Agenda and minutes

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1.1        No apologies were received.

1.2        The Chair welcomed Janet Finch-Saunders to the Committee and thanked William Graham for his contribution to the Committee’s work.

Local Health Boards

Fiona Jenkins, Executive Director of Therapies and Health Science, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Pushpinder Mangat, Interim Medical Director, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board

Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee

Dr Geoffrey Carroll, Medical Director

Dr Phil Webb, Assistant Director

2.1 Fiona Jenkins from the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Pushpinder Mangat from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, and Dr Geoffrey Carroll and Dr Philip Webb from the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee (WHSSC) responded to questions from committee members.

2.2 At the end of the session, Dr Webb agreed to provide a note to the Committee outlining one key recommendation that WHSSC would make to the Committee in relation to improving access to medical technologies in Wales and how this could be achieved.

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

Mark Roscrow, Director, Procurement Services

Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory

Pete Phillips, Director

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Alun Tomkinson, ENT Surgeon

3.1 Mark Roscrow from the NHS Shared Services Partnership, Pete Phillips from the Surgical Testing Laboratory, and Alun Tomkinson from the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board responded to questions from committee members.

Minutes of meeting 5 February 2014

Letter from the Business Committee regarding effective scrutiny of the Budget by Committees

4.1 The Committee noted the minutes of the 5 February 2014 meeting.

4.2 The Committee noted the letter from the Business Committee regarding effective scrutiny of the Budget by Committees and agreed that the Chair should write back to the Business Committee confirming that the Committee supports a review of the budget process.

5.1 The motion was agreed.

6.1 The Committee considered its draft report on the work of Healthcare Inspectorate Wales.

7.1 The Committee considered and agreed its approach to its follow-up work on the contribution of community pharmacy to health services in Wales.