26 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
Yes. Thanks, Chair. It's just more of a comment, really. Because we mentioned the band 4s and training opportunities, it's the extension of that roll-out and internalising the training opportunities to get people into nursing. And I did it myself, back in…
26 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
No, no, I'll leave it there.
26 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
Back to you; back to the Chair.
26 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
I appreciate your responses there. Thank you. I just want to move on to tackling inequality in my next line of questioning, and the actions that are being taken to build a diverse and inclusive nursing and midwifery workforce that's more representative of the…
26 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
And is that ambition then conveyed to the Welsh Government and the health Minister in order to inform policy, from your remit anyway?
26 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
But would that be your—[Inaudible.] As chief nursing officer, would that be your ambition, to see the extension of the Act? Obviously, we're not in the ideal situation. I suppose, in an ideal world, you'd be saying, 'Well, we'd like to extend the Act into all…
26 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
In terms of the Act, can you provide an update on the current work to extend the Act to other settings? It was 25B you mentioned, so is there the scope to extend the Act to other care settings so that we can ensure safe nursing staff levels in all care…
26 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
When you talk about some of the vacancies, how is that reflected on the ward as such? So, when there is evidence of vacancies, how are those wards staffed so that health boards are still compliant? Is that done through agency work, or is that done through…
26 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Scrutiny of the Chief Nursing Office for Wales
Thank you, Chair, and good afternoon, everyone. I want to talk about the Nurse Staffing Levels (Wales) Act 2016 and the health boards' compliance with the Act so far, and what have been the main challenges around that. Could you also set out as well whether…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Will the Member take an intervention?
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Okay. But with no tangible evidence and a spade not going in the ground, when will my constituents in Rhyl, Prestatyn, Rhuddlan, St Asaph and the surrounding areas be awarded this facility to take the pressures off Glan Clwyd Hospital? I know I've run out of…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Absolutely, it's a great thing, Carolyn, and I will touch on that later in my speech, about some of the intricacies of that. One of the biggest lunacies of this agenda was when they closed the Conwy community hospital in 2003 to pave the way for the expansion…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Reducing NHS pressures
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and it's a pleasure to contribute to this debate this afternoon. As someone who worked in the NHS for 11 years prior to being elected to the Senedd, and someone who is deeply rooted in the Rhyl and Prestatyn area, I feel slightly…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution
I'm pleased this question has been raised today, and I thank the Member for Alyn and Deeside for bringing it up, as it's a perfect example of utter hypocrisy in the Welsh Labour Party. In one breath, they support the union paymasters who are hell-bent on…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you for that answer, Minister. Thanks to the work of the UK Government in increasing the amount of police officers in north Wales, crime is falling in Rhyl. But in a recent meeting with the local police force, it was noted that anti-social behaviour by…
25 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
3. Will the Minister make a statement on community safety in Rhyl and Prestatyn? OQ58989
24 January 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Increasing Allied Health Professionals in Primary and Community Care
Thank you for your statement this afternoon, Minister. Before I was elected to the Senedd, I worked in physiotherapy for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, so I'm all too aware of the problems that AHPs face in delivering good-quality care in the…
24 January 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Can I ask for a statement from the Minister for Economy this afternoon on the upcoming closure of HSBC in Denbigh, which is due to close in August? Now, I understand it's part of a nationwide closure of 114 banks, I think, but I really believe that HSBC has…
18 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Management of NHS pressures
When you met the striking nurses on the picket line, did you inform them that health has been devolved to the Labour Goverment in Wales for nearly 25 years?
18 January 2023 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Management of NHS pressures
Will the Member take an intervention?
18 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you for that answer, Minister. Do not worry, I'm pleased to inform you that I won't be asking about online dating apps today. I've been contacted by constituents in the Rhyl area who are concerned about the amount of catfish in local waters…
18 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
6. What measures is the Welsh Government taking to reduce the catfish population in Denbighshire? OQ58949
17 January 2023 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Trefnydd, I'd like to ask for a Government statement this afternoon on the news that senior Denbighshire county councillors have been meeting in private to discuss reductions in care home fees that will take the county's offering to below some other north…
17 January 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, the Flying Start scheme was introduced back in 2007 as one of the Government’s top priorities for tackling poverty in Wales, but currently Wales has the highest rate of children living in poverty compared to the rest of the nations in the UK…
11 January 2023 , Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: evidence session with the Minister for Health and Social Services, the Deputy Minister for Social Services and the Deputy Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Okay. Thanks.
