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Y Pwyllgor Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol Health and Social Care Committee
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14 March 2014 |
Dear Colleague,
The National Assembly for Wales’s Health and Social Care Committee reported on its inquiry on the contribution of community pharmacy to health services in May 2012. The focus of the inquiry was to examine how effective the 2005 Community Pharmacy contract has been in developing the contribution of community pharmacy to health and wellbeing services in Wales.
At the time of the report’s publication, the Committee noted its intention to return to the subject during this Assembly term in order to follow-up on its initial conclusions and recommendations. This follow-up inquiry will be used to consider how effective the Welsh Government has been in addressing the issues identified by the Committee in its report, with a specific focus on the implementation of the Committee’s recommendations.
Invitation to contribute to the inquiry
To inform its work, the Committee is contacting those who submitted evidence to the original inquiry with the aim of gathering a body of evidence to inform our questioning of the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer. This session is scheduled to take place in June 2014.
The Committee would like to hear about any evidence of progress in relation to the recommendations made in the 2012 Report, and where progress is still required. .
The Committee welcomes evidence from both individuals and organisations. If you are responding on behalf of an organisation, please provide a brief description of the role of your organisation.
Generally, we ask for submissions to be made in writing, because it is normal practice for the National Assembly to publish evidence provided to a Committee on our internet site so that it becomes part of the public record. However, we are also able to accept evidence in audio or video format. The Committee welcomes contributions in English or Welsh, and we ask organisations with Welsh Language policies / schemes to provide bilingual responses, where applicable, in line with their public information policies.
If you wish to submit evidence, please send an electronic copy of your submission to HSCCommittee@wales.gov.uk.
Alternatively, you can write to: Committee Clerk, Health and Social Care Committee, National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay, CF99 1NA.
Submissions should arrive by Friday 2 May 2014. It may not be possible to take into account responses received after this date.
Submissions should:
· be no longer than five sides of A4;
· contain numbered paragraphs;
· (if submitted electronically) should preferably be Word documents, not pdf files; and
· should focus on the terms of reference outlined above.
Disclosure of Information
You can find further details about how we will use your information at http://www.assemblywales.org/help/privacy/help-inquiry-privacy.htm. Please ensure that you have considered these details carefully before submitting information to the Committee.
Yours faithfully
David Rees AM
Chair