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 organisations representing people with different health conditions
My final question, therefore: do you have confidence in what you are seeing being done by health boards and the Welsh Government—that they are doing what's needed in order to invest in increasing capacity in order to deal with the backlog that has grown? Are…
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 organisations representing people with different health conditions
Given that we have this risk-based way of looking at the risk that these patients face, is there a way of prioritising people in a different way, because that's what we see happening in other services within the NHS—an effort to prioritise things in order 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 organisations representing people with different health conditions
Thank you very much. And I should thank you also for the briefing information you sent in advance, noting some of those figures. What measures are being undertaken at the minute in order to understand how much worse things have become, because some of the…
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 organisations representing people with different health conditions
Thank you very much. Good afternoon. It's to Elin Edwards from the RNIB that these questions are directed. Just first of all, can we have an overview from you of where we are in terms of the waiting times for ophthalmology services by now, and perhaps…
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
Thank you both. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
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
Diolch. Please do, Andy.
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
Really strong answers from the two of you. What about this? I took part in a Senedd debate yesterday on cancer. The case was made again by a number of Members for the kind of strategy, or cancer plan, that both of you are calling for today. What do you think…
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
Thanks for that. Let me ask you this then, Richard, just to perhaps try to paint a picture of how high the stakes are. We're looking potentially towards a very long period of COVID recovery to get us back to anywhere near where we were beforehand. Do you have…
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
Thank you for that very comprehensive answer. Richard, I don't know if you had anything to add to 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
Thank you very much, and good morning to both of you. I just want to look at the question of recovery post COVID and ask specifically about the innovation that needs to happen from hereon in, just to ensure that more people can be treated safely and in a…
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
Diolch yn fawr.
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
And, Dr Egeler, perhaps I’ll ask the question in a slightly different way to you to close this little section. Are you confident that you can get back to the delivery of what we might call normal or normal-ish services and do so in a way that's sustainable in…
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
Calum, do you see any alarm bells that there are any trends to just ask the workforce to carry that burden and that that’s unsustainable?
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
One thing that can’t be done to get us out of this current situation and deal with the backlog is to just pile the pressure on staff. You can’t just ask staff to work all hours. Are you seeing risks, Dai, that that is happening, that the workload actually of…
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
And in terms of OTs, Dai Davies.
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 very much. How about the other witnesses? Calum, how is it in terms of physiotherapists at present, in terms of staffing pressures specifically?
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 very much, and apologies for that, Dr Egeler. I was thanking you for confirming that the majority of staff dealing with pain who were moved to other roles during the pandemic have now moved back to their old roles. But I just wanted to know, are…
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
I'll ask again, if I could.
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 very much, Chair, and I thank the three of you for coming to us this morning. If I could look at staffing specifically, Dr Egeler, you've said already that most of the staff working in pain management who were moved to other departments have now…
30 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: World AIDS Day
Thank you very much, Deputy Llywydd. I'm very pleased that we as a Senedd have an opportunity to mark World AIDS Day. It's an opportunity to praise everyone involved with HIV Testing Week Cymru, which was co-ordinated by Fast Track Cardiff & Vale, and the aim…
30 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Thank you very much, Deputy Llywydd. Thank you for today's update. This is another twist in the tale of this pandemic, and as we've just heard, it's a development that certainly needs to be taken seriously. It's a matter of concern that there is evidence that…
30 November 2021 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Also, I'd like to ask for an oral statement by Welsh Government congratulating the people of Barbados on their transition to a republic. The country gained its independence, I think, some 55 years ago and is now taking the final step on that journey. And…
30 November 2021 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
May I ask for one written statement, if I may, from the Minister for Economy and/or the Minister for culture on the level of financial or practical support that can be provided to cinemas, theatres, arts centres as they operate the COVID pass? I'm thinking…
23 November 2021 , Plenary
The Health Protection (Coronavirus Restrictions) (No. 5) (Wales) (Amendment) (No. 20) Regulations 2021
Thank you very much, Llywydd. Extending the regulations until the end of February is the aim here and we will certainly be supporting these regulations. I'm surprised to hear the comment made by the Conservatives that they don't now support having any…
23 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Update on COVID-19
Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer, and thank you for the statement. The situation is still very serious obviously, although I am pleased to see figures reducing somewhat, in terms of numbers, and in terms of the positivity rate too. But this…
