Concise Minutes - Public Accounts Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - The Senedd

Meeting date: Monday, 2 July 2018

Meeting time: 14.01 - 16.40
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4751

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Nick Ramsay AM (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Neil Hamilton AM Vikki Howells AM Lee Waters AM
Witnesses:	Steve Webster, Cwm Taf University Health Board Allison Williams, Cwm Taf Local Health Board Dr Jacinta Abraham, Velindre NHS Trust Stuart Morris, Velindre NHS Trust Mark Osland, Velindre NHS Trust
Wales Audit Office:	Huw Vaughan Thomas CBE – Auditor General for Wales Mark Jeffs Dave Thomas
Committee Staff:	Huw Vaughan Thomas CBE Mark Jeffs Dave Thomas Fay Bowen (Clerk) Meriel Singleton (Second Clerk) Claire Griffiths (Deputy Clerk)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to the Committee.

1.2 Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore AM and Adam Price AM. There were no substitutes.

1.3 Lee Waters AM declared an interest for Item 4 as his wife is an employee of Cwm Taf University Health Board.

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2 Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

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3 Implementation of the NHS Finance (Wales) Act 2014: Committee Correspondence

3.1 The Committee noted the correspondence.

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4 Implementation of the NHS Finance (Wales) Act 2014: Evidence Session 1

4.1 Members received evidence from Allison Williams, Chief Executive, Cwm Taf University Health Board and Steve Webster, Director of Finance, Cwm Taf University Health Board as part of the inquiry into the Implementation of the NHS Finance (Wales) Act 2014.

4.2 Steve Webster agreed to send further information regarding the proportion of savings which were non-recurrent in 2017-18.

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5 NHS Wales Informatics Services: Evidence Session 4

5.1 Members received evidence from Dr Jacinta Abraham, Medical Director, Velindre NHS Trust, Mark Osland, Director of Finance and Informatics, Velindre NHS Trust, and Stuart Morris, Associate Director of Informatics, Velindre NHS Trust as part of the inquiry into NHS Wales Informatics Services.

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6 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

6.1 The motion was agreed.

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7 Implementation of the NHS Finance (Wales) Act 2014: Consideration of the evidence received

7.1 Members considered the evidence received.

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8 NHS Wales Informatics Services: Consideration of evidence received

8.1 Members considered the evidence received.

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9 Forward Work Programme: Autumn 2018 term

9.1 Members noted and agreed the Committee’s Forward Work Programme for the Autumn 2018 term.

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