23 November 2021 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: British-Irish Council Summit Wales
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Dirprwy Lywydd. I appreciate the comments about the discussions that were had around the port of Holyhead, and you're quite right that there's squeezing from both sides, with the increased traffic directly to the continent, but also…
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
Diolch yn fawr iawn.
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
Simon, do you have any thoughts on that, quickly?
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 question? I'm not looking for long answers on this, and I declare an interest as a co-chair of the long COVID cross-party group in the Senedd. Do you think—? I see some really distressed people who were previously healthy and who are suffering…
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
Yes, absolutely. The question I'm asking here, though, is about whether we should go further than that and not just give them help with how to deal with the fact that they're on the waiting list, but is there a case for saying, well, because of the distress…
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
Yes, it's very, very useful. We've talked in an earlier session this morning about the need to make sure that prioritisation is as good as it can be within those waiting lists. Do you think, both of you, that there might be a case for considering something…
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
Thank you very much, Simon. I think it's important that we get the views of both witnesses on this most fundamental question on services in general.
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
Thank you for that. Can I just pick you up on one thing that you said? You said that we know that there’s a link between chronic pain causing anxiety and deepening mental health issues. Do we know enough about it? Is there room for more work on that to try to…
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
Thank you very much and good morning. Thank you for joining us today. My first question is quite general: what are your views on the services that we have in place to support the mental health and well-being of people who are awaiting treatment who, perhaps…
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
Thank you, Chair.
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 last question, maybe to Dr Saul: given that we would like to keep as many people off the waiting lists as possible at this current time, is it time now, through the COVID recovery plan, to put a little bit more of a focus on the preventative as well?
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
Judy, do you have thoughts on that?
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
That's very useful. And on that question that I asked in terms of your faith in the recovery plan that we have in front of us, that it does have the kind of focus that we want on supporting people on waiting times throughout the planned care, what do you…
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
Yes. Elen.
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
Do you have that confidence, Helen?
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
Is there enough of a focus on those people on waiting lists?
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 think that shouts 'unsustainable' at us, doesn't it? And then, to the other question I wanted to ask, again looking at the COVID recovery plan in general, do you have confidence that the COVID recovery plan that we have in front of us now—it might change…
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
Absolutely. Helen was able to give us, of course, a very detailed assessment—a number of nurse shortages she believes there is. What's your current assessment of the shortage of actual full-time equivalent GPs we have currently?
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 can promise you that that additional work you're doing is being appreciated. And if I could turn to Peter Saul.
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
Thank you. Judy Thomas.
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
You succeeded in demonstrating that figure in a very public way across Wales in a campaign just this week, and we all took note of that. To the rest of you, then—Elen.
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
but for the rest of you, perhaps, are the Government's recovery plans, as they currently stand, able to be delivered in a way that isn't going to put unsustainable pressure on staff? Who's going to start?
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
'we can't simply keep asking an already stretched workforce to do more',
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
Thank you very much. If I could look, in closing this session, at some quite general issues around the COVID-19 recovery programme that has been prepared by Government—I may be rehearsing some of these issues, but if I could put it in that context. First of…
10 November 2021 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: Fisheries and aquaculture
We deliberately brought a broad scope to this motion today, because we do feel that there is huge scope to bring benefits to Wales in having a clear, ambitious strategy, properly supported in financial terms, in order to support fisheries and the fishing…
