Health and Social Care Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 1 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Thursday, 22 March 2012

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09:30 - 13:00

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:
http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_200000_22_03_2012&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Mark Drakeford (Chair)

Mick Antoniw

Rebecca Evans

Vaughan Gething

William Graham

Elin Jones

Darren Millar

Lynne Neagle

Lindsay Whittle

Kirsty Williams

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Prof. John Bolton, Institute of Public Care, Oxford Brookes University

Luisa Bridgman, Rhondda Cynon Tâf County Borough Council

Parry Davies, Ceredigion County Council

Bob Gatis, Rhondda Cynon Tâf County Borough Council

Susie Lunt, Flintshire County Council

David Street, ADSS Cymru

Emily Warren, Welsh Local Government Association

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Meriel Singleton (Clerk)

Catherine Hunt (Deputy Clerk)

Stephen Boyce (Researcher)

 

 

 

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1.  Introductions, apologies and substitutions

1.1 There were no apologies or substitutions.

 

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2.  Inquiry into Residential Care for Older People - Discussion with Prof. John Bolton

2.1 Professor Bolton responded to questions from members of the Committee on residential care for older people in Wales.

 

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3.  Inquiry into Residential Care for Older People - Evidence from the Welsh Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Social Services Wales

3.1 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee on residential care for older people.

 

3.2 Emily Warren agreed to provide a copy of the implementation plan for local authorities working in partnership with the NHS and information on local authorities’ progress in developing reablement services.

 

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4.  Inquiry into Residential Care for Older People - Evidence from Local Authorities

4.1 The witnesses responded to questions from members of the Committee on residential care for older people.

 

4.2 The witnesses agreed to provide information on the number of instances per year of people who had previously funded their own residential care but then required the local authority to fund their care once their own funds had been exhausted. 

 

 

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5.  One-day inquiry into still births in Wales - Consideration of terms of reference

5.1 The Committee agreed the terms of reference for its one-day inquiry into still births in Wales.

 

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6.  Papers to note

6.1 The Committee noted the minutes of the meetings held on 8 March.

 

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6.1  Follow up information from 25 January meeting - EU matters - Residential care for the elderly in EU member states

 

6.2 The Committee noted the paper on residential care for the elderly in EU member states.

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Transcript

View the meeting transcript.

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