Agenda

Health and Social Care Committee (Hybrid) - Wednesday, 4 March 2026 09.30

Venue: Committee Room 4 - Tŷ Hywel. View directions

Contact: Sarah Beasley

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Items
Expected timing	No.	Item
(9.00-9.30)		Private pre-meeting
(09.30-10.15)		Public meeting
(09.30)	1.	Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest View the background to item 1.
(09.30-10.15)	2.	Pre-appointment hearing for the role of Chair of Social Care Wales: evidence session with the Welsh Government's preferred candidate View the background to item 2. Katija Dew, Welsh Government’s preferred candidate for the role of Chair of Social Care Wales. Research brief Paper 1 – Pre-appointment hearing questionnaire Paper 2 – Welsh Government briefing Paper 3 – Information for candidates Supporting documents: Paper 1 – Pre-appointment hearing questionnaire , item 2. PDF 654 KB Paper 2 – Welsh Government briefing , item 2. PDF 662 KB Paper 3 – Information for candidates , item 2. PDF 846 KB
(10.15)	3.	Papers to note View the background to item 3.
	3.1	Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care re Welsh Government 2026-27 draft budget View the background to item 3.1 Supporting documents: PTN1 - Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care re Welsh Government 2026-27 draft budget , item 3.1 PDF 684 KB
	3.2	Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care re Welsh Government 2026-27 draft budget View the background to item 3.2 Supporting documents: PTN2 - Response from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care re Welsh Government 2026-27 draft budget , item 3.2 PDF 726 KB
	3.3	Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Committee to the Petitions Committee re: P-06-1456 - Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer (EMRTS) services in North Wales View the background to item 3.3 Supporting documents: PTN3 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care Committee to the Petitions Committee re: P-06-1456 - Emergency Medical Retrieval and Transfer (EMRTS) services in North Wales , item 3.3 PDF 730 KB
	3.4	Letter from the Auditor General for Wales re Challenges and opportunities for Welsh public services View the background to item 3.4 Supporting documents: PTN4 - Letter from the Auditor General for Wales re Challenges and opportunities for Welsh public services , item 3.4 PDF 741 KB
	3.5	Letter to the Minister for Children & Social Care re the inquiry into improving access to support for unpaid carers View the background to item 3.5 Supporting documents: PTN5 - Letter to the Minister for Children & Social Care setting out concerns about the evidence heard in the support for unpaid carers inquiry , item 3.5 PDF 705 KB
	3.6	Response from the Minister for Children & Social Care re the inquiry into improving access to support for unpaid carers View the background to item 3.6 Supporting documents: PTN6 - Response from the Minister for Children & Social Care re concerns about the evidence heard in the support for unpaid carers inquiry , item 3.6 PDF 792 KB
(10.15)	4.	Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) and (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of today’s meeting and for the meeting on 11 March 2026, for consideration of the draft report on improving access to support for unpaid carers and the draft report on the future of general practice in Wales View the background to item 4.
(10.15-11.30)		Private meeting
(10.15-10.30)	5.	Pre-appointment hearing: consideration of evidence and draft report View the background to item 5. Paper 4 – Draft report
(10.30-11.30)	6.	Inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales: consideration of draft report View the background to item 6. Paper 5 - Inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales: draft report

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