, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Winter Pressures
It is, and I think it is very important to identify it in that way. People who are ready to be discharged and are well enough to go home should not be in hospital. That is not the best place for them, it’s not the safest place for them. So, I think it is…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Winter Pressures
Yes, certainly. I was able to visit between Christmas and the new year, and I was able to see at first-hand the result of the investment into the expanded emergency department waiting area, which was making a difference in terms of patients' experience…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Winter Pressures
I thank the Member for his questions. There is a range of important points that he makes in the contribution that he has made. I send my best wishes to his wife as well for a speedy recovery. He is right to say that there needs to be a rebalancing in the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Winter Pressures
I agree the people of Wales are entitled to honesty. Can I take the opportunity of correcting some points the Member made in his questions? Whilst it is correct to say that demand is up to very high levels in certain parts of the system, it is not correct to…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Winter Pressures
As I informed the Senedd last year, the NHS and social care began the process of planning for winter in March, learning from the experience of winter 2024-25. I was determined that health and social care organisations would work together to plan earlier and…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Winter Pressures
Thank you, Llywydd. I'm pleased to provide an update to Members of the Senedd in this first session after the Christmas break about how our health and social care system has performed during what is historically one of the most challenging times of the year…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Speech and language therapists
Our 'Talk With Me' speech, language and communication plan seeks to drive improvement in the way young children are supported to develop their skills. It was developed in close partnership with the royal college and other stakeholders across Wales, and it's…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Speech and language therapists
Thank you, Llywydd. Last week, I had the pleasure of helping the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists to celebrate their eightieth birthday here at the Senedd. I had the opportunity to hear for myself about the positive and significant impact the…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Speech and language therapists
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, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Cancer services
There has been some confusion about the cancer improvement plan. It is the NHS's response to the Welsh Government's quality statement. It reflects their planning intentions and we are monitoring how it's being implemented. Dirprwy Lywydd, improving cancer…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Cancer services
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Following the publication of the Audit Wales report last week and the written statement, I welcome the opportunity to put on record how the Welsh Government is working with the health service to improve cancer services. The…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Cancer services
Formally.
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Access to Primary and Community Care Services
I agree with what the Member has said is the ambition and the direction of travel. I think I'm right in saying that I had a conversation with one of the practitioners in that practice over the course of the last few weeks, and he echoed the point that the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Access to Primary and Community Care Services
I thank Jenny for that question, and for the discussions we've had over recent weeks in particular about funding for GP practices. I think it is clear in the way that she puts the question today that one of the threads through those discussions we've had…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Access to Primary and Community Care Services
I thank Mike Hedges for those questions. The way he put his question, I think, shows the complexity of it. He made the point about separating secondary and primary care, but then the example he gave was one that reminds us of the interdependency, if you like…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Access to Primary and Community Care Services
I think I mentioned in the questions last week, when Alun Davies and the Member raised these very, very important points in the Chamber, that, clearly, staff should be paid, suppliers should be paid, not least because we know what the implications of the…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Access to Primary and Community Care Services
I thank the Member for that. He makes an important point for those parts of Wales that are on the border. It's a more challenging landscape even than the one he describes, I think, in practice, because there isn't one NHS England approach to IT, any more than…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Access to Primary and Community Care Services
I thank the Member for that. I think she makes an important point, and others have touched on this as well, about the challenge of demand in the system and providing access to GP services specifically. I think it's quite a complex landscape, because it is a…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Access to Primary and Community Care Services
I thank the Member for those questions. In terms of the impact of payments, that work is ongoing. Of course, I can't talk about specific financial support for GPs at the moment. We're in the middle of further negotiations with them on the contract, as I…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Access to Primary and Community Care Services
The Member asked a range of questions; I'll do my best to answer at least the key ones. In relation to the £5 million, those were allocated to expand the workforce right across Wales in terms of allied health professionals. I think what we are seeing is…
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Access to Primary and Community Care Services
Trained pharmacists can treat a broader range of conditions, such as ear, nose and throat infections, without the need for a GP visit. Since its launch in 2020, around one third of pharmacies have adopted this independent prescriber service. There have been…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Access to Primary and Community Care Services
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Primary care is the foundation of our NHS. This is the main point of contact with healthcare services for the majority of us. If we need more specialist care, it acts as the gateway to those services. Today, primary care…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government draft budget 2025-26
Diolch yn fawr.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government draft budget 2025-26
Can I just say I think that’s a really important point, because we do fall into the trap, if I can put it like that, of thinking that the services are always provided through hospitals? Absolutely they are not, and nor should they be, and we want to see more…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Welsh Government draft budget 2025-26
Yes, but it isn’t the only spending that’s spent on women’s health, as committee will obviously know. The health boards are tasked with meeting the needs of their local population. In most parts of Wales, the population is 51 per cent plus women, so that is…
