Concise Minutes - Public Accounts Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - The Senedd

Meeting date: Monday, 9 July 2018

Meeting time: 14.01 - 16.42
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/4752

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Attendance

Category	Names
Assembly Members:	Nick Ramsay AM (Chair) Mohammad Asghar (Oscar) AM Vikki Howells AM Lee Waters AM
Witnesses:	Lynne Hamilton, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board Sian Harrop-Griffiths, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board Tracy Myhill, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board Bob Chadwick, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Len Richards, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Wales Audit Office:	Huw Vaughan Thomas CBE – Auditor General for Wales Mark Jeffs Dave Thomas
Committee Staff:	Fay Bowen (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 Neil Hamilton AM, Rhianon Passmore AM and Adam Price AM. There were no substitutes.

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2 Paper(s) to note

2.1 The papers were noted.

2.2 The Chair agreed to reply to the Welsh Government seeking clarification on the agreed commitment that they would publish details of the per passenger subsidy annually alongside passenger numbers.

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2.1 NHS Wales Informatics Services: Letter from Steve Ham, Chief Executive, Velindre NHS Trust (28 June 2018)

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2.2 Intra-Wales - Cardiff to Anglesey - Air Service: Letter from the Welsh Government (3 July 2018)

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3 The Welsh Government's initial funding of the Circuit of Wales Project: Consideration of the Welsh Government's response to the Committee's Report

3.1 Members considered the response and agreed that the Chair would write to the Welsh Government seeking clarification on a number of issues.

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4 Implementation of the NHS Finance (Wales) Act 2014: Evidence Session 2

4.1 Members received evidence from Tracy Myhill, Chief Executive;

Sian Harrop-Griffiths, Director of Strategy; and Lynne Hamilton, Director of Finance, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board as part of their inquiry into the Implementation of the NHS Finance (Wales) Act 2014.

4.2 Tracy Myhill agreed to:

· Speak to the Board Chair regarding the remuneration package received by the former Chief Executive when he left the Health Board and advise the Chair of her discussion; and

· Share some of the Health Board’s digital plans with the Committee.

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5 Implementation of the NHS Finance (Wales) Act 2014: Evidence Session 3

5.1 Members received evidence from Len Richards, Chief Executive and Bob Chadwick, Director of Finance, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, as part of their inquiry into the Implementation of the NHS Finance (Wales) Act 2014.

5.2 Len Richards agreed to check and send a note as to whether the Health Board provided an impact statement regarding the outage incident that occurred in January 2018.

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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 evidence received

7.1 Members considered the evidence received.

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