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Transcript: Transcript for 24/10/2024 - Health and Social Care Committee

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(9.00 - 9.15)

1.

Prevention of ill health -obesity: presentation of engagement findings

Paper 1: Engagement findings

Minutes:

1.1 The Committee were presented with the engagement findings.

(09.30)

2.

Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest

Minutes:

2.1        The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

2.2        Apologies were received from Sam Rowlands MS, Altaf Hussain MS attended in his place.

2.3        Apologies were received from Lesley Griffiths MS, Jenny Rathbone MS attended in her place.

(9.30-10.45)

3.

Prevention of ill health -obesity: evidence session with Public Health Wales

Professor Jim McManus, National Director of Health and Wellbeing – Public Health Wales

Dr Julie Bishop, Director of Health Improvement- Public Health Wales

 

Research brief

 

Paper 2 – Public Health Wales

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee received evidence from Public Health Wales.

(11.00-12.00)

4.

Prevention of ill health -obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru

Katie Palmer, Programme Manager, Food Sense Wales

Lisa Williams, All Wales Nutrition Facilitator, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Simon Wright, Wrights Food Emporium and Cegin y Bobl (Peoples Kitchen)

 

Paper 3 – Food Policy Alliance Cymru

 

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Committee received evidence from the Food Policy Alliance Cymru.

(12.00)

5.

Paper(s) to note

5.1

Letter from the Chair to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care regarding NHS Wales Planned Care Recovery Targets

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1.1 The Committee noted the letter.

5.2

Response from Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to the Chair regarding NHS Wales Planned Care Recovery Targets

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.2.1 The Committee noted the letter.

5.3

Welsh Government response to the Committee's report of its scrutiny of Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.3.1 The Committee noted the letter.

5.4

Letter from General Pharmaceutical Council regarding Regulatory performance at the General Pharmaceutical Council

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.4.1 The Committee noted the letter.

5.5

Letter from the Chair to NHS Wales Chief Executive regarding planned care recovery

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.5.1 The Committee noted the letter.

5.6

Response from NHS Wales Chief Executive to the Chair regarding planned care recovery

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.6.1 The Committee noted the letter.

5.7

Letter from Petitions Committee regarding Petition P-06-1404 Increase clarity and rights for people on direct payments or Welsh Independent Living Grant (WILG) to live independently

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.7.1 The Committee noted the letter.

5.8

Letter from the Chair to Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care regarding dentistry

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.8.1 The Committee noted the letter.

5.9

Response from Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care to the Chair regarding dentistry

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.9.1 The Committee noted the letter.

5.10

Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care regarding the Public Health (Wales) Act 2017

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.10.1 The Committee noted the letter.

5.11

Letter from Petitions Committee regarding Petition P-06-1444 Women of North Wales have the right to have a Menopause Services/Clinic in Ysbyty Gwynedd

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.11.1 The Committee noted the letter.

5.12

Letter from Petitions Committee regarding Petition P-06-1435 We’re calling on the Welsh Government to commit to implementing targeted lung cancer screening

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.12.1 The Committee noted the letter.

5.13

Letter from Petitions Committee regarding Petition P-06-1350 Re-open Dyfi Ward at Tywyn Hospital now

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.13.1 The Committee noted the letter.

(12.00)

6.

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 first item at the meeting on 13 November 2024, for consideration of the draft report on supporting people with chronic conditions

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

7.

Prevention of ill health - obesity: consideration of evidence

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received.

(12.05-12.10)

8.

Inquiry on general practice: consideration of draft terms of reference

Paper 4: Inquiry: the future of general practice: Scope and approach

Minutes:

8.1 The Committee discussed the terms of reference and agreed to return to this item at a future meeting.

(12.10-12.30)

9.

Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post legislative scrutiny: consideration of next steps

Paper 5: Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: post-legislative scrutiny: Next steps

 

Stakeholder responses to Welsh Government’s response

 

Paper 6 - University of Southampton

Paper 7 - Swansea Bay University Health Board

Paper 8 - NHS Confederation

Paper 9 - Royal College of Nursing Wales

 

Paper 10 - Letter from Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care regarding Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016: Post-legislative scrutiny

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

9.1 The Committee discussed next steps and agreed to return to this matter upon receipt of the Welsh Government’s first report on progress.