Meetings

Primary care out-of-hours services

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 01/03/2021 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Primary care out-of-hours services: Letter from the Welsh Government (12 February 2021)

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Meeting: 21/09/2020 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Primary care out-of-hours services: Letter from the Welsh Government (28 August 2020)

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Meeting: 07/10/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Primary care out-of-hours services: Consideration of the Welsh Government Response to the Committee's Report

PAC(5)-24-19 Paper 1 – Welsh Government Response

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Meeting: 30/09/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Primary care out-of-hours services: Consideration of the Welsh Government Response to the Committee's Report

PAC(5)-23-19 Paper 3 – Welsh Government Response

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Minutes:

4. The Committee noted the Welsh Government’s response and agreed to return to it at the next meeting.


Meeting: 08/07/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Primary care out-of-hours service: Letter from the Welsh Government (25 June 2019)

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Meeting: 08/07/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Primary care out-of-hours service: Consideration of draft report

PAC(5)-19-19 Paper 2 – Draft Report

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Minutes:

2.1 The Committee agreed the draft report, subject to a few minor revisions which will be circulated outside of Committee.


Meeting: 24/06/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

5 Primary care out-of-hours service: Consideration of draft report

PAC(5)-17-19 Paper 2 – Draft Report

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Minutes:

5.1 Members considered the draft report and noted that a revised version would be brought to Committee on 8 July for further consideration.

 


Meeting: 29/04/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Primary care out-of-hours service: Additional information from Cardiff & Vale University Health Board (March 2019)

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Meeting: 29/04/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

Primary care out-of-hours service: Consideration of evidence received

Minutes:

6.1 Members considered the evidence received.


Meeting: 29/04/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 Primary care out-of-hours service: Evidence session with the Welsh Government

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-11-19 Paper 2 – Welsh Government

 

Dr Andrew Goodall – Director General HSS/Chief Executive NHS Wales

Simon Dean – Deputy Chief Executive NHS Wales

Judith Paget - Chief Executive of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Chair of the National Primary Care Board and Strategic Lead for Out of Hours Services

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Minutes:

­4.1 Members received evidence from Dr Andrew Goodall, Director General of Health and Social Services and Chief Executive NHS Wales; Simon Dean, Deputy Chief Executive NHS Wales, and Judith Paget, Chief Executive Aneurin Bevan University Health Board as part of the inquiry into Primary Care out-of-hours service.

4.2 Dr Goodall agreed to send further information on:

·         the Primary Care Board’s evaluation of arrangements made by health boards to ensure demand was met over the winter months

·         the quality indicators that are currently being monitored

 


Meeting: 25/03/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)

Primary care out-of-hours service: Discussion of key issues

Minutes:

8.1 Members discussed areas they wished to be included in the briefing for the evidence session with the Welsh Government in April.


Meeting: 18/03/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Primary care out-of-hours service: Consideration of evidence received

Minutes:

5.1 Members considered the evidence received.


Meeting: 18/03/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Primary care out-of-hours service: Evidence Session with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

PAC(5)-08-19 Paper 4 – Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

 

Steve Curry – Chief Operating Officer, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Lisa Dunsford – Director of Operations for the Primary, Community and Intermediate Care (PCIC) Clinical Board, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Dr Sherard Lemaitre – GP for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Out of Hours

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Minutes:

3.1 Members received evidence from Steve Curry, Chief Operating Officer; Lisa Dunsford, Director of Operations for the Primary, Community and Intermediate Care (PCIC) Clinical Board, and Dr Sherard Lemaitre, GP from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board as part of the inquiry into Primary care out-of-hours service.

3.2 Steve Curry agreed to send further information:

·         The number of instances when C&VUHB have paid increased rates for GPs to fill out-of-hours shifts at short notice within the last twelve months

·         The number of compensation claims paid within this financial year which related to complaints against the out-of-hours service

 


Meeting: 18/03/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Primary care out-of-hours service: Evidence Session with Hywel Dda University Health Board

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-08-19 Paper 1 – Hywel Dda University Health Board

PAC(5)-08-19 Paper 2 – Letter from the Royal College of General Practitioners

PAC(5)-08-19 Paper 3 – Letter from the British Medical Association

 

Joe Teape – Deputy Chief Executive, Hywel Dda University Health Board

Richard Archer – Out of Hours GP, Hywel Dda University Health Board

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Minutes:

2.1 Members received evidence from Joe Teape, Deputy Chief Executive and Richard Archer, Out of Hours GP from Hywel Dda University Health Board as part of the inquiry into Primary care out-of-hours service.


Meeting: 04/02/2019 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 6)

Primary care out-of-hours service: Feedback from Member's Engagement with Out-of-Hours Services

Minutes:

6.1 Members discussed their recent visits to Out-of-Hours Services.


Meeting: 03/12/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)

8 Primary care out-of-hours service: Consideration of scoping paper

PAC(5)-32-18 Paper 6 – Scoping paper

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Minutes:

8.1 Members considered the scoping paper and agreed to undertake engagement work as detailed in the paper on 21 January 2019.


Meeting: 01/10/2018 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)

8 Primary care out-of-hours service: Auditor General for Wales Report

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-25-18 Paper 3 – Auditor General for Wales’ Report

PAC(5)-25-18 Paper 4 – Welsh Government response to the Auditor General for Wales’ Report (1 August 2018)

PAC(5)-25-18 Paper 5 – Welsh Government response to the Auditor General for Wales’ Report (14 August 2018)

 

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Minutes:

8.1 The Auditor General briefed members on the Primary care out-of-hours service report.

8.2 The committee agreed to undertake a short inquiry into this issue.