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P-06-1450 Welsh Government to take action to protect people from airborne infections in health care settings
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: 10/03/2025 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 2)
2 Letter from the Petitions Committee to the Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee Co-Chairs - Petition P-06-1450
Supporting documents:
Meeting: 03/02/2025 - Petitions Committee (Item 3)
3 P-06-1450 Welsh Government to take action to protect people from airborne infections in health care settings
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3
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- Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, 18 January 2025, item 3
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- Correspondence from the Petitioner, 29 January 2025, item 3
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Minutes:
Vaughan Gething had declared an interest at the start of the
meeting for this item, given that the petition substantially dealt with some of
his record in Government, and recused himself from consideration of the
petition.
The rest of the Committee considered the petition. Members
agreed that because of the nature of the petition, that the Petitions Committee
was not the best place to take forward what the petition is asking for. Members
therefore agreed to close the petition and to forward the petitioner’s response
to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, and the co-chairs of the
Wales Covid-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee, for awareness.
Members also noted that it was possible to follow the work of the Wales Covid-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee on the Senedd’s website.
Meeting: 04/11/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee (Item 4)
- Webcast for 04/11/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
- Transcript for 04/11/2024 - Wales COVID-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee
4 Letter from the Petitions Committee - Petition P-06-1450 Welsh Government to take action to protect people from airborne infections in health care settings
Supporting documents:
Meeting: 30/09/2024 - Petitions Committee (Item 2)
2 P-06-1450 Welsh Government to take action to protect people from airborne infections in health care settings
Supporting documents:
- Research brief, item 2
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- Correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, 08 July 2024, item 2
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- Correspondence from the Petitioner to the, item 2
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Minutes:
Vaughan Gething MS declared a relevant interest under
Standing Order 17.24A as follows:
“I think it would be sensible if I don't take part in trying
to guide the committee either way, because I will continue to give evidence to
a variety of modules of the UK COVID inquiry, and I think it is inevitable
that, if the Senedd COVID special purpose committee wishes to examine matters,
I'll be giving evidence to that. So, just to put that on the record, and make
clear that I won't seek to sway the committee either way in terms of the
potential action.”
The Committee considered the petition and agreed to write to
the new Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to seek a response to the
petitioner’s further queries, and for an update on the NHS Wales trials of the
effectiveness of HEPA air filtration.
Members also agreed to copy in co-chairs of the Senedd Covid-19 Inquiry Special Purpose Committee for information and to ask that the matters be considered as part of its work plan following up on any gaps in the work of the UK Covid-19 inquiry. Members agreed to keep the petition open pending a response from the Welsh Government.