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Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting times
Just on that point, smoking being the biggest cause of death, do you therefore support the calls for ASH to be funded properly, so that they can continue with their good work?
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Plaid Cymru Debate: NHS waiting times
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd. Since the First Minister was appointed back in August, waiting lists in Wales have increased by nearly 2,000. That's an extra 12 pathways for every day that the First Minister has been in office. Furthermore, the waiting list…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Far below—far below the target. Now, as I mentioned in my first question, it is self-evident that timely collection and publication of data is essential to a well-functioning health service, particularly for the purposes of efficient workforce planning and…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
With respect, that’s a disappointing response, because you seem to be in complete denial about the problems within the health service. The suggestions that we have put forward in a series of reports are ones that have come up from clinicians, saying that…
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd. I'd like to develop a little bit on James Evans's questioning on the Audit Wales report into cancer services in Wales. The report makes a number of findings, as we've heard: a lack of clarity over the status of national…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Establishment of a school of dentistry in Bangor
That was Plaid Cymru's ambition back in 2001. But that was rejected year on year, with the Government of the day saying that there was no justification for a medical school in Bangor over a period of years. Today, however, the medical school is a reality, and…
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Establishment of a school of dentistry in Bangor
'We have had only one medical school, although a second campus in Swansea is becoming a reality. Our policy is to have a campus in Bangor too. We don't produce enough doctors. Ireland, with the same population, has six medical schools, and Scotland has five'.
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Establishment of a school of dentistry in Bangor
Well, back in May 2001, the former Plaid Cymru AM Dr Dai Lloyd outlined Plaid Cymru's ambition of developing a new medical school in Bangor, and he said:
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: A Bill on the right to adequate housing
The response sounds a little bit like what your predecessor said, which is that you understand and sympathise with the need for a right to adequate housing, but not yet—put everything else into place first. Now, that’s an argument that could have been said…
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: A Bill on the right to adequate housing
Would you take an intervention?
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Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: A Bill on the right to adequate housing
Well, the dream of a secure and comfortable home has become increasingly elusive for many in Wales, and because of the cost-of-living crisis, for too many others, their home feels more like a luxury that they can barely afford rather than a basic right. This…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS winter pressures
Happy new year to the Cabinet Secretary. Christmas and new year are times of celebration, but for many it's a difficult time, as diseases are spread, impacting particularly on the most vulnerable, with people falling, drinking to excess, not to mention the…
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Statement by the First Minister: Delivering for Wales
Your style, you say, First Minister, is to listen, to act and deliver. You were the health Minister for three years, and when you left that role, the waiting lists had increased, we had fewer GPs, and we were 2,000 nurses short. Is this the result of…
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Short Debate: Violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—The scourge of Wales today
The pledge that this Government has made many times, to build a safe country, sounds very empty when one hears evidence like this. The latest figures are terrifying, and, as the brave girl whom I quoted said, these figures are not numbers, but people. The…
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Short Debate: Violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—The scourge of Wales today
'I was seven years old when a man entered my life, a man who would become my stepfather. It had only been a year until I began to notice the punch marks on the doors. By the age of nine, I witnessed the first act of violence, a scene that would become all too…
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Short Debate: Violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—The scourge of Wales today
Thank you very much, Llywydd. I have given, or have offered, at least, a minute of my time to Joyce Watson and Sioned Williams, and I thank them for taking an interest in this debate today. A home is supposed to be a happy place—a household full of the sound…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: The First Minister's first 100 days
I'm chuffed for the people that you represent that you've got new trains, but, in my area, we've seen trains being cut, and we've seen bus journeys cut. That's the record of the first 100 days; that's the record of this Labour Government. Is that something…
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Topical Questions
I welcome the fact that the Government has belatedly recognised the need for a fresh approach to the long-standing problem of delayed hospital discharges, but I do worry that the substance of the plan leaves a lot to be desired. Firstly, it’s clear that it…
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Topical Questions
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement regarding the new 50 day challenge to health boards to address delays in hospital discharges? TQ1244
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Business Statement and Announcement
May I ask for two statements, please, with the first from the Deputy First Minister on the findings of the publication by NRW, 'Case for Change'? You will be aware that NRW, last week, announced that they will close visitor centre operations at Coed y Brenin…
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Topical Questions
I'd like to thank Sioned for asking this important question, because this evidence highlights two of the most fundamental problems that we have within the health service. And it's no surprise to many of those working in health and care sectors in hearing this…
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: NHS Wales organisations—Escalation update
We last had an update from the Welsh Government on escalation arrangements back in January, and though we've witnessed substantial churn across the Labour benches in the intervening months, including three different Cabinet Secretaries holding the health and…
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Business Statement and Announcement
So, I'd like a statement, please, from the Deputy First Minister on the long-term prospects of Fairbourne, if possible. You will be aware that Fairbourne had a report published many years ago from the shoreline management plan, in 2009 I think, which said…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
Gaf i jest ofyn un cwestiwn arall? Dwi'n mynd off ar tangent sydd o ddiddordeb personol i fi. Roeddech chi, Lisa, yn sôn yn gynharach yn eich ateb blaenorol am bysgod, a'r diffyg pysgod yn ein deiet. Mae hwnna fy mhoeni i, achos roedd Cymru a'r Deyrnas…
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Prevention of ill health - obesity: evidence session with Food Policy Alliance Cymru
So, that information about children being smaller is from England.
