Meetings

Paper 2: Inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales: draft report

Paper 5 - Inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales: draft report

Paper 2 – Future of General Practice: Key Issues

4.1 The Committee considered the key issues arising from the inquiry.

Paper 1 – Future of General Practice: Key issues

8.1 The Committee considered the key issues.

3.3.1 The Committee noted the submission.

3.2.1 The Committee noted the additional submission.

3.1.1 The Committee noted the additional submission.

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

Jeremy Miles – Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

Alex Slade - Director of Primary Care, Mental Health and Early Years

Paul Casey - Deputy Director for Primary and Community Care

Research brief

Paper 1 – Welsh Government brief: inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales

2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care.

Professor Jim McManus – National Director of Health and Wellbeing,

Public Health Wales

Jim McManus, National Director of Health and wellbeing, Public Health Wales

Zoe Wallace, Director of Primary Care, Public Health Wales  

Kerry Bailey, Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Wales 

Rachel Andrew, Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Wales

Paper 2 – Public Health Wales brief: inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales

6.1 The Committee received a technical briefing from Public Health Wales.

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

Professor Adrian Edwards, Professor of General Practice, Division of Population Medicine, Cardiff University

Dr Neil James, Deep End Cymru Chair and GP Partner in the Gwent Valleys

Joanna Watts-Jane, Deep End Cymru Deputy Chair and Business Manager at Hirwaun Surgery

Dr Jonny Currie, Deep End Cymru Policy Lead and GP Partner at Ringland Surgery in Newport, and Consultant in Public Health with Cardiff and Vale Health Board

Research brief

Presentation: Workforce and workload in Welsh General Practice - and the Inverse Care Law

Paper 1 – Professor Adrian Edwards; consultation response.

Paper 2 – Deep End Cymru; consultation response

2.1 The Committee received evidence from Professor Adrian Edwards and Deep End Cymru.

Sam Hall, Director of Primary, Community and Mental Health Digital Services – Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)

Mr Rhidian Hurle, Executive Medical Director (DHCW)

Dr Sayma Ahmed, Associate Medical Director for Primary Care (DHCW)

3.1 The Committee received evidence from Digital Health and Care Wales.

Nia Boughton, Family medicine, Consultant Nurse - Royal College of Nursing Wales

Calum Higgins, Public Affairs and Policy Manager Wales - Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Kim Willis, Clinical Lead Occupational Therapy Primary Care, Hywel Dda University Health Board - Royal College of Occupational Therapists.

Research brief

Paper 1 – Royal College of Nursing Wales

Paper 2 – Chartered Society of Physiotherapy

Paper 3 – Royal College of Occupational Therapists

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Royal College of Nursing, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists.

Craige Wilson, Service Group Director for Primary Care and Deputy Chief Operating Officer

Sharon Miller, Associate Service Group Director for Primary Community and Therapies Service Group

Swansea Bay University Health Board

Paul Mears, Chief Executive

Dr David Andrews,  Medical Director for Primary Care and Community Services 

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Elaine Lorton, Director of Primary Care, Community and Mental Health Services 

Powys Teaching Health Board

4.1 The Committee heard evidence from Powys Teaching Health Board and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

Liz Hallett, Locality Prescribing Advisor and Lead Pharmacist for Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Prisons and Care Homes – Royal Pharmaceutical Society Wales

Helen Davies, Principal Pharmacist, Primary Care: Medicines optimisation – Royal Pharmaceutical Society Wales

(Members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Welsh Pharmacy Board)

Steve Simmonds, Contractor Services Development Executive – Community Pharmacy Wales

Dai Williams, Community pharmacist - Community Pharmacy Wales Board member

Paper 4 – Royal Pharmaceutical Society Wales

Paper 4a – Letter from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society - Inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales

Paper 5 – Community Pharmacy Wales

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from The Royal Pharmaceutical Society for Wales and Community Pharmacy Wales.

Dr Gareth Oelmann, Chair of General Practitioners Committee, British Medical Association Cymru (BMA)/ GP partner in Gwent.

Dr Ian Harris, Deputy Chair, General Practitioners Committee, Wales / GP partner in Bridgend

Dr Rowena Christmas, Chair of Royal College General Practitioners (RCGP) Cymru Wales / GP in Trellech, Monmouthshire

Dr Tom Kneale, Former Chair of RCGP’s North Wales faculty/ GP in Ruthin, Denbighshire

Research brief

Paper 1 – Royal College of General Practitioners Cymru Wales

Paper 2 – British Medical Association Cymru Wales

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from the Royal College of General Practitioners Cymru Wales and the British Medical Association Cymru Wales.

5.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received.

3.1 The Committee considered the evidence received during the morning’s stakeholder event and the afternoon’s formal evidence session.

Research brief

Engagement findings: Interviews

Case Study Video Part 1

Case Study Video Part 2

Dr James Pink - GP Partner, Cardiff

Dr Richard Stratton – GP Partner, Powys

Dr Elin McCarthy - GP Partner, Swansea

John Williams – Practice Manager, Flintshire

Kirsty Brookes – Pharmacist, Anglesey

1.1         The Chair welcomed members to the session.

1.2         A video of interviews compiled by the Citizen Engagement Team was shown before the formal evidence session with GP Partners, Practice Managers and Allied Health Professionals.

Paper 3 – Information for candidates

Paper 2 – Future of general practice: Research brief

Paper 3 - Engagement findings: Summary and case studies

6.1 The Senedd’s Citizen Engagement Team presented the findings of their engagement work to the Committee.

6.2 The Committee considered and agreed the scope and approach of its inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales.

Paper 2 – Inquiry into general practice – updated terms of reference

6.1 The Committee considered and agreed the update terms of reference.