Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 5 - Tŷ Hywel. View directions

Contact: Helen Finlayson 

Expected timing: Remote 

Media

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Transcript: Transcript for 08/06/2022 - Health and Social Care Committee

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(11.15)

1.

Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

Minutes:

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Joyce Watson MS.

(11.15-12.00)

2.

Mental health inequalities: evidence session with academics

Professor Amanda Kirby, Chair - ADHD Foundation

Professor Anita Thapar, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences – Cardiff University


Information pack for participants
Research brief
Paper 1 – ADHD Foundation

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 The Committee received evidence from Professor Amanda Kirby and Professor Anita Thapar.

(12.00)

3.

Paper(s) to note

3.1

Response from the Chair to Chair, Petitions Committee regarding petition P-06-1241 Welsh Government to meet with a wider audience of unpaid carers

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee noted the response.

3.2

Additional information from Professor Rob Poole, Centre for Mental Health and Society at Bangor University following the evidence session on 4 May

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.2 The Committee noted the additional information.

3.3

Letter from the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution to Chair, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee regarding the UK Government’s proposed legislation

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.3 The Committee noted the letter.

3.4

Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services to the Chair regarding the NHS Executive for Wales

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.4 The Committee noted the letter.
3.4 (a) The Committee agreed to write to the 34 organisations who recently wrote to the Committee regarding the establishment of an independent NHS Executive to share a copy of the Minister's letter and ask for their views on the Minister’s response.

3.5

Response from the Minister for Health and Social Services to the Committee's report: Waiting well? The impact of the waiting times backlog on people in Wales

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.5 The Committee noted the response.

(12.00)

4.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

(12.00-12.15)

5.

Mental health inequalities: consideration of evidence

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.