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Inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales

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Meeting: 09/03/2016 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Follow-up inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: response from the Deputy Minister for Health

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Minutes:

4.4a The Committee noted the correspondence.

Meeting: 09/03/2016 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 Follow-up inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: consideration of response from the Deputy Minister for Health

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Minutes:

2.1 The Committee agreed to write to the Deputy Minister for Health to seek clarification on some of the points contained within his response.

Meeting: 14/01/2016 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)

Follow-up inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: consideration of output

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Minutes:

7.1 The Committee considered and agreed the draft letter to the Deputy Minister for Health subject to minor changes.

Meeting: 03/12/2015 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)

5 Follow-up inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: evidence session 4

Mick Giannasi, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust

Tracy Myhill, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust

 

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Minutes:

5.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members.

5.2 Tracy Myhill agreed to provide the Committee with performance data against targets for October 2015, broken down by local authority area.

Meeting: 03/12/2015 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 8)

Follow-up inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: consideration of evidence

Minutes:

8.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

Meeting: 03/12/2015 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Follow-up inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: evidence session 3

Adam Cairns, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Allison Williams, Cwm Taf University Health Board

 

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Minutes:

4.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members.

Meeting: 03/12/2015 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)

3 Follow-up inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: evidence session 2

Stephen Harrhy, Chief Ambulance Services Commissioner

Professor Siobhan McClelland, Chair – Emergency Ambulance Services Committee

 

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Minutes:

3.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members.

Meeting: 03/12/2015 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 Follow-up inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: evidence session 1

Darron Dupree, UNISON Cymru Wales

Nathan Holman, GMB

Richard Munn, Unite the Union

Lisa Turnbull, Royal College of Nursing

 

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Minutes:

2.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members.

2.2 Alun Davies declared the following relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A:

·         He is a member of UNISON Cymru Wales.

2.2 Darron Dupre and Lisa Turnbull both agreed to provide the Committee with staff survey data.

Meeting: 11/06/2015 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 9)

9 Inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: additional information

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Minutes:

9.1a The Committee noted the additional information received.

Meeting: 13/05/2015 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)

6 Inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: correspondence from the Deputy Minister for Health

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Minutes:

6.5a The Committee noted the correspondence from the Deputy Minister for Health.

Meeting: 23/04/2015 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)

7 Inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: additional information from the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust

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Minutes:

7.2a The Committee noted the additional information from the Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

Meeting: 25/03/2015 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)

7 Inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: consideration of draft letter

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Minutes:

7.1 The Committee considered and agreed a draft letter to the Deputy Minister for Health, subject to minor amendments.

Meeting: 05/03/2015 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 8)

8 Inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: evidence session 2

Mick Giannasi, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust

Tracy Myhill, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust

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Minutes:

8.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members.

8.2 The witnesses agreed to provide the Committee with:

·         details of the pilot schemes underway across Wales to improve ambulance services;

·         the number of Category A emergency calls made in 2012, 2013 and 2014, the number of incidents to which those calls relate, the number which resulted in an emergency response arriving at the scene, and the number which resulted in an emergency response arriving at the scene within eight minutes;

·         the dates on which the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust was consulted or involved in the decision to suspend consultant-led maternity care at Glan Clwyd Hospital; and

·         a copy of the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust improvement action plan for the next year.

Meeting: 05/03/2015 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 11)

Inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: consideration of evidence received

Minutes:

11.1 The Committee considered the evidence received and agreed to write to the Deputy Minister for Health.

Meeting: 05/03/2015 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 9)

Inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: evidence session 3

Adam Cairns, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Alison Williams, Cwm Taf University Health Board

Minutes:

9.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members.

9.2 The witnesses agreed to provide the Committee with:

·         details for the last month (February 2015) of the number of ambulances that arrived at each Accident and Emergency department in the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Cwm Taf University Health Board areas, and, if possible, the ambulance station at which each of those ambulances is based;

·         details of the numbers of patients experiencing handover delays in the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board area;

·         details of the actions that Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and Cwm Taf University Health Board are taking to reduce patient handover delays, the improvements that are expected to be achieved, and the associated timescales; and

·         a copy of the report of the investigation into unscheduled care experiences at each local health board, anticipated to be published in April 2015.  

Meeting: 05/03/2015 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)

7 Inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales: evidence session 1

Stephen Harrhy, Chief Ambulance Services Commissioner

Professor Siobhan McClelland, Chair – Emergency Ambulance Services Committee

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

7.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members.

7.2 The witnesses agreed to provide the Committee with the following:

·         a copy of the  interim agreement with the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust for 2014-15;

·         an indication of the timescales for the Commissioning Quality and Delivery Framework and, once finalised, a copy of the Framework.

Meeting: 12/02/2015 - Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 11)

11 Inquiry into the Ambulance Services' performance in Wales: consideration of approach to scrutiny

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Minutes:

11.1a The Committee considered and agreed its approach for an inquiry into the performance of the Ambulance Services in Wales.

 

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