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Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny

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Meeting: 27/11/2025 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3)

3 Letter to HEIW and Swansea Bay University Health Board regarding Band 5 adult nursing positions within Swansea Bay Health Board

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3.4.1 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 12/11/2025 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3)

3 Response from Chief Executives of Swansea Bay University Health Board (UHB) and Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) regarding the lack of Band 5 adult nursing positions within Swansea Bay UHB

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3.5.1 The Committee noted the response.

Meeting: 12/11/2025 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3)

3 Letter to Chief Executives of Swansea Bay University Health Board (UHB) and Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) regarding the lack of Band 5 adult nursing positions within Swansea Bay UHB.

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3.4.1 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 06/11/2025 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 4)

4 Letter to Chief Executives of Swansea Bay University Health Board (UHB) and Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) regarding the lack of Band 5 adult nursing positions within Swansea Bay UHB.

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4.2.1 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 24/10/2024 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 9)

9 Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post legislative scrutiny: consideration of next steps

Paper 5: Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: Next steps

 

Stakeholder responses to Welsh Government’s response

 

Paper 6 - University of Southampton

Paper 7 - Swansea Bay University Health Board

Paper 8 - NHS Confederation

Paper 9 - Royal College of Nursing Wales

 

Paper 10 - Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care regarding Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: Post-legislative scrutiny

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9.1 The Committee discussed next steps and agreed to return to this matter upon receipt of the Welsh Government’s first report on progress.

Meeting: 10/07/2024 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 6)

6 Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to the committee's report on Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: Post-legislative scrutiny

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6.5 The Committee noted the response.

Meeting: 14/03/2024 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 12)

12 Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: consideration of draft report

Paper 11 – draft report

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12.1 Subject to minor changes, the Committee will agree the report via email.

Meeting: 14/03/2024 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 5)

5 Letter to the Chair from the Royal College of Nursing Wales regarding the introduction of the role of the Registered Nursing Associate in Wales

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5.4 The Committee noted the letters.

Meeting: 17/01/2024 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 3)

3 Letter to the Chair from Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) with follow-up information from the evidence session on 19 October 2023

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3.6 The Committee agreed the letter.

Meeting: 06/12/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 5)

Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: consideration of evidence

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5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received and identified areas for inclusion in its report.

Meeting: 06/12/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 2)

2 Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Nurse Director of NHS Wales

Eluned Morgan MS, Minister for Health and Social Services

Sue Tranka, Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Nurse Director of NHS Wales
Welsh Government
Gill Knight, Nursing Officer Safety, Regulation & Service Development - Welsh Government

 

Research brief

Paper 1 – Welsh Government

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2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Nurse Director of NHS Wales.

Meeting: 19/10/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 7)

7 Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)

Julie Rogers, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Workforce and OD – Health Education and Improvement Wales

Lisa Llewelyn, Director of Nurse and Health Professional Education – Health Education and Improvement Wales

 

Paper 6 – Health Education and Improvement Wales

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7.1 The Committee received evidence from Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW).

Meeting: 19/10/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 9)

Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: consideration of evidence

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9.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received.

Meeting: 19/10/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 4)

Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the All Wales Nurse Staffing Programme

Lisa Llewelyn, Director of Nurse and Health Professional Education - Health Education Improvement Wales

Ruth Walker, Associate Director (Nurse Leadership) - Health Education and Improvement Wales

Joanna Doyle, Associate Director/ Head of All Wales Nurse Staffing Programme

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4.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives of the All Wales Nurse Staffing Programme.

Meeting: 19/10/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 2)

2 Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the Royal College of Nursing Wales

Helen Whyley, Director – Royal College of Nursing Wales

Lisa Turnbull - Policy, Parliamentary and Public Affairs Manager – Royal College of Nursing Wales

Jackie Davies, Chair – Royal College of Nursing Wales Board

 

Research brief
Paper 1 – Royal College of Nursing Wales

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2.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives of the Royal College of Nursing in Wales.

Meeting: 04/10/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 1.)

1. Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 post legislative scrutiny: stakeholder discussion [invitee only]

The Committee will be holding a private stakeholder discussion event as part of its post-legislative scrutiny of the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016.

 

Paper 1 – Information for participants

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

6 Letter from the Chief Nursing Officer to the Chair regarding the committee's inquiry into the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) act 2016- post legislative scrutiny

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6.6 The Committee noted the letter.

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

6 Letter from the Chair to the Chief Nursing Officer regarding the committee's inquiry into the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) act 2016- post legislative scrutiny

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6.5 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 14/06/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 7)

7 Letter to the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales regarding Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny

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7.11 The Committee noted the letter.

Meeting: 14/06/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee (Item 7)

7 Letter from the Nursing & Midwifery Council regarding the Department of Health and Social Care’s consultation on, draft legislation for regulating anaesthesia associates and physician associates

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7.12 The Committee noted the letter.

 

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