Agenda and minutes

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1.1 No apologies were received.

Older People’s Commissioner for Wales

·       Sarah Rochira, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales

Standing Up, Speaking Out Report

2.1 The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales responded to questions from committee members.

3.1 The Committee noted the minutes of the previous meeting.

3a.1 The Committee noted the letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee; the Chair will respond, noting the correspondence.

3b.1 The Committee noted the letter from the Chair of the Petitions Committee; the Chair will respond, noting the correspondence.

3c.1 The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services.

3d.1 The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services.

3d.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Health and Social Services to ask:

·         what impact the reduction of £1.9million to the health protection and immunisation budget, as reported by the Wales Audit Office’s Health Finances 2012-13 and beyond [page 16], has had; and

·         where provision of funding to deal with the recent measles outbreak was sourced, and whether the saving of £1.9million stood at the year end.

3e.1 The Committee noted the letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services.

3f.1 The Committee noted the forward work programme for the forthcoming autumn term.

4.1 The motion was agreed.

5.1 The Committee discussed options and proposals for its post-Christmas forward work programme.

6.1 The Committee discussed it’s approach to the inquiry into access to medical technologies and agreed to seek to appoint an expert adviser, and agreed the draft role description for that adviser.

7.1 The Committee discussed the revised Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Care Bill.

7.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Deputy Minister for Social Services to seek clarification as to why the Care Bill does not appear to include any reciprocal requirement on local authorities in Scotland to meet the care and support needs of adults placed there by Welsh local authorities.