Disabled people's rights

Altaf HussainConservative

12 June 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations that represent disabled people and carers

Thank you very much, Chair. Thanks. I'll be talking about CHC. What do you hear from the disabled people and carers about how well CHC is working for those who need it? I know that demand is going—. It is predicated that it will increase. Are they well placed to look after that? And do you think it…

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Samantha Williams

12 June 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations that represent disabled people and carers

I just want to say we have heard examples, even currently, where some support staff who work for an organisation, for example, can get paid more if they go and do a few hours where they get paid from someone who gets direct payments, than doing extra hours in their existing role. So, I think there…

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Russell GeorgeConservative

12 June 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations that represent disabled people and carers

If I could just ask, perhaps, one of you to respond to that point, just for time. Who would like to address that? Would anyone in particular like to address that point?

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Mabon ap GwynforPlaid

12 June 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations that represent disabled people and carers

If I could go to one further point, you will, of course, have read the explanatory memorandum for the Bill, and it suggests that alternative models of care would reduce the strain on the care workforce. But there are concerns from stakeholders that the opposite may be true and that it wouldn't…

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Jake Smith

12 June 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations that represent disabled people and carers

I think this issue is incredibly important, because, unfortunately, the context we're in does suppress demand for direct payments, because we hear from families, 'What's the point in having a direct payment, because there aren't the services out there for me to buy through the direct payment?' You…

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Samantha Williams

12 June 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations that represent disabled people and carers

I think we need to match up the social care workforce with health. I'm not saying that health get paid enough either, but there is a disparity, often, for very similar roles. If you're a support worker working in social care, you get paid less, generally, than someone working in health doing…

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Mabon ap GwynforPlaid

12 June 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations that represent disabled people and carers

I see Jake might want to come in, but before Jake comes in, on the points that both of you have made, we've got a proposed Bill in front of us, is there anywhere or any way you think we could look at that issue of improved terms and conditions, improved pay, within this proposed Bill? Is there…

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Samantha Williams

12 June 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations that represent disabled people and carers

Can I cover the terms and conditions point? I think that is a big, big problem. It's the same for the social care workforce, where, unfortunately, we don't value social care and personal assistants and the level of responsibility involved in that, unfortunately. And that's not reflected in the…

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Kat Watkins

12 June 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations that represent disabled people and carers

This is obviously a major problem in Wales, but in the UK as a whole, and it all stems from Brexit and the lack of ability to bring in carers, potentially, from outside the UK, who plug the gap to the shortfall within the UK. We are now feeling the repercussions of this quite badly. It's incredibly…

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Mabon ap GwynforPlaid

12 June 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations that represent disabled people and carers

Thank you very much. I will be asking through the medium of Welsh. I'll touch on the discussion we've just had about the workforce. There have been concerns raised that there aren't enough personal assistants available, enough people who are willing to undertake that work, and perhaps the terms and…

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Samantha Williams

12 June 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations that represent disabled people and carers

I think that's a real concern. As I said, the lack of suitable care staff both in social care and in health is a big issue, and then people ending up, as I said, almost having no other option than going down the direct payments route because they can't get the care they need, and still then…

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John GriffithsLabour

12 June 2024, Health and Social Care Committee

Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with organisations that represent disabled people and carers

If I might continue, Chair, the Welsh Government itself in its consultation identified potential issues with the lack of social care staff, and that not then allowing the take-up of direct payments because of the difficulty in identifying somebody that's going to provide that service. And there's an…

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