2 December 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with Wales Cancer Alliance
And following on from that—it follows on quite nicely, really—the report that was published by the Board of Community Health Councils in Wales said that lots of people facing delays for diagnostics and treatment think that they’re forgotten. And that's true…
2 December 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with Wales Cancer Alliance
And from me again, I’m going on to engagement with the public. Do people waiting for cancer diagnostics and treatment in Wales feel there is adequate signposting and information to help them while they’re waiting for test results—which is a hugely anxious…
2 December 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with Wales Cancer Alliance
I agree, and I had a horrendous case quite recently along those lines. The other side, of course, is the emotional side. It's difficult for families, and you've alluded a little bit to the breaking of bad news well just now, but it goes much wider than that…
2 December 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with Wales Cancer Alliance
And talking about resource, of course, a lot of people on diagnosis and through their illness and treatment also need financial support as a way of getting through, and a lot of the charities, particularly, offer that type of support with dedicated support…
2 December 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with Wales Cancer Alliance
Good morning, both, and thanks for your papers and all that you do. I want to ask particularly about the support for cancer patients. I'm going to take a quote here: 'Being physically, nutritionally and mentally "fit" for cancer treatment is important to…
2 December 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Thank you.
2 December 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Which was my question: how do we get it across Wales? And, if you say it's a resource issue in terms of staffing, principally, there goes the challenge, I have to say. The only other area I would want to explore is encouraging people who are on long waiting…
2 December 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
Okay, thank you for that. I'm going to go on to engagement with the public. There was a report published by the Board of Community Health Councils saying that, for lots of people, facing long delays is no great surprise for diagnostics and treatment, and not…
2 December 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with allied health professionals
First of all, I'd like to thank the physiotherapists and the pain managers from when I managed to fall and break my arm, my hand, and do serious damage in the new year. From my own experience, I did use those online facilities. I did find them useful. But…
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to Note
Thank you. That's what I wanted on record.
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to Note
Yes, just on one of the ones that I would like to bring attention. It's something I've been taking about for decades, and that's the sea-bottom trawling and whether, following on that, and I feel passionately about this, we could do a piece of work. And the…
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Thank you, Chair. I'm just asking about monitoring and reporting, really. You've got a monitoring and reporting system; it's referred to in the plan. Will it be a publicly accessible document? How will that progress be monitored and reported on, and has the…
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Just to ask, when we talk about transport, we hear about trains, planes and automobiles, and I want to ask about boats and shipping, and whether those are included as well, especially since we've got a lot of small fleets and we've got a lot of water…
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Thank you. Thank you very much. We've seen the targets, of course, to reduce the emissions from heating, but with climate change, we're also going to get really very hot temperatures, which are going to produce, undoubtedly, emissions for cooling buildings…
25 November 2021 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Net Zero Wales Plan
Right, okay. I've got a very odd screen here. I'd just like you, if you can, Minister, to summarise the points of contention that could arise between the Net Zero Wales plan, for example, and the UK Government's net zero strategy, and the extent that you see…
23 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
I thank you for your statement, Minister. I speak to an awful lot of people and get an awful lot of e-mails, like everybody else here, and it is the case that people do support those restrictions that we currently have and those ones that we are operating…
23 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: British-Irish Council Summit Wales
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. You say in your statement today that dialogue, not unilateral actions or ultimatums, is important, and of course that will be true in terms of not invoking article 16 to hide behind the mess that has somehow been created by a bad deal…
23 November 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you, First Minister. I know your Government continues to prioritise this issue, and in Jane Hutt we have a Minister for Social Justice who is a tireless champion for victims and survivors. But, unfortunately, the political determination to get on top of…
23 November 2021 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
3. What is the Welsh Government doing to address violence against women and girls? OQ57258
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with mental health and psychological support organisations
Can I ask one final question? It's probably too early for an answer. Is there any work going on, in terms of the digitalised delivery of services, on reducing, perhaps, in some cases, the stigma? Because people go online, rather than turning up, where people…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with mental health and psychological support organisations
And just finally from me, we've seen a lot of innovation on remote-based support. Groups have grown probably from the ground up. So, in terms of moving forward, in terms of that innovation—and it's been driven, of course, by the isolation of COVID-19—how can…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with mental health and psychological support organisations
Thanks, Chair, but it's not about raising your voice; the sound is distorted. But, anyway, thank you. What I want to ask about is the alternative, and whether you feel there is enough signposting in the first place, and provision in the second place, about…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
I just want to add into the mix, if you like, the wider population who might not actually push for an appointment. We understand, of course, that those people who don't understand the system aren't able to push, but I'm just wondering whether there's an age…
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
One final area is peer support for unpaid carers—there’s an awful lot of carers out there who are not in paid employment—and whether you offer any support in that direction, or you can refer people on.
18 November 2021 , Health and Social Care Committee
Impact of waiting times backlog on people who are waiting for diagnosis or treatment: evidence session with primary care organisations
[Inaudible.]—at all is whether you think you have a role as primary care professionals to signpost patients to NHS waiting lists, but to give them some financial advice and support. It's just an open question because very often people carry on to the…
