Social care

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1. Rhys ab OwenIndependent

   23 October 2024, Plenary

   Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Assisted dying

   …this law? Nobody should have to face the choice between spending thousands of pounds per week on a care home or assisted dying. That choice just isn't fair. Finally, I'm concerned about people changing their minds. A number of us have been through very dark times, and at those times have considered…

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2. Joyce WatsonLabour

   22 October 2024, Plenary

   & 9. The general principles of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill

   …thus creating a national register of foster carers. Because not all children in care find themselves in residential care. The mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse—recommendation 16—is, obviously, of paramount importance. We've seen reports that make for very difficult reading, but, principally…

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3. Jane DoddsLib Dem

   22 October 2024, Plenary

   & 9. The general principles of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill

   …at the astounding pace of children's home privatisation over in England, finding that almost all residential care settings forced to close by regulators in the 12 years to 2023 were privately run. Getting this Bill right, though, is crucial. The Welsh Government needs to avoid the pitfalls and…

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4. Altaf HussainConservative

   22 October 2024, Plenary

   & 9. The general principles of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill

   …the answer. If you truly want to eliminate profit from children's care, then have the state provide the care homes. But you can't, and you won't, based upon past performance, and if the Welsh Government is truly opposed to private-sector provision of public services, are you going to nationalise…

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5. Altaf HussainConservative

   22 October 2024, Plenary

   & 9. The general principles of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill

   …with caring for the most vulnerable in our society—children in care. The majority of independent care providers, who provide 83 per cent of all looked-after children's care services in Wales, are small operators who provide excellent care. As the Welsh Government's own explanatory memorandum states…

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6. Jenny RathboneLabour

   16 October 2024, Plenary

   Welsh Conservatives Debate: Council-owned farms

   …which is growing high-quality and affordable fruit and veg for the public plate in schools, care homes and cafes. What's not to like about that? And why is this something that the Government doesn't feel is something—? We need to strategically try and safeguard our county farms, because buying them…

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7. Robbie Davison

   16 October 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

   Foundational Economy: Panel 3 - Food sector

   …wage, but right at the top of the list, interestingly, they've gone directly—and they have about eight care homes—that the menu has to be ultra-processed free. So, that kind of fair work and then fair impact that comes from that is a really important step, and this is the CEO of a big housing…

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8. Jenny RathboneLabour

   16 October 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

   Foundational Economy: Panel 3 - Food sector

   …So, why haven't we banned ultra-processed content from food in our schools, prisons, hospitals and care homes?

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9. Katie Palmer

   16 October 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

   Foundational Economy: Panel 3 - Food sector

   …Welsh Veg in Schools, it’s going into community projects, it’s going into box schemes, it’s going into care homes. And we’re talking about relatively small volumes, but moving from zero to a point at which you’re working with all of those markets, just by taking over a county farm, is huge. And if…

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10. Edward Morgan

    16 October 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

    Foundational Economy: Panel 3 - Food sector

    …a limited menu, we've got to have produce from somewhere to feed the children, and likewise the NHS and care homes as well. We've got to have something to get into the kitchens. I suggest the best project I've been involved in—and I've been in the food industry all my life—is this Welsh Veg in…

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11. Edward Morgan

    16 October 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

    Foundational Economy: Panel 3 - Food sector

    …Whether it's widespread in catering teams across local authorities and whether it's NHS trusts and care homes, I don't think so—it hasn't filtered down yet. We're definitely seeing changes on that level, but the evidence coming down isn't that significant.

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12. Samuel KurtzConservative

    15 October 2024, Plenary

    Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: Circular economy opportunities and outcomes of Circular Economy Hotspot Cymru 2024

    …they make mistakes, I don’t think that’s really fair. There’s also been an unfair distinction between care homes and hospitals and GP surgeries, which I have raised previously—possibly not with you, but with a predecessor in this role. So, what support, Cabinet Secretary, are you providing to…

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13. Jenny RathboneLabour

    8 October 2024, Plenary

    Statement by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership: Social partnership

    …I'm aware that, in your own constituency, ClwydAlyn Housing provides freshly produced meals for its care home residents as well as its workforce. How will the public procurement aspect of this social partnership approach promote the public procurement of food made in Wales for serving in our…

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14. Dawn BowdenLabour

    1 October 2024, Plenary

    Statement by the Minister for Children and Social Care: The importance of the first 1,000 days of life—Conception to 2 years

    …and a half. And those contacts have to be conducted by health visiting teams, led by GP and primary care providers. So, we're very clear that we are aware of the particular inequalities, and some front loading, if you like, is part of that Healthy Child Wales Programme, but is enhanced in the Flying…

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15. Heledd FychanPlaid

    1 October 2024, Plenary

    Questions to the First Minister

    …It is difficult, therefore, to understand why RCT council is consulting presently on the closure of two care homes. According to the council's figures, only 156 of the 237 beds are currently being used across the council's care homes. Staff say, however, that the reason that they are empty is…

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