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& 6. The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2021 and The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 12) Regulations 2021
Diolch yn fawr. I thank—
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& 6. The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2021 and The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 12) Regulations 2021
Wales still has the lowest rates of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United Kingdom. Alongside this, the incredible pace of our vaccination roll-out continues. Yesterday marked a key milestone whereby every adult in Wales has been offered the vaccine…
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& 6. The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 11) Regulations 2021 and The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 12) Regulations 2021
Thank you very much, Llywydd. I formally move the motions before us. The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) Regulations 2020 set the legislative framework for the four alert levels described in the coronavirus management plan…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Services supporting people to recover from COVID-19
Thanks very much, Mark. If you follow the logic of that, it would suggest that, actually, GPs couldn't refer anyone on unless they'd experienced the illness themselves. We have to follow the fact that, actually, GPs and people in primary care follow guidance…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Services supporting people to recover from COVID-19
Thanks very much, Hefin. Can I thank you also for establishing this long COVID cross-party group? We've heard that complaint also—that many have found it difficult to get past the GP. That's why, on 18 June, the all-Wales guideline for the management of long…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Services supporting people to recover from COVID-19
Thank you, Altaf. I'm sure there's an opportunity to go into this in a bit more detail. It's not strictly speaking a long COVID issue. We are of course making sure that we follow the advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. That's the…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Services supporting people to recover from COVID-19
Thanks very much, Rhianon. I'm very sad to hear that you, of course, like everyone else here, have constituents who have been really affected by this really difficult and long affecting illness. I have made a commitment to ensure that we look at this Adferiad…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Services supporting people to recover from COVID-19
Thank you very much. Could I thank you and Hefin David for establishing the long COVID cross-party group? I was very pleased to be able to be there for at least a few minutes today, as you said. I am aware that we do need to listen, and I have been trying to…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Services supporting people to recover from COVID-19
Yes, the figures from the ONS were truly very large, and that's why I think it is important that we take this very seriously. We're still learning, as I say, about this particular very debilitating illness. One of the key things that people have said to me is…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Services supporting people to recover from COVID-19
In Wales, we aim to work together on the design of our services with those who use and deliver them. Our health professionals working with people who are experiencing these longer term impacts from COVID-19 are those best placed to understand people’s needs…
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Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Services supporting people to recover from COVID-19
Thank you very much, Llywydd. As we begin to focus on different aspects of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, we must not forget those to whom the virus has caused lasting harm. For some individuals, even though they may have had a very mild or…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much, and I know, Buffy, you will be a champion for your area, and you will know that it's very important for people in your area to take up that opportunity. The last thing we want to see are those disparities, in particular in perhaps the more…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
The take-up so far has been incredibly high, with over 85 per cent of the adult population having taken up their offer of a first dose. But it's vitally important that vaccine take-up levels are maximised, and we're closely monitoring to make sure that there…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Well, thank you very much. Congratulations to Buffy, and welcome to the Senedd.
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch yn fawr, Ken. You'll be aware that Labour proposed in our manifesto that we will be charging onwards with our commitment to development twenty-first century surgeries, which hopefully will go beyond a GP offer, it will reach—making sure that we reach…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Any potential investment to improve health facilities in Clwyd South would need to be considered by the health board and align with its service and estate strategies. The main scheme close to Clwyd South is the Wrexham Maelor Hospital redevelopment, and this…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much, Darren. You'll be aware that we haven't mandated the vaccine to anybody within this nation, and despite that, we've had an incredible uptake amongst the population as a whole. If we can, we certainly want to keep with that route with…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much, Joyce. As you say, we do have to wait for that JCVI advice before moving forward and there are lots of ethical and moral issues that we need to work through. It may be that we want to consider children who are clinically extremely vulnerable…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
On 4 June, following a rigorous review, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency approved as safe and effective the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in children aged 12 to 15. This is just a first step in the process, and like other UK…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch yn fawr. I'd like to pay tribute as well to Suzy Davies for the great work that she did to put this onto the agenda. I was really pleased that one of the last things that the education Minister did was to make that commitment that, in the curriculum…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks very much, Vikki, and I know I'm at that age now where I have to deal with some of these issues and, certainly, what I do know is that every individual has different symptoms and has to deal with this in their own way. What we've done in Wales is to…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Diolch yn fawr, Vikki. The Welsh Government takes women’s health, including menopausal concerns, very seriously and expects all health boards to provide a full range of services to women experiencing the menopause in accordance with National Institute for…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much, and I also want to thank carers for the extraordinary work that they do across the country, in safeguarding our elderly people, and also young people who have serious problems. I do understand that what we need to do is do everything that…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much. We've already given funding to hospitals that need more help in terms of ventilation. So, for example, in Llandough hospital, we have invested £830,000 of additional funding to help them with their systems, and, of course, it's important…
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you very much. Of course, what we've done is given much more freedom to the health boards to have the flexibility that they need to make some of those decisions if they need to make them. We've already given consent to them if they see that they do need…
