Inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales
Inquiry into the performance of Ambulance Services in Wales
The Committee’s original
inquiry
The
National Assembly for Wales’ Health
and Social Care Committee undertook a short inquiry into the performance of
the Ambulance Services in Wales.
Evidence gathering
The
Committee took oral evidence on the performance of ambulance services in Wales
on 5
March 2015.
The
Committee heard from:
- The
Chief Ambulance Services Commissioner;
- The
Chair of the Emergency Ambulance Services Committee;
- The
Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust;
- Local
Health Boards.
The
Committee wrote
to the Deputy Minister for Health (PDF 223KB) in March 2015.
The
Deputy
Minister responded (PDF 207KB) in May 2015.
Follow-up inquiry
During
the original inquiry, the Committee noted its intention to return to the
subject in order to follow-up on its initial conclusions. The Committee
gathered written evidence from key stakeholders:
PAS(F)
01 UNISON Cymru Wales (PDF, 27KB)
PAS(F)
02 Royal College of Nursing (PDF, 120KB)
PAS(F)
03 GMB (PDF, 64KB)
PAS(F)
04 Emergency Ambulance Services Committee (PDF, 451KB)
PAS(F)
05 Welsh NHS Confederation (PDF, 206KB)
PAS(F)
06 Welsh Ambulances Service NHS Trust (PDF, 295KB)
PAS(F)
07 Unite the Union (PDF, 135KB)
On
3
December 2015 the Committee held oral evidence sessions to assess what
progress has been made to bring about improvements in the eight key areas it
identified during its initial inquiry.
The
Committee wrote a
follow-up letter to the Deputy Minister for Health (PDF, 375KB) in January
2016.
The
Deputy
Minister responded (PDF, 318KB) to the follow-up letter in February 2016.
The
Committee wrote
again to the Deputy Minister for Health seeking clarification (PDF, 171KB)
in March 2016. The Deputy
Minister responded (PDF, 162KB) in April 2016.
Additional information
The
Committee received additional information from the following stakeholders:
PAS(F)
Additional Information 1 – Unison Cymru Wales (PDF, 562KB)
PAS(F) Additional Information 2 – Royal College of Nursing (PDF, 2MB)
PAS(F) Additional Information 3 – Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (PDF, 759KB)
Business type: Committee Inquiry
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 12/02/2015
Documents
- After the oral evidence sessions on 5 March 2015, the Committee recieved the following information
- PAS(AI) 01 Cwm Taf University Health Board PDF 3 MB
- PAS(AI) 02 Emergency Ambulance Services Committee PDF 1 MB
- PAS(AI) 02a Emergency Ambulance Services Committee PDF 218 KB View as HTML (4) 228 KB
- PAS(AI) 03 Cardiff and Vale University Health Board PDF 245 KB View as HTML (5) 24 KB
- PAS(AI) 04 Powys Teaching Health Board PDF 1 MB
- PAS(AI) 05 Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust PDF 3 MB
- PAS(AI) 06 Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board PDF 4 MB
- PAS(AI) 07 Aneurin Bevan University Health Board PDF 3 MB
- PAS(AI) 08 Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board PDF 2 MB
- PAS(AI) 08a Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board PDF 2 MB
- PAS(AI) 08b Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board PDF 576 KB
- PAS(AI) 08c Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board PDF 906 KB
- PAS(AI) 09 Hywel Dda University Health Board PDF 8 MB
- PAS(AI) 10 Cardiff and Vale University Health Board PDF 105 KB
- Letter to the Deputy Minister for Health PDF 222 KB
- Letter from the Deputy Minister for Health PDF 207 KB
- Follow-up inquiry
- PAS(F) Additional Information 1 - UNISON Cymru Wales PDF 562 KB
- PAS(F) Additional Information 2 - Royal College of Nursing PDF 2 MB
- PAS(F) Additional Information 3 - Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust PDF 759 KB
- Follow-up letter to the Deputy Minister for Health PDF 375 KB
- Response from the Deputy Minister for Health PDF 318 KB
- Letter to the Deputy Minister for Health seeking clarification PDF 171 KB
- Response from the Deputy Minister for Health on areas of clarification PDF 162 KB