Agenda and minutes

1.1 There were no apologies.

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Mair Davies, Chair, Welsh Pharmacy Board

Paul Gimson, Director for Wales

2.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members of the Committee on the contribution of community pharmacy to health services in Wales.

2.2 The witnesses agreed to provide further information on the model of community pharmacy in Scotland, including the funding of shared IT services.

2.3 The witnesses agreed to provide further information on the joint statement by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Royal College of General Practitioners on collaboration.

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Russell Goodway, Chief Executive

Ian Cowan, Chair

Chris James, Vice Chair

3.1 The witnesses responded to questions from Members of the Committee on the contribution of community pharmacy to health services in Wales.

3.2 The witnesses agreed to share with the Committee the results of the survey they are undertaking of community pharmacy contractors in Wales into what enhanced services they are currently providing, what additional services they are providing which have been commissioned by local Health Board and what services they think would be of value to their local community but are not currently commissioned by the local Health Board.

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4.1 The Committee agreed that the balance of provision between private and public care homes and the pathway to residential care should be included in the terms of reference for the inquiry into residential care for older people.

4.2 The Committee agreed that the draft terms of reference for the inquiry should be circulated to stakeholders and that a period of 2 weeks should be allowed for them to comment.

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