of written evidence
6.1 The Committee considered the written evidence and agreed to discuss the LCM with the Minister for Health and Social Services during the scrutiny session on 30 September.
7 COVID-19: Consideration of the Welsh Government's response to the Committee's report on its inquiry into the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak, and its management, on health and social care in Wales
7.1 The Committee discussed the Minister for Health and Social Services’ response to the Committee’s report ahead of the plenary debate on 30 September.