Agenda and minutes

1.1        The Chair welcomed the Members to the meeting.

1.2              Apologies were received from Rhianon Passmore MS.

Judith Paget – Director General Health/NHS Chief Executive

Frank Atherton – Chief Medical Officer

Jo-Anne Daniels - Director of Health, Vulnerable Groups and NHS Governance

Steve Elliott – Director of Finance

Elin Gwynedd - Deputy Director COVID-19 Vaccinations

Albert Heaney – Chief Social Care Officer for Wales

Jonathan Irvine - Director of Procurement and Health Courier Services

Samia Saeed-Edmonds - Planning Programme Director

Andrew Sallows - Delivery Programme Director

Lisa Wise – Deputy Director, Operation Supplies (PPE)

2.1 The Committee held an evidence session with the Welsh Government on COVID-19 and its impact on health issues.

2.2 The Chair agreed to write to Judith Paget, Director General Health/NHS Chief Executive with questions not reached in the session and issues raised by Members in the private consideration of the evidence received.

Items 4 & 5 of today’s meeting and Items 1 – 5 of the meeting on 1 December 2021

3.1 The motion was agreed.

4.1 The Committee considered and discussed the responses to all the previous Committee’s Report together with the Welsh Government responses to the Auditor General for Wales and Future Generations Commissioner Reports, which were published in May 2020.

4.2 Members also discussed the ‘accept in principle’ issue regarding Committee recommendations.

4.3 Members noted the plenary debate scheduled for 24 November on the implementation of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.