Agenda

This meeting will be held in a hybrid format, with some Members in the Senedd Chamber and others joining by video-conference.

The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 2.

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The Presiding Officer will call party spokespeople to ask questions without notice to the Cabinet Secretary after Question 2.

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NDM8629 Vikki Howells (Cynon Valley)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Considers the Report of the Standards of Conduct Committee - Thirteenth Report to the Sixth Senedd laid before the Senedd on 26 June 2024 in accordance with Standing Order 22.9.

2. Endorses the recommendation in the report.

NDM8600 Sian Gwenllian (Arfon)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Notes the concerns that are regularly raised by Members of the Senedd about the lack of NHS dental services.

2. Notes the barriers documented and the recommendations made as to the way forward in the Health and Social Care Committee’s report on dentistry.

3. Notes the specific challenges associated with planning, training, recruiting and retaining dentists in Wales.

4. Notes the publication of the Dental Strategic Workforce Plan by Health Education and Improvement Wales and the references made, within that plan, namely:

a) Wales is a net importer of dentists;

b) Wales relies on schools of dentistry beyond Wales to produce enough dentists to recruit into the workforce; and

c) the United Kingdom has the lowest number of dentists per person compared with other large members of the G7 in Europe.

5. Notes that the number of places at the only school of dentistry in Wales is limited each year.

6. Calls on the Welsh Government to increase the number of university training places for dentists in Wales.

Dental Strategic Workforce Plan

Co-submitters

Jane Dodds (Mid and West Wales)

Supporters

Heledd Fychan (South Wales Central)

Llyr Gruffydd (North Wales)

Peredur Owen Griffiths (South Wales East)

Rhun ap Iorwerth (Ynys Môn)

Sam Rowlands (North Wales)

NDM8628 Llyr Gruffydd (North Wales)

To propose that the Senedd:

Notes the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee report, ‘Report on rail services and Transport for Wales’ performance 2023-24’, laid on 3 May 2024.

Notes: The response from the Welsh Government to the report was laid in the Table Office on 19 June 2024. Transport for Wales responded on 22 May and 17 June 2024.

NDM8630 Darren Millar (Clwyd West)

To propose that the Senedd:

1. Celebrates the hard work and dedication of people working in the Welsh NHS.

2. Recognises the UK Government’s offer to help the Welsh Government with tackling NHS waiting lists.

3. Regrets that:

a) two-year waits for treatment have increased to 21,290 in Wales, the first time they’ve increased in two years, compared to 275 in England;

b) median waits for NHS treatment are 22 weeks in Wales, compared with 13.9 weeks in England;

c) the number of patient pathways in Wales has increased again to 775,031, the highest figure on record, while waiting lists have fallen over the last 6 months in England; and

d) 54.2 per cent of red ambulance calls don’t arrive within eight minutes.

4. Calls on the Welsh Government to:

a) begin the phasing out of outdated NHS technologies;

b) bring forward a substantial workforce plan with a tuition fee refund for healthcare workers that stay in Wales for five years after their studies;

c) ensure the full Barnett consequential arising from NHS spending by the UK Government is made available for the health service in Wales; and

d) work with the UK Government to understand best practice in cutting NHS waiting lists.

NDM8626 Sioned Williams (South Wales West)

Safer skin: the role of schools in preventing skin cancer.