Agenda and minutes

1.1 The Chair welcomed everybody to the meeting. No apologies were received.

Huw Bennett, Public Health Wales

2.1 The Chair welcomed Hugh Bennett to the meeting. Members questioned the witness.

Lesley Griffiths, Minister for Health and Social Services
Tony Jewell - Chief Medical Officer
Chris Jones - Medical Director for NHS Wales and Deputy Chief Medical Officer

3.1 The Chair welcomed the Minister to the meeting. Members questioned the Minister.

3.2 The Minister agreed to provide further information on:

-        Contradictory comments made by the Royal College of Midwives about midwife numbers in Wales;

-        Where recruitment problems in neonatal services exist;

-        The number of mother and baby beds available for women suffering with post-natal depression;

-        Female genital mutilation;

-        An evaluation of the effectiveness of the MEND programme in Wales.

3.3 The Chair agreed to write to the Minister with questions not reached at the meeting.

Mechelle Collard; British Society of Paediatric Dentistry

4.1 The Chair welcomed Mechelle Collard and Shannu Bhatia to the meeting.  Members questioned the witnesses.

Nigel Monaghan; British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry

Maria Morgan; British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry

5.1 The Chair welcomed Nigel Monaghan and Maria Morgan to the meeting.  Members questioned the witnesses.

CYP(4)-03-11 Paper 5 - Minutes of 21 September meeting

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