Agenda and minutes

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1.1 The Chair welcomed the Members to Committee.

PAC(4)-04-14 (paper 1)

Professor Jean White – Chief Nursing Officer, Welsh Government

2.1 The Committee questioned Professor Jean White, Chief Nursing Officer, Peter Jones, Deputy Director Digital Health and Care and Peter Wiles, Deputy Director Policy and Performance Division on hospital catering and nutrition.

2.2 Professor White agreed to send further information on how the e-learning nutrition training programme is funded and the timeline for incluing all training on all electronic staff records.

2.3 Professor White agreed to write to the Committee in April with an evaluation of the pilot project being undertaken on food waste at Llandough Hospital in March and provide an update on discussions health boards are having with local authorities on the collection of food waste. She also agreed to provide an update on how pre-registration training is captured.

PAC(4)-04-14 (paper 2)

Wales Audit Office Report: Improving Financial Management and Governance: issues from the Audit of Community Council Accounts 2011-12 (September 2013)

3.1 Committee was briefed by officials from the Wales Audit Office on their responses to the recommndations contained in the Committee’s report on the Caldicot and Wentlooge Levels Internal Drainage Board which were directly relevant to the WAO.

4.1 The papers were noted.

Items 6, 7 & 8

5.1 The motion was agreed.

6.1 Members discussed the evidence received earlier and agreed to consider the additional information early in the summer term with a view to holding a further evidence session with Professor White.

7.1 Members received a briefing from the Wales Audit Office on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

7.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Welsh Government requesting a response to the WAO report which would be shared with the Children, Young People and Education (CYPE) Committee. Committee also agreed to follow up any issues not covered in the CYPE Committee inquiry.

PAC(4)-04-14 (paper 3)

8.1 The Wales Audit Office gave a briefing on the Consultation on a new code of audit practice and statement of practice and agreed to send a legal note on the specific obligation relating to auditing of registered social landlords and whether the recommendation in the Essex Review on changing this function as been accepted.