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Short Debate: Confronting the crisis: Tackling youth homelessness in Wales
Thank you, Luke, for bringing forward this debate this evening. I'm very pleased to hear Luke referring to Upstream Cymru, and I hope that the Cabinet Secretary will take notice of that, because when I was in discussions with people in the Finnish Government…
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Topical Questions
Thank you for the response, Cabinet Secretary, but you'll recall when the overhaul of the Wales-wide special measures framework was announced earlier in the year, I expressed my concerns that it had grown in complexity without providing much clarity as to…
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Topical Questions
1. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the new special measures framework at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board? TQ1157
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales
Just one additional point, if I may. The Minister has told us that she anticipates that the vast majority of PAs used for continuing healthcare, the current PAs, will be transferred into this role in the social care sector. Do you think this assumption is a…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales
Just very quickly on that point—I was going to ask that question, so I'm thankful that you made that point—do you think that we need to do that piece of work in terms of the understanding of carers or personal assistants, and that it needs to be done now…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales
Thank you, Chair. According to what I understand, anyway, at the moment personal assistants don't have to be answerable to the same registration and regulatory requirements as other staff in the social care workforce or even in the NHS. So, considering this…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales
So, is the time that’s been allocated for that shift, that transition period, is that sufficient?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with Care Inspectorate Wales and Social Care Wales
If I may, just very briefly. Just on that point that you, Gillian, made at the end there, you said that, in terms of that ambition of putting the resources back into these services, that is exactly what you want to see. But you said that your main concern was…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
Finally from me, one of the most powerful sessions we had was last week, when we heard from young people who are care experienced, and we heard their evidence—that was a very powerful session. But what's become evident is that a number of these children and…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
That's what you said, Minister. So, with regard to that, what risks associated with this have been assessed by you that are associated with doing this in a staged way? Is the fact that you're going to treat local authorities differently going to act as a…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
'would be open to Welsh Ministers to bring the transition period to an end in a staged way, allowing local authorities whose task of removing reliance on for-profit providers is more difficult to have more time but introducing full implementation for other…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
Of course, there will be a transition period for bringing these private contracts to an end. You told the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee recently with regard to that period—I'm going to read the English version in case it will be difficult…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
Can I just check very quickly, then—? You've referred to anecdotal evidence and your experience over the past year or two. You don't therefore have a risk register for this, and you haven't measured the risk and prepared for it accordingly.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
Putting to one side the core principles of the Bill in front of us, we have received evidence that suggests that some of the existing providers, or a number of the existing providers, possibly, will leave the sector in a disorderly way. There's a risk…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with the Minister for Social Care
Diolch. Dwi am ofyn fy nghwestiwn yn Gymraeg.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions, and declarations of interest
I will just repeat what I said last time: that my wife works for one of the charities in this sector.
, Plenary
Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the government’s priorities and legislative programme
For example, the report references the fact that the 111 service for urgent mental health is now being used by 80,000 people, but makes no mention of how this is being translated into improved mental health outcomes for the users. Similarly, the Help us Help…
, Plenary
Debate: Welsh Government Annual Report—Delivering the government’s priorities and legislative programme
The foreword to this report states that the Government's agenda, what's left of it, at least, has an unstinting focus on delivery. This is a laudable ambition, but that delivery must be based on tangible outcomes, not an open-ended process alone. We need a…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I thank the First Minister for that response. Of course, the statistics on sexual harassment are far too familiar for all of us: 97 per cent of women between 18 and 24 years old experience sexual harassment here in the UK, but the situation in north Wales is…
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Questions to the First Minister
3. Will the First Minister make a statement on the number of independent sexual violence advisers available in north Wales? OQ61478
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Questions to the First Minister
May I also wish the First Minister well and thank him for his years of service?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with representatives of local health boards
I'm fine, thank you.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with representatives of local health boards
Os caf i, felly, ymhelaethu ychydig. Mae asesiad y Llywodraeth yn awgrymu y bydd costau cychwynnol, costau untro cychwynnol, yn gallu cael eu hadennill mewn arbedion yn y pen draw. Beth os ydy'r modelu yma'n anghywir? Beth os nad ydy hwnna'n wir a bod yna…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with representatives of local health boards
Diolch. Wel, fe wnaf i ofyn cwestiwn a hwyrach gallech chi, Gaynor, ddod nôl ar gefn fy nghwestiwn i, felly. Mi ydym ni'n ymwybodol bod byrddau iechyd o dan bwysau ariannol, mae'r gwasanaeth iechyd o dan bwysau ariannol, ac mi fydd yna gost i hyn. Mae'r Bil…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Health and Social Care (Wales) Bill: evidence session with representatives of local health boards
Thank you very much, Chair. In terms of the Bill, it will, of course, mean that there will be a change in how the health boards operate. Do you think that the health boards are aware of the proposed changes, and do you think they are ready for those changes?…
