Dawn Bowden

3 July 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

I thank Mark Isherwood for that question. I refer you back to the answer I gave to Llyr Gruffydd, which was relating to the overall process for the setting of care home fees. You've come—. Sorry, Llyr, I didn't address the point you raised about continuing…

3 July 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

Diolch, Llyr, for that supplementary question. There are two things that you referred to there: there are the care home fees and there are the charges for continuing healthcare, and they are different things, and, actually, they sit in different ministerial…

3 July 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

Diolch. The local authorities have statutory responsibility for planning and putting in place care for their local citizens, which would include the provision of care homes. On an annual basis, local authorities set and agree their own commissioning fee rates…

3 July 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

Yes, can I thank Mike Hedges for that supplementary? I would absolutely agree with him in terms of the importance of social care, particularly in the two examples that you've just talked about—the delayed transfers of care. I'm working very closely with the…

3 July 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

Social care services are vital to the people of Wales. Annual data demonstrates that, at any one time, local government provides over 70,000 citizens with care and support. We continue to work across the health and social care system to ensure that people can…

3 July 2024, Finance Committee

Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: Evidence session

The RIA, yes.