Agenda and minutes

1.1 There were no apologies or substitutions.

HSC(4)-03-12 paper 1

          Lesley Griffiths AM, Minister for Health and Social Services

Dr Chris Jones, Medical Director NHS Wales

David Sissling, Director General for Health and Social Services, Welsh Government 

Break 10.30 – 10.40

2.1 The Minister for Health and Social Services and officials responded to questions from members of the Committee.

2.2 The Minister agreed to provide additional information as requested by the Committee on: the number of vacant doctor posts in Wales and their grade; the criteria that will be used to measure the success of the upcoming campaign to recruit doctors to Wales; and the number of health visitors required to double the number of those benefiting from the Flying Start Programme.

2.3 The Minister agreed to update the Committee on discussions with the UK Government on the regulation of private cosmetic surgery providers and to provide updates on wheelchair services and support for armed forces veterans in Wales.

HSC(4)-03-12 paper 2 - Update on EU policy issues relevant to the Health & Social Care Committee (This paper was originally considered by the Committee on 8 December 2011)

HSC(4)-03-12 paper 3 – EU legislation relating to health inequalities

HSC(4)-03-12 paper 4 – EU drugs approval process

HSC(4)-03-12 paper 5 - Models of ownership for residential care for the elderly in EU member states

4.1 The Committee agreed that its main pursuit of EU matters for the spring and summer term should be through comparative work for the inquiry on residential care for older people.

4.2The Committee requested further information on EU models of residential care, including not for profit models used in other countries and any information gained by the Welsh Local Government Association through the twinning of local authorities in Wales with European counterparts.

4.3 The Committee requested further information on the health strategy, the Professional Qualifications Directive and cross-border access to healthcare.

Minutes of meeting held on 11 January

4.1 The Committee noted the minutes of the meeting held on 11 January.

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