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Public Accounts Committee |
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Committee Room 3 - Senedd |
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Meeting date: |
Tuesday, 24 September 2013 |
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Meeting time: |
09:00 - 10:31 |
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This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at: |
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Concise Minutes: |
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Assembly Members: |
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Darren Millar (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Mike Hedges Julie Morgan Jenny Rathbone Aled Roberts Jocelyn Davies Sandy Mewies |
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Witnesses: |
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Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales, Wales Audit Office Mark Jeffs, Wales Audit Office Geraint Norman, Wales Audit Office |
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Committee Staff: |
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Fay Buckle (Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk) Joanest Jackson (Legal Advisor) |
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Transcript
View the meeting transcript.
1 Introductions, apologies and substitutions
1.1 The Chair welcomed Members and members of the public to the meeting.
2 Briefing from the Auditor General for Wales on the Wales Audit Office report 'Health Finances 2012-13 and beyond'
2.1 The Committee received a briefing from Huw Vaughan Thomas, Auditor General for Wales, on The Wales Audit Office Report ‘Health Finances 2012-13 and Beyond. The Auditor General was accompanied by Mark Jeffs and Geraint Norman. The briefing was supplemented by questioning from the Committee.
Action points:
The Auditor General for Wales agreed to provide:
· Further information highlighting good practice within Health Boards on financial forecasts.
The Clerks were asked to:
· Discuss with the Welsh Government whether any formulas were used to determine the amount of additional funding each LHB received in December 2012.
3 Papers to note
3.1 The minutes from the meeting held on 18 July 2013 were agreed.
4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:
4.1 The Motion was agreed.
5 Consideration of handling Wales Audit Office report 'Health Finances 2012-13 and beyond'
5.1 The Committee agreed to undertake a short inquiry into Health Finances 2012-13 and beyond. Specifically, they agreed to focus on:
· Quality of 3 year plans and the risk of potential frontloading in year 1
· Difficulties in achieving savings
· The deterioration of performance in some services areas
· Service reforms and the link to reducing costs
· Increase in negligence claims
· How Tier 1 priorities are determined
6 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2014-2015: Consideration of issues raised
6.1 The Committee agreed the draft letter.