Agenda and minutes

Health and Social Care Committee - Fourth Assembly - Thursday, 18 July 2013 09.15

Venue: Committee Room 1 - Senedd

Contact: Policy: Llinos Madeley

Items
Expected timing	No.	Item
(09.15 - 09.30)	1.	Informal briefing session View the background to item 1.
	2.	Introductions, apologies and substitutions View the background to item 2. Minutes: 2.1 There were apologies from Darren Millar AM. Andrew RT Davies AM substituted.
(09.30 - 10.45)	3.	Scrutiny of the Minister for Health and Social Services and Deputy Minister for Social Services - General scrutiny View the background to item 3. HSC(4)-25-13 paper 1 Mark Drakeford AM, Minister for Health and Social Services Gwenda Thomas AM, Deputy Minister for Social Services David Sissling, Director General for Health & Social Services/Chief Executive, NHS Wales. Dr Ruth Hussey Chief Medical Officer. Albert Heaney, Director of Social Services Wales Supporting documents: Paper 1 , item 3. PDF 122 KB View as HTML (3./1) 136 KB Minutes: 3.1 The Minister for Health and Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Social Services and their officials responded to questions of the Committee. 3.2 The Minister for Health and Social Services and his officials agreed to provide the following information: A note on how many staff positions have been terminated by Local Health Boards (LHBs) in recent years and in what disciplines. Figures from the Deanery on the recruitment of General Practitioners for each Local Health Board.
(11.00 - 12.00)	4.	Scrutiny of the Minister for Health and Social Services and Deputy Minister for Social Services - financial scrutiny View the background to item 4. HSC(4)-25-13 paper 2 Mark Drakeford AM, Minister for Health and Social Services Gwenda Thomas AM, Deputy Minister for Social Services David Sissling, Director General for Health & Social Services/Chief Executive, NHS Wales Martin Sollis, Director of Finance Supporting documents: Paper 2 , item 4. PDF 111 KB View as HTML (4./1) 88 KB Minutes: 4.1 The Minister for Health and Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Social Services and their officials responded to questions of the Committee. 4.2 The Minister for Health and Social Services, Deputy Minister for Social Services and officials agreed to provide the following information: A note on the review of the Townsend Formula. A note clarifying the evidence from the WAO as to whether any medical treatment was cancelled by LHBs for financial reasons in the last financial year. A note on how protected funding for social services has been used by individual local authorities for all years available. Figures on how many Local Authorities now charge the full capped limit of £50 a week for domiciliary care and how many Local Authorities have increased their charges to £50 a week since the cap was introduced. 4.3 The Deputy Minister for Social Services agreed to keep the Committee informed about the progress of discussions on social services funding and the future monitoring of local government expenditure in this area.
	5.	Papers to note View the background to item 5. Minutes of the meeting held on 10 July Supporting documents: Minutes - 10 July , item 5. PDF 76 KB View as HTML (5./1) 42 KB
(12.00)	6.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for items 7 and 8 View the background to item 6. Minutes: 6.1 The motion was agreed.
(12.00 - 12.15)	7.	Inquiry into measles outbreak 2013 - Consideration of key themes View the background to item 7. Minutes: 7.1 The Committee considered the key themes of the inquiry.
(12.15 - 12.30)	8.	Approach to scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Draft Budget 2014-15 View the background to item 8. Minutes: 8.1 The Committee discussed their approach to scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Draft Budget 2014-15.

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