Agenda and minutes

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Transcript: Transcript for 19/10/2023 - Health and Social Care Committee

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(09.30)

1.

Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

Minutes:

1.1       The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

1.2       Apologies were received from Jack Sargeant MS.

1.3       Joyce Watson MS declared that a family member is a member of the Royal College of Nursing.

(09.30-10.20)

2.

Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the Royal College of Nursing Wales

Helen Whyley, Director – Royal College of Nursing Wales

Lisa Turnbull - Policy, Parliamentary and Public Affairs Manager – Royal College of Nursing Wales

Jackie Davies, Chair – Royal College of Nursing Wales Board

 

Research brief
Paper 1 – Royal College of Nursing Wales

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives of the Royal College of Nursing in Wales.

(10.30-11.30)

3.

Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with nursing directors

Jennifer Winslade , Executive Director of Nursing - Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Gareth Howells, Executive Director of Nursing and Patient Experience - Swansea Bay University Health Board

Nicola Williams, Executive Director of Nursing, Allied Health Professionals and Health Science - Velindre University NHS Trust

 

Paper 2 – Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Paper 3 – Swansea Bay University Health Board
Paper 4 – Velindre University Health Board

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee received evidence from nursing directors from Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Swansea Bay University Health Board and Velindre University NHS Trust.

(11.40-12.30)

4.

Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the All Wales Nurse Staffing Programme

Lisa Llewelyn, Director of Nurse and Health Professional Education - Health Education Improvement Wales

Ruth Walker, Associate Director (Nurse Leadership) - Health Education and Improvement Wales

Joanna Doyle, Associate Director/ Head of All Wales Nurse Staffing Programme

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee received evidence from representatives of the All Wales Nurse Staffing Programme.

(12.30)

5.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public for items 6, 9 and 10 of today's meeting

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

(12.30-13.15)

6.

Gynaecological cancers: draft report

Paper 5 – draft report

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee discussed the report and agreed to consider a second iteration at its meeting on Wednesday 8 November.

(14.00-14.45)

7.

Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)

Julie Rogers, Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Workforce and OD – Health Education and Improvement Wales

Lisa Llewelyn, Director of Nurse and Health Professional Education – Health Education and Improvement Wales

 

Paper 6 – Health Education and Improvement Wales

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee received evidence from Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW).

(14.45)

8.

Paper(s) to note

8.1

Letter from Chair, Finance Committee to the Minister for Finance and Local Government regarding evidence papers supporting the 2024-25 draft Budget

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

8.1 The Committee noted the letter and agreed to write to the Minister for Health and Social Services.

8.2

Letter from Chair, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Chair regarding the UK-Norway-Liechtenstein-Iceland Convention on Social Security Coordination

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

8.2 The Committee noted the letter.

 

8.3

Letter from Chair, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to Mark Drakeford MS, First Minister for Wales regarding the UK-Norway-Liechtenstein-Iceland Convention on Social Security Coordination

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

8.3 The Committee noted the letter.

8.4

Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services to the Chair with follow up questions from the evidence session of 21 September 2023

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

8.4 The Committee noted the letter.

8.5

Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services to the Chairs of the Health and Social Committee and the Equality and Social Justice Committee regarding sexual harassment in surgical settings

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

8.5 The Committee noted the letter.

8.6

Letter from the Chair to Professor Arianna Di Florio regarding the SAIL databank

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

8.6 The Committee noted the letter.

8.7

Letter from the Chair to Professor Arianna Di Florio regarding the SAIL databank

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

8.7 The Committee noted the letter.

8.8

Letter from Chair, Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing regarding written information to support the scrutiny of the Welsh Government's draft Budget for 2024-25

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

8.8 The Committee noted the letter.

8.9

Response from the interim Chief Executive, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board to the Chair regarding NHS waiting times

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

8.9 The Committee noted the letter.

(14.45-15.00)

9.

Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: consideration of evidence

Minutes:

9.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received.

(15.00-15.10)

10.

Forward work programme: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: next steps

Paper 7 - Forward work programme: Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: next steps

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

10.1 The Committee agreed next steps in relation to its scrutiny of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.