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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 2
You don't feel able to share them today. Just a couple of examples so we can get an idea of what—
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 2
Do we know what those services are?
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 2
Thank you very much, Chair. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us today. Cancer waiting times in Wales are currently the worst they have been. Performance is very poor for gynaecological cancers, with compliance significantly below the 70 per cent…
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
Okay. Because, in my mind—I'm just sort of thinking out loud—it seems quite a serious issue to me if there are NICE guidelines and they're unable to be followed because of potential funding arrangements. That's quite a serious issue—in my mind, anyway.
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
Yes, it was just on the NICE guidelines. The drugs that you mentioned that have been a challenge in Wales, then, are they prescribed in England under NICE guidelines? Like Russ mentioned, they cover England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
Nine years?
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
So, would self-referral not be seen as a way of simplifying that process in some cases, then?
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
Thank you for that. Finally, could I seek a view on the suggestion made by Cancer Research UK in their written evidence that a self-referral route should be available for some types of gynaecological cancers such as endometrial cancer, where symptoms are less…
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
I suppose what I'm trying to get to the bottom of is whether there are any specific clinical pathways or diagnostic tools to protect against things like, perhaps, women being diagnosed with IBS or even, in some cases, as being a hypochondriac or neurotic, or…
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
Is it more of a logistical problem and, possibly, a staffing one as well, to a degree?
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
Understood.
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Gynaecological cancers: Panel 1
Yes, thank you, Chair. Good afternoon and thanks for joining us today. The first part of my question you've answered, because I think we've well established now the issues around GPs. But we've heard in earlier evidence this morning the issue around male GPs…
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Plaid Cymru Debate: HS2 redesignation
Will the Minister take an intervention?
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Plaid Cymru Debate: HS2 redesignation
Thank you for giving way, Jenny. Would you accept, though, that some of the rolling stock, particularly in north Wales, is the responsibility of the Welsh Labour Government? My constituents are still having to travel on 30 or 40-year-old rolling stock, and…
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Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Services: Historical Adoption Practices
Could I firstly thank you, Deputy Minister, for bringing forward today's statement on historical adoption practices, which follows the Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry into the experience of unmarried women and their children who were adopted during…
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Business Statement and Announcement
Could I ask for a statement from the Minister for Health and Social Services on the north Denbighshire community hospital in Rhyl, or the lack of a north Denbighshire community hospital in the town, as it's part of the Royal Alexandra? I had the pleasure to…
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
Okay.
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
There needs to be something, I think, there to incorporate that.
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
Because we don't have a crystal ball, we can't see into the future.
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks, Chair. Yes, really quickly. Just on this 'not knowing' basis. If we are faced with a sudden medical emergency, like COVID-19, again, or if there's a viral mutation and things change, what happens then if none of the providers under the new framework…
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks, Chair, I've just got one last question, because we've naturally covered a lot of my questions; I hit all mine in one, in a way, and in the answers we've covered that as well. Just finally, whatever decisions we make have to be also in the best…
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
I think the intention of this Bill is that it's a bit of an anticronyism exercise, isn't it, really, in the sense that anybody who necessarily—. What we want to create is a culture of if there's a new and upcoming service that can provide something and it's…
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Chair. I want to cover my questions on the impact on stakeholders and providers this morning, if I may. In the committee, we've discussed with a number of third sector providers about the difficulties with the current procurement regime. An example…
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Health Service Procurement (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thanks, Chair. I just want to ask on maybe a technical level; we see a lot of legislative consent memoranda going through the Senedd that are replications of or passages of UK legislation that come to the Senedd, so, in that sense, if we're taking a lot of…
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Topical Questions
Thank you very much. Do you genuinely believe that the emergency department at Glan Clwyd Hospital has the potential, in the long term, to improve its fortunes, and be in a position in the future to get waiting times down and be a reliable service for…
