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Transcript: Transcript for 06/12/2023 - 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 Joyce Watson MS, Vikki Howells MS attended in her place.

(09.30-10.45)

2.

Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Nurse Director of NHS Wales

Eluned Morgan MS, Minister for Health and Social Services

Sue Tranka, Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Nurse Director of NHS Wales
Welsh Government
Gill Knight, Nursing Officer Safety, Regulation & Service Development - Welsh Government

 

Research brief

Paper 1 – Welsh Government

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Chief Nursing Officer for Wales and Nurse Director of NHS Wales.

(10.45)

3.

Paper(s) to note

3.1

Letter from Chair, Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing regarding the ongoing work relating to the mental health of children and young people

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Committed noted the letter.

3.2

Response from the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing to the Chair, Children, Young People and Education Committee regarding the ongoing work relating to the mental health of children and young people

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.2 The Committed noted the response.

3.3

Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services to the Chair regarding the six-monthly update on progress with the special measures intervention at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.3 The Committed noted the letter.

3.4

Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding additional financial support for the NHS

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.4 The Committed noted the letter.

3.5

Response from the Minister for Health and Social Services to the Chair regarding additional financial support for the NHS

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.5 The Committed noted the response.

3.6

Letter from the Chair to the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding the NICE draft guidance on the provision of Kaftrio

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.6 The Committed noted the letter.

3.7

Response from the Minister for Health and Social Services to the Chair regarding the NICE draft guidance on the provision of Kaftrio

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.7 The Committed noted the response.

(10.45)

4.

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

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

(10.45-11.00)

5.

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

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence received and identified areas for inclusion in its report.

(11.00-11.30)

6.

Health literacy: briefing from Dr Emily Marchant, Lecturer in Education, Swansea University

Dr Emily Marchant, Lecturer in Education, Swansea University

Paper 2 - Health, Education and Prosperity for All: Wales as a Health Literacy Testbed

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee received a briefing from Dr Emily Marchant.

(11.30-11.45)

7.

Forward work programme

Paper 3 – Forward work programme

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee agreed its forward work programme for the spring term and identified inquiries to pursue for the remainder of this Senedd term.

(11.45-12.00)

8.

Procedures for the scrutiny of legislation relating to the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 and UK-wide common policy frameworks

Paper 4 – United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (UKIMA)

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Minutes:

8.1 The Committee noted the letter from the Business Committee and agreed to respond setting out its views on the proposals for changes to Standing Orders.