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Health and social care workforce

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.

Note: Meeting Agenda can change at short notice. Particularly where future meeting dates are indicated more than a week in advance. Please check before planning to attend a Committee Meeting that the item you are interested in has not been moved.

 

 

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Chair to the Chief Executives of NHS Health Boards regarding waiting times

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6.27 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding correspondence received from Community Pharmacy Wales regarding the introduction of the Electronic Prescription Service in Wales

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6.9 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Chief Executive, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board to the Chair regarding NHS waiting times

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6.33 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Chief Executive, Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Boards to the Chair regarding NHS waiting times

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6.32 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Interim Chief Executive Officer, Powys Teaching Health Board to the Chair regarding NHS waiting times

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6.30 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from Cerebral Palsy Cymru to the Chair regarding a Cerebral Palsy Register for Wales

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6.17 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Response from the Chief Executive, Swansea Bay University Health Board to the Chair regarding NHS waiting times

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6.29 The Committee noted the response.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding NHS waiting times

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6.25 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Professional Standards Authority to the Chair regarding its Annual Report and Accounts for 2022/23

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6.20 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Health and Social Services Health Group regarding the Reluctant Discharge Guidance: The Management of Reluctant Discharge/ Transfer of Care to a More Appropriate Care Setting

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6.19 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Chair of the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee to Welsh Government Ministers regarding the Primary Care Electronic Prescription Service

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6.11 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Chief Executive, Hywel Dda University Health Board to the Chair regarding NHS waiting times

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6.31 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Response from the Minister for Health and Social Services to the Chair regarding NHS waiting times

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6.26 The Committee noted the response.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Response from the Chair to Cerebral Palsy Cymru regarding a Cerebral Palsy Register for Wales

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6.18 The Committee noted the response.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Response from the Minister for Health and Social Services to the Chair regarding Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) for Wales

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6.10 The Committee noted the response.

Meeting: 21/09/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Response from the Chief Operating Officer, Cardiff & Vale University Health Board to the Chair regarding NHS waiting times

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6.28 The Committee noted the response.

Meeting: 27/04/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 8)

8 Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding the Committee's scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales

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8.1 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 26/01/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 5)

5 Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales

 

Sue Tranka, Chief Nursing Officer for Wales

Gill Knight, Nursing Officer Safety, Regulation & Service Development, Welsh Government

 

Research brief

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5.1 The Committee received evidence from Sue Tranka, Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Gill Knight, Nursing Officer Safety, Regulation and Service Development, Welsh Government.

5.2 The Chief Nursing Officer agreed to provide:

  • Further information on the technological barriers to the collection and publishing of data on nurse vacancies at an all-Wales level, and the work being done to address this;

Information on the work done to reduce the spend on agency nursing prior to the pandemic, and how the current level of agency spend compares with the pre-pandemic level.

Meeting: 26/01/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Letter from the Royal College of Nursing to the First Minister regarding strike action

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6.4 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 11/01/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 8)

8 Visit to University of South Wales: draft note

 

Paper 4 – Visit to University of South Wales: draft note

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8.1 The Committee agreed the draft note.

8.2 The Committee agreed that the note should be published on the website

Meeting: 08/12/2022 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 1.)

1. Committee visit

Members’ brief

Research brief

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  • Members' brief
  • Research brief

Meeting: 17/11/2022 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3)

3 Letter from the Royal College of Nursing to the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding strike action

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3.4 The Committee noted the letter

 

Meeting: 13/01/2022 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3)

3 Letter from the British Dental Association Wales to the Chair regarding the health and social care workforce

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3.17 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 13/01/2022 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3)

3 Letter from Unison to the Chair regarding the health and social care workforce

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3.16 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 13/01/2022 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3)

3 Letter from Digital Health and Care Wales to the Chair regarding the health and social care workforce

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3.15 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 13/01/2022 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3)

3 Letter from the Royal College of Nursing Wales to the Chair regarding the health and social care workforce

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3.18 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 13/01/2022 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3)

3 Letter from Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales regarding follow-up questions following the evidence session on 4 November 2021

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3.14 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 04/11/2021 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3)

3 Health and social care workforce: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales

Alexandra Howells, Chief Executive - Health Education and Improvement Wales

Julie Rogers, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Workforce and Organisational Development - Health Education and Improvement Wales

Sue Evans, Chief Executive - Social Care Wales

Sarah McCarty, Director of Improvement and Development - Social Care Wales

 

 

Research brief

Paper 2: written evidence from Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales

 

Health and social care workforce consultation responses

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Minutes:

3.1  The Committee received evidence from Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales on the health and social care workforce.

 

3.2  Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales agreed to provide a briefing paper to the Committee on the We Care recruitment campaign, along with details of the national resources made available through the strategy to support health and social care staff wellbeing.

         

Meeting: 04/11/2021 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 7)

Health and social care workforce: consideration of evidence

Minutes:

7.1  The Committee considered the evidence received and agreed to write to Health Education and Improvement Wales, Social Care Wales, Digital Health and Care Wales and relevant trade unions to seek additional information on a number of points.

 

 

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