Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Health and Social Care Winter Plan 2021 to 2022
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Health and Social Care Winter Plan 2021 to 2022
Inquiry5
The Health and Social Care Committee has identified winter planning for health and social care as a priority in its strategy for the Sixth Senedd.
Winter 2022-23
The Committee discussed planning for winter 2022-23 with the Ministers with responsibility for health and social care during a general scrutiny session on 6 October 2022, and the response to the pressures facing the health and social care sectors during scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s draft budget 2023-24 on 11 January 2023.
Winter 2021-22
In October 2021, the Welsh Government published its Health and Social Care Winter Plan for 2021-22.
The Committee held a short inquiry into the Welsh Government’s winter plan, to look in particular at:
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>>>how well services are coping, including any particular pressure points and areas of concern as we move further into winter;
>>>the effectiveness of this year’s approach to winter planning; and
>>>any lessons to be learned for next winter.
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On 10 February 2022, the Committee held a scrutiny session with the Minister for Health and Social Services on the Welsh Government’s Health and Social Care Winter Plan 2021 to 2022. Following the session, the Committee wrote to the Minister with follow up questions. The Minister responded on 21March 2022.
Business type: Committee Inquiry
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
First published: 30/11/2021
Documents
- Targeted call for written evidence: written submissions
- WP 01 - Community Pharmacy Wales PDF 94 KB
- WP 02 - Swansea Bay University Health Board PDF 426 KB
- WP 03 - Royal College of Physicians PDF 499 KB
- WP 04 - Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists PDF 341 KB
- WP 05 - Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health PDF 215 KB
- WP 06 - Royal College of Nursing Wales PDF 218 KB
- WP 08 - Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board PDF 384 KB
- WP 09 - Cardiff and Vale University Health Board PDF 603 KB
- WP 10 - Royal College of General Practitioners Wales PDF 183 KB
- WP 11 - Royal Pharmaceutical Society Wales PDF 341 KB
- WP 12 - Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board PDF 467 KB
- WP 13 - Welsh Local Government Association PDF 247 KB
- WP 14 - Hywel Dda University Health Board PDF 1 MB
- Correspondence
- Letter to the Minister for Health and Social Services with follow up questions on winter planning following the meeting on Thursday 10 February - 2 March 2022 PDF 339 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services to the Chair regarding follow up questions on winter planning following the meeting on Thursday 10 February - 21 March 2022 PDF 690 KB
Background papers